The Mets Police

Behind the plate - $495

Good Field Level - $225, $175 and $150 (by row)

Field Level Beyond Bases - $125 to $225

Promenade (fancy name for Upper Deck) - "averages $19"

They will continue doing the gold, silver, tin nonsense.

And here is the quote from Mets VP Dave Howard that I will use over and over and over for the next 40 years.

We were trying to produce revenue that would support our expenses and our debt service but also balance that against the realities that tickets were going to be going up for our customers. We were going to deliver qualitatively a far, far higher product for them."

Ok, you've jacked the prices and you've made a promise.   Mets Police will be on the case.

Hall of Famer. New York Giant. Perhaps they could name an escalator or something after him at N'Ebbets Field.

Why does nobody ever talk about this team? They won just as many World Series in the 1950's as Brooklyn did.

Yes I spelled it wrong on purpose.

David Lennon writes about some new food options at Citifield including a Shake Shack.   $18 burgers don't excite me.

http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/blog/2008/07/is_citi_field_open_yet_im_hung.html

I'm really looking forward to N'Ebbets Field next year, what with the Jackie Robinson Rotunda and the Ebbets Field look....but I may have uncovered a secret mystery forever unknown to anyone who is emplyed by the Mets.  Brace yourselves....



I think the Giants may have once played in New York.



Now I know you're saying, "Mets Police you're crazy!  The only National League team to ever play in New York was the Dodgers."



That's what we've been led to believe by Fred Wilpon and his CitiField minions.



Now look at this picture on the left.   It's the Polo Grounds, original home of the Mets.  The team is wearing the familiar NY logo on their caps...but look closely at the uniform.  It says "G I A N T S."   Very mysterious.




Next we'll take a look at Willie Mays.  Not many Mets fans remember this broken down old outfielder.  Sort of the Moises Alou of his day.   There's really nothing remarkable about this player, so there's no reason to honor him or name a piece of Citifield after him.



But look at the picture on the right.  It appears to be the same man, yet younger.  He is wearing a familiar looking cap, and his jersey says New York.  However, the picture is clearly from the 1950's - BEFORE THERE WERE METS!    How could this be?   Could Willie Mays have played in New York City in the 1950's?



How could this be possible if he were not on the Dodgers???



More of our investigation to this rumored and possibly forgotten team tomorrow.

The Mets (ok, specifically the Wilpons), like to speak about how the new ballpark next year - Corporate Field (because you know the name will be resold at some point) - was built with the fans in mind.

Really Fred?

You built this thinking of me? I'm flattered and amazed considering I, nor any of the other Mets fans I know of were ever asked what we wanted.

Corporate Field looks like it's going to be an amazing place to see a game (for those that will be able to afford it). However let's be honest here. The park was designed by you, for you. Now don't get me wrong, you are the owner of the team and since you are paying for it you do have the right to do it the way you want it to be done.

But if you are serious about listening to what the fans want, then I have a few things I'd like you to consider:

1. Tom Seaver Statue: I am really shocked that this has not been announced or even discussed publicly yet. The Mets are going to honor Jackie Robinson, a man who never played for, coached, or managed the team, yet the one player who for 40 years has been The Franchise, the only player wearing a Mets cap in the Hall of Fame, is not being honored??? There should be a larger than life statue of Tom Terrific outside the front gates to the new ballpark. Period.
2. William A. Shea Plaza: And the place to put that statue, the brick covered area in front of the rotunda, should honor the man who made the Mets possible. I would love the new ballpark to be called Shea, but I am not naive and know that corporate naming rights are all but neccessary. That doesn't mean the team should not find a way to honor Bill - and something more than putting his name up on the outfield wall.
3. Keep The Apple: OK, I went back and forth on this for quite a while. I am not the biggest fan of the apple - actually I find it very bush league and seems to only contribute to the Mets being looked at like a 2nd class club in this city. However, the reality is the mets will always be that, so, as Jerry Manuel himself has done, it's time to embrace that. Don't put a new apple - the apple is hokey because it's such a piece of ....well garbage to say it nicely.
4. Banner Day: What ever happened to this? I know it used to be done between games of a double-header and we don't have those on the schedule anymore. So here's an idea. Schedule a double-header with the first game between the Brooklyn Cyclones and the Staten Island Yankees. No room in the locker rooms? No problem - these are class A guys, they can change on the bus. Gives them a thrill to play on a major league field, gives the fans something unique and fun, and gives us back banner day
5. New York Giants: No, not the football team in New Jersey. As we have been saying on here for a while, the Mets seem to forget that they were formed, and received their colors, from two teams. It's great that they honor the Dodgers with the design of Corporate Field and with the naming of the rotunda. Now it's time to honor the other team as well. How about naming the outfield grandstands for Willie Mays? He even was a Met so it makes it an easier pill to swallow.
6. Mrs. Met: What ever happened to Mrs. Met? Did she run off with Dandy (the short-lived Yankee mascot from 1980)? She was the first female professional sports mascot and deserves to be brought back.

More Apple distraction. They are getting us mentally ready for a new Apple. We want this Apple. Note the wag-the-dog in this article from mlb.com. Like the Apple is going to dissolve if someone sticks it on a flat-bed truck. Can someone come up with a picture of the Apple being used at Ebbett's field? Maybe that will work. Also interesting is that's it's OK if someone buries a Yankees jersey.

ESPN discusses the new Citi Field, and has even bought the complete nonsense that green seats is a tribute to the New York Giants.

Link below. Nothing you haven't heard already.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=3394539&campaign=rsssrch&source=new+york+mets

Here's some official propoganda about New Ebbetts. Not new, but in light of yesterday's Yankees mention i figured I'd better.

Another in a long series of ignoring another baseball team ever played in New York City.

"The love of the game and this city is in my DNA," Wilpon said. "I've lived here all my life. People have asked me why I am building a smaller stadium . I didn't build a smaller stadium to make money. I'm doing it because that is the way to give fans the best experience of being close, like in Ebbets Field."

The rest in today's Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/sunday/sports/ny-spwilpon045673509may04,0,3897483.story