The Mets Police

If you switch over to SNY you’ll see a microcosm of why I hate the WBC.

 

It’s spring training so I won’t freak too much about the lopsided score, but a coworker just glared at the TV and asked “Who is Skillman?”

 

Skillman?

 

#12.  Oh you mean Cory Sullivan.  Had to expalin to coworker that half the Mets aren’t there, so “Skillman” it is!

 

Then we took a peek at YES and saw a Team USA pitcher look awesome against some guys who won’t be on the Yankees.  We wondered who it was. 

 

Heath Bell.

 

Coworker reminded me he was on the Mets.   He was?  He looks awesome, why did they get rid of him?

 

November 15, 2006: Traded by the New York Mets with Royce Ring to the San Diego Padres for Jon Adkins and Ben Johnson.

 

Mr Adkins was released by the Mets in 2007.  Mr. Johnson was granted free agency by the Mets in December 2007 although they have since re-signed him.   Mr. Bell is now the Padres closer and looks awesome against Yankee scrubs.

 

 

 

 

Strawberry must read the Mets Police.  I was just saying yesterday how I’d like to go back in time and give him steroids.  Now he goes and says:

 

“Hell yeah I would have used them.  Are you kidding me? I mean, c’mon. Some things are part of what athletes go through and they happen …We’re competitive creatures, and we have tremendous drive, a high tolerance, all these things. I’m not saying that it was the right thing to do. But if that was going on in the 80s, that probably would have been in my system too.”

 

And he would have hit the ball 600 feet….and still left us for LA (sniff).

 

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Some ticket infro from the Mets.  Those St. John’s tickets sold in a flushing flash so my guess is that the Sox games will go quickly too.  

 

I was kind of into the Red Sox games until the St. John’s games made them much less special.  I may try to hit the Bronx that weekend since I don’t think I have $300 to go to Opening Day at New New Yankee.  I have my opening night tickets for C-Field (opening “night” makes me mad.  Idiots.)

 

it’s interesting that April and May tickets go on sale and not the entire season.

 

The New York Mets today announced that tickets for two exhibition games against the Boston Red Sox at Citi Field will go on sale this Friday, March 6 at 10:00 a.m. Single game tickets for April and May Regular Season home games will go on sale Sunday, March 15 at 10:00 a.m.

 

Both sales will be exclusively online at Mets.com, LosMets.com, and by phone at (718) 507-TIXX; there will be no in- person sale at Citi Field on either date. The Mets in the weeks ahead will announce the on sale date for single game tickets for the balance of the season.

Single game ticket prices start at $6 for the April 3-4 exhibition games, and $11 for Regular Season games.

 

METS vs. Red Sox Exhibition Games

Friday, April 3 at 6:10 p.m.

Saturday, April 4 at 1:10 p.m.

* Ticket prices range from $6 to $50
* Online/Phone Sale begins Friday, March 6 at 10:00 a.m.

­ at Mets.com and LosMets.com

­ by calling the Mets Ticket Office at (718) 507-TIXX

­ TDD at (718) 672-9163

 

2009 April and May REGULAR SEASON Home Games

* Ticket prices start at $11
* Online/Phone Sale begins Sunday, March 15 at 10:00 a.m.

I’m not all that interested in the Mets vs. Mike Francesca beef (Mike is accused of being un-Mets friendly), but it does interest me that it has made the Washington Post.

 

It reminds me of when Howie Rose was banished from the Mets pre and post games.  You’ll remember that the Mets thought it was a good idea to have Todd Kalas buffer between the WFAN programming and Howie’s Mets Extra rants.

 

It’s a good thing to accept criticism.  It keeps you honest.  If the Mets win a World Series they’ll find they are far less criticized.  Attempting to silence the critics doesn’t help.