Mets’ R.A. Dickey will be on Letterman July 11th

CBS’s “LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN” CATCHES ALL-STAR FEVER!
Ten Members of Baseball’s American League All-Star Team to

Present the Top Ten List Monday, July 9

New York Mets Pitcher R.A. Dickey, Who Will Pitch for the National League in His First-Ever All-Star Game, Visits the Broadcast Wednesday, July 11

The LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN catches All-Star fever when a bevy of Major League Baseball’s finest visit the broadcast Monday, July 9 and Wednesday, July 11 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

On Monday, July 9, 10 members of the American League All-Star Team will present the Top Ten List on the LATE SHOW via satellite from Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City where the 2012 All-Star Game will be played the following evening (Tuesday, July 10). Among the All-Stars participating in the LATE SHOW Top Ten List are Derek Jeter from the New York Yankees, David Ortiz from the Boston Red Sox, Jose Bautista from the Toronto Blue Jays, Josh Hamilton from the Texas Rangers, Joe Mauer from the Minnesota Twins, David Price from the Tampa Bay Rays, Chris Sale from the Chicago White Sox, Justin Verlander from the Detroit Tigers and Adam Jones from the Baltimore Orioles.

R.A. Dickey, the right-handed knuckleballer from the New York Mets who was named to his first-ever All-Star team this year as a pitcher for the National League, will make his first visit to the LATE SHOW, Wednesday, July 11, the day after the All-Star Game. This season, Dickey has an impressive 2.15 ERA, with 12 wins, one loss and 116 strikeouts. He was named National League Player of the Week for the week ending May 27, 2012, became the first Major League pitcher since 1988 and the first National League pitcher since 1944 to throw two consecutive one-hitters, and also became only the third pitcher in MLB history to have two complete game one-hitters with 12 or more strikeouts in one season, and is the only pitcher to do it in back-to-back starts. On June 24, Dickey’s dominant streak of consecutive scoreless innings was snapped at 44-1/3 innings in the Mets’ game against the New York Yankees. Continue reading “Mets’ R.A. Dickey will be on Letterman July 11th”

Confirmed: Los Mets jersey being worn Friday night

The uniform below will be worn Friday night.  Confirmed.

The Mets also announced the below…which makes my source’s 8/24 date make sense.  I left the now outdated-updates so you can see how this evolved.

07/05/2012 4:14 PM EST
Mets host return of Merengue Night Post-Game Concert Presented by Budweiser in celebration of Sergio Vargas’ 30th Anniversary Friday, August 24 at Citi Field
Merengue Artists and Special Guest Stars Will Join Sergio Vargas at Concert Following Mets-Astros 7:10 p.m. Game Tickets Available Now at Mets.com, LosMets.com, (718) 507-TIXX and Citi Field Box Office

 

The New York Mets and Vidal Cedeño Management today announced the return of Merengue Night Post-Game Concert Presented by Budweiser in celebration of Sergio Vargas’ 30th anniversary Friday, August 24 at Citi Field.  Delta Air Lines and Atlantic City join Budweiser as supporting sponsors. Stars from the world of Merengue music and special guest stars will join Sergio Vargas on stage following the Mets-Astros 7:10 p.m. game.

Tickets are available now at Mets.com, LosMets.com, (718) 507-TIXX and the Citi Field Box Office.

Sergio Vargas, known as “El Negrito de Villa” and “El Ejemplo,” will be making his fourth Mets Merengue Night appearance. He has recorded more than 30 albums and has achieved worldwide fame with his hit singles “La Ventanita,” “Vete Y Dile,” “La Incondicional,” “Si Algún Día La Vez,” y “La Quiero a Morir.”  While he is renowned for his distinct voice and musical talent, he is also known for his humanitarian and philanthropic efforts in the Dominican Republic.

The Mets hosted Merengue Night for 12 years at Shea Stadium from 1997-2008 featuring a wide array of Merengue artists including Johnny Ventura, Fernando Villalona, Toño Rosario, Ruby Perez, Milly Quezada and Eddy Herrera.  The shows also branched out to include reggaeton and bachata with such artists as the group Aventura, Anthony Santos and Frank Reyes.

The Mets have a 9-3 record on Merengue Night.

 

The previous now outdated update: the Mets game notes do not mention any sort of Heritage night tonight.  Also I emailed a few folks who haven’t gotten back to me yet.  Hopefully they are just on a well earned vacation.

Anyway, this came my way earlier today and as the story went/goes this will be worn tonight (tomorrow) and again on August 24th.

A mystery!

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That’s an interesting design since last year’s had orange lettering (below).

The Mets are trying to bankrupt me $110 at a time. I didn’t even buy my ASG jersey yet…and I haven’t even worn the throwback Giants jersey yet…and I will wind up buying all kinds of 2013 jerseys (All Star patches and All Star jerseys). Jeez Louise!

In the past I have said “Los Mets” is stupid (the English jerseys don’t say “The Mets”, and “Nueva York” would be 8000 times cooler) but again I prefer this design to the previous versions where there wasa tiny itty bitty Los.

 

I will confirm when I can.

 

Confirmed for tomorrow!