What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Gotta be honest, I don’t know Citi the way I knew Shea. Can anyone help with this question?
I want to take (name hidden) to CitiField for his birthday this year,
but I had a ticket question. Are there any seats that come with free
food, like the Yankee Legends seats? And if not, what seats do we have
to get to get access to the Acela Club, or any of the other private
dining restaurants? Thanks.
Anyone? Click comments or email me [email protected]
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First some housecleaning. Some of you are awesome and sent me stuff to post ([email protected]) and I had promised a few things would go up today. I’m holding them back since I’m not traveling today as planned, and want to save them. One of the challenges of keeping the blog going is the daily grind of (a) having stuff to post and (b) having time – as evidenced by Monday and Tuesday’s uninspired days here at the Mets Police.
So…I thought this morning’s uniform piece from Carlo was great, and the discussion below is a good one – so I’ll hold off on the other stuff for an upcoming day. Please don’t feel dissed, and keep submissions coming to [email protected]
Now on to the Mets stuff. Yesterday I asked if anyone actually won the Subway Series lottery…
The way the Mets waited until the last minute to allow people to buy these tickets gave Yankee fans ample, ample time (having bought their own tickets months ago) to buy some of these as well.
And if you win the lottery you get to buy tickets for one game, right? NO! You get to buy FOUR tickets for ALL THREE GAMES. Meaning less people get a chance to buy them, and the people who do win are probably going to be scalping eight to ten of their tickets for stupid amounts of money.
The Mets shouldn’t be surprised if there are more Yankee fans than Mets fans at this game.
I hate bundling. It’s lame. I think people are finally getting to the Mushnick Point Of No Return. Only 37,000 paid in a brand new stadium against the main rival in a battle for first place. The rain doesn’t factor in – it’s paid attendance. You’d think that game would have sold out months ago.
I have one of the few 15 game plans that didn’t include a Subway Series game, and neither myself, or my girlfriend won.
Then again, neither of us work for a ticket broker, so should I really be surprised?
I’m sure there will be tons of this tickets available really soon on ticket scalping sights for obscene amounts of money.
Most Mets fans will probably be watching this from home.
I find those games are usually annoying to attend. Fans forget that it’s two sets of laundry who really don’t care and will sign with the Angels if the Angels offer them more money. I’m debating whether or not I should Stubhub my Sat at Citi tix (which really helps fund the rest of the year) or bring Mets Police Junior.
Scott tells us that he has gone…
0 for 5
In the span of this lottery year after year, I have won a grand total of one time, putting in over 5 entries each time. Luckily it was for opening day, but then I find out most of the seats people won for opening day were obstructed view!
Honestly why do they have to do something special with these? Design a system that a hacker can’t break, or just sell them at the box office only. Luck of the draw is stupid.
And finally…
the winner was the Mets that used it as an opportunity to sell multiple tix
Yep. For us it’s a love, for them it’s a business. Even the Mets Police need to keep in mind that they’d rather finish second and make a dollar than win it all and lose a dollar. You as consumers don’t have to go. It’s fun to be there, but sitting on a beach listening to Howie Rose ain’t the worst thing.
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So as Mets fans (and announcers) continue to complain about the black uniforms, and rumors are swirling of changes coming next year, I thought I’d give my two cents on how the Mets can make new alternate jerseys, and still keep baseball traditionalists happy (and even buying them!)
In order to not make it seem gimmicky (As the blacks do. Do we really want to seem as desperate as the Marlins, A’s or Blue Jays?) keep the uniforms as an homage to New York’s baseball past, as the Phillies and Indians pay homage to their past. This will show that New York has a rich National League baseball history, AND make everyone want to buy one.
So what to do? Here’s my suggestion:
Since our home uniforms (since we wear them the most, I’ll refer to our home uniforms as the “snow” whites with blue caps, script lettering) seem to pay homage to the Dodgers of old, and the away uniforms (greys with black caps, “old style” lettering) seem to pay homage to the Giants, switch them up a bit. Make an alternate home that pays homage to the Giants, and an alternate away that pays homage to the Dodgers. The trick is to make them both more “Mets” than Giants or Brooklyn.
Let’s start with the homes. Since the Giants still wear the same uniform that they have since the 50’s the Mets can’t go back and wear those. So I suggest we go back even further to the blue and red New York Giants uniform, which they wore in the 1940’s .
Pair them up with the 1940’s New York Giants caps. And boy, oh boy, will you have a winner.
I promise you these will FLY off of shelves, with young and old alike buying them. And everyone, from announcers to baseball purists, will talk about how great the Mets look.
Now, for the aways. Here, I take the old Brooklyn Dodgers grey aways before the red numbers on the front and keep them basically the same, including the same material, with one big exception. In place of the “Brooklyn” script, use “Queens” in the same font. Same with the hat , keep the old style white lettering on the blue hat, but take the “B” and make it a “Q”.Now the key is to wear these as alternates, that is, one day a week. Have “Throwback Sundays” wear the Mets wear these only on that day, home and away.
I think it’d be a rousing success, widely popular, and show everyone the Mets care about history and tradition. (Because right now, everyone is really doubting that)
(Stick the Citi field concessions staff in the black hats and unis, and they’ll still sell.)
I think these will make everyone happy, and do the opposite of the black uniforms do, which make us look like an expansion team: gimmicky and without any history or tradition. These alternates will do the opposite. Mets fans can wear them, glance over at their buddys in Yankee pinstripes and say, “Hey guys, don’t forget, National League baseball was in New York long before you guys came along.”
So what does everyone think?
I think he’s on to something with the home uniforms. I wouldn’t want to introduce red as a new color, but maybe a dark orange would work. As for the roads, I’m not sure “Queens” or a “Q” would work but maybe something similarly themed with “New York” – and like Carlo said, only on Sunday.
I will also throw out there that the Mets are selling Mr. Met caps (see the sticking cap left which is not a cap but all I could find.) that might make for an interesting Sunday alt-logo, like how Boston is using the double-socks cap.
Forgive me if this article doesn’t look so pretty. The formatting was tough with several pictures.
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FLUSHING, N.Y., June 9, 2009 – The New York Mets today announced the sale of Subway Series Packs exclusively online at Mets.com, LosMets.com and by phone at (718) 507-TIXX.
The five-game packs include tickets to one of the three Subway Series games June 26-28 at Citi Field, and tickets to any four other regular-season home games in July, August, September and October.
Seating is from the following categories: Metropolitan Box, Field Box, Caesars Club Bronze and Baseline Box. The same category must be selected for all five games. Tickets are subject to availability.
