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Ceetar thinks we’re overreacting to the Mets communication style:
Does Burger king explain why they change a menu item? Does the MTA make explanations about which ad campaigns they run or which entrances they want to keep open 24/7?


Well I bet if they changed the Whopper (and added black undershadow) people would complain.  Here’s an entire forum.   


Bplam suggests:


Another idea for the season holder is allowing access to certain parts of the stadium with a special pass. Currently I know you can’t get into the Acela Club or any of the good restaurants unless you have a certain level ticket. My idea would be giving each plan holder a pass for each seat they have bought and that gives them access to these restaurants and clubs.

I’ll leave you with Jim’s comments, which I think fits the mood of many fans this morning.


Great job at getting a response, but it sounds like most of it was corporate-speak….”That is a problem, we are aware of it”

And props to you for standing your ground and not renewing. Wellington Mara said it best, “Empty seats speak volumes”

Someday, the Mets will learn. 




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Next up in the 5 Questions series is Harris.

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Jimmy the Mets fan hooked us up with some pictures form the season ticket holder’s tour.  Part one was yesterday and we’ve now made our way to the clubhouse.

Great line by Jimmy:
We can only hope this locker name plate doesn’t say Castillo or Delgado in April

Clubhouse carpet.  Those neon figures look familiar.  THAT’S part of Mets tradition now, but all the other stuff we talk about isn’t?

Players lounge

Nice!!! Pinball in the players lounge!

Cool pool table.  You guys can chip in and get me that for Christmas!  I’m surprise the felt isn’t black, I guess that doesn’t look good on a billiards team.  


Note the choice of players on the wall.   Interesting choices.








Tomorrow we head off to the legendary infamous trainer’s room!

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Mets fan, I feel your frustration this morning.  

Today is like the day after Christmas the year you didn’t get the bike.  You kind of knew deep down that daddy wasn’t going to get you the bike, maybe couldn’t even afford the bike…but here it is, December 26th and Phil down the block got a bike and you didn’t.

Mets fan, I know that even if the Mets sign two Jasons today (Bay and Marquis) that you will still feel disappointed.   You’ve kind of had it.  What to do?

One of the internal rules of Mets Police is that I do not want to harm the franchise.  I’m out to be an agent of change, an agent of good.  I have an idea which I’ll share in a minute.

As a fan, you have to decide what this product means to you.  If going to a game makes you happy, then buy a ticket.  Personally, I don’t think buying 15 games will make me happy so I’m not going to buy a plan.  I do see myself heading out to Flushing on Opening Day and some early season Saturday games, with my kid, because I like doing that.    On the other hand, I’m the kind of fan who didn’t watch the ’98 and ’99 seasons because I declined to pay Cablevision an extra $10 or whatever it was because they decided to put Sportschannel on a pay tier.  Bob Murphy was just fine those two summers.

I’m not going to be one to start a ticket boycott or something where we all walk out in the third inning.  Those never work, and they don’t help anyone.  However, let’s focus our energy.

Here’s what I want you to do if you are frustrated.  I want you to wear a blue cap to games.   That’s it.

I’ll be there opening day and I will wear a blue cap.  I hope you join me.  Do I expect that my blog is so powerful that there will be 40,000 blue caps there?  Nope.   Maybe 4 of us do it.  Maybe one of the other sites throw a link and 100 of us do it.  Do people wear blue caps to games anyway, of course.   However, if you look at pictures of crowds it isn’t as blue as you’d think – and nothing like what a Cardinals Red crowd looks like.

One thing I’ve learned is that there’s more fans like you and I out there than I thought, so let’s wear a blue cap.  It is a thumb at the nose of the black uniforms, a symbol of all the horribleness that has befell this franchise since Davey left town.  It’s at worst a financial neutral protest, and hey might even sell a few caps for the team.  It’s your choice of orange button on top or blue.   Just no black.   The color of this protest is blue.

Sure this is a little nutty, and it’s a big climb.  There will probably be 12 of us participating…but maybe it will catch.  Ya Gotta Believe, right?

Join the Blue Cap Army, spread the word.

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Some quickies before the 9am post….

Brian Costa in the Ledger suggests that yesterday wasn’t so bad and wisely warns…

Where it hurts the Mets most is from a PR standpoint. There is not a general manager in baseball who woke up Tuesday with more pressure to make a major move than Omar Minaya. If that results in the Mets overpaying for Bay, in years and/or dollars — if they give him a better deal than they were willing to give him 24 hours ago — Monday will have proven costly in that sense. And if the Mets somehow fail to sign Bay, then they’ll really be in a tough spot (Matt Holliday or bust? Scott Boras would love it).

In the News John Harper throws a punch to the belly:

Let’s face it, the Mets are seen in baseball circles as losers these days, a team full of holes going into next season with a lame-duck manager and a GM already on the hot seat.



In the Post, Kevin Kernan says

“The Mets got killed by this move,’’ said one MLB exec.

 WFAN.com has some more sad pictures of Yankee Stadium dying.

Finally, my Yankee friend Mr. Sunshine said I misrepresented him yesterday when I accused him of actually not liking Fake New Yankee Stadium.  He has demanded a retraction.  Here’s Sunshine:

Well, I don’t know about A-Rod’s personal life, but he is a true Yankee now just like Johnny Damon, but I’m sure Mr. Sunshine will love the new Twins ballpark.  Check out New Stadium Insider for more on the Yankee-like design in Minnesota.

I have bigger problems than razzing the defending champions…and we’ll start to change the world in 10 minutes with a crazy idea I have.   Come back at 9.

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