The old Mets lineup in a Disney arcade

One of my google alerts caught this one and I found it just interesting.

There’s a huge arcade in Downtown Disney. It costs a small fortune and it’s not worth it, but they did have part of a floor dedicated to old sports games. And out of the twenty or so on display, the best two, by far, were World Series Baseball and Virtua Tennis.

This was a machine so old that the Mets were batting Mike Piazza, Robin Ventura, and Todd Zeile (1997, I believe). Oh, and “M. Alexander”, which made me curious enough that I looked him up. That would be Manny Alexander, light-hitting utility infielder with a lifetime batting average of .231 and 15 HR in 1271 career at-bats. Incredibly, he was still playing in Italy in 2009 after playing for six different major league clubs.

via Dubious Quality: Vacation (Part One).

Saturday Morning Donuts

Good morning Mets fans,

For newer readers, Saturday is usual more casual around these parts.   I always make a run to an Unnamed Donuts Chain (they should sponsor the site so I can have a huge advertising budget like Mets Blog!  Anyone seen the banner ads?!  I just saw one on the Post’s site!)

You can also pretty much bank on a Lee Mazzilli mention every Saturday, although the current trend in Mazzilli news is disturbing.   Whereas a few months ago I could daydream of #16 sitting in the Mets dugout, it is clearler and clearer that Lee has become Mr. Yankee..

There’s no hiding this.  That’s a lot of pinstripe.   Lee talks about how proud he is of “this stadium.”   This hurts.   I would share the video with you but MLB could potentially go out of business if they allowed embedding technology, so click here.

As  typed this post the new dog completely sharked a donut from my youngest.   Cue Jaws theme…..out of nowhere donut gone.

In case you’re under 40: In 1979, Mazzilli led the Mets with 181 hits, and 79 runs batted in, and was their sole representative at the All-Star Game in Seattle. Mazzilli hit a game-tying solo home run in the eighth inning of that All-Star Game, and drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning to bring in the winning run of the National League‘s 7–6 victory. The following year, he had his best statistical season, leading the Mets with 162 hits, 31 doubles, 16 home runs, 76 RBIs, 82 runs, and 41 stolen bases. (via wikipedia)

You need to understand what it was like.   We had NOTHING.   Exciting things for Mets fans were that our guy hit a home run in the All Star Game and that Craig Swan was on the same baseball card as Ron Guidry which proved that Swan was just as good.  Oh yeah, you guys probably don’t know how great Guidry was for a while.  You can imagine a 25-3 with a 1.74 season right?  Swanny made the card with a 9-6 record but hot damn he led the league in ERA!

Mets Announce Holiday Pick a Packs

Thank you to Ceetar sending this over to us today. New ticket packages are always a good thing to see. Does this interest any former Plan holders out there that didn’t want to renew a 15,40, or full season plan?

METS ANNOUNCE NEW HOLIDAY THREE GAME PICK-A-PACKS
FOR 2011 SEASON

Packs Start at $60

Holiday Pick-A-Packs Are On Sale Now Online at Mets.com

FLUSHING, N.Y., December 3, 2010 – The New York Mets today announced that new Holiday Three Game Pick-A-Packs for the 2011 season at Citi Field are on sale now online at Mets.com. Packs start at $60.

Fans can build their own Packs by choosing one game each from the “Premium,” “Classic” and “Value” game pricing designations.

Holiday Pick-A-Pack availability includes seating in the following categories: Caesars Club, Left Field Reserved, Promenade Box and Promenade Reserved. The fans’ choice of seat category will apply for all three games in a Pack, subject to availability.

The three-game Packs provide fans access to games of their choice months before single game tickets go on sale.

Season Tickets, 40-Game and 15-Game Plans are also on sale online at Mets.com and by phone at (718) 507-TIXX.