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More about Mr. Met 1.5

Eric from the awesome Stadium Page says:

Hi,
I saw your post about the freaky Mr. Met from the mid-90’s.  It looks it was introduced in 1994 (the pic you posted must’ve been from 1995 since there was no “swoosh” on the jersey).  From looking at other old programs/yearbooks, the current Mr. Met was introduced in 96.

Check out these pics I scanned from a 1994 Mets program:
1 – Yes, that’s the freak Mr. Met with Dallas Green, Ryan Thompson, Bobby Bonilla and John Franco.
2 – Surely Fred Wilpon’s finest hour!

Wow, I am starting to think this actually happened!  I clearly have erased my brain of any recollection of this.  Maybe I was too busy staring at the “swoosh” jerseys.  Maybe I was just happy Mr. Met was back at all.  And stop calling me Quaid.

I need to learn as much as possible about Mr. Met One Point Five

As for Fred & Stimpy (I know, I know, it’s just a better joke if i phrase it that way) – one thing about Fred Wilpon.  He would never charge you to prin….oh wait never mind, that’s Ren.

Who else has Mr. Met Uno Punto Cinco pics for me?

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Coach Kiner wears weird yet official Mets cap

Kevin grabbed this out of one of the Mets Yearbook shows. I remember my dad ranting about this back when Mets Police was a monthly newsletter you got in the mail.  I’ll tell ya one thing about Coach Kiner – he would never charge you to print out tickets at home.

 

…coming up later this morning, more about Mr. Met 1.5

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Mets pre-game notes for March 10th

As usual, I’m doing a quick cut and paste from a PDF thus any poor formatting is my fault not that of the Mets.  Every day (unless I get super-busy like yesterday) I pick a few things of interest…

WHO’S HOT: DANIEL MURPHY has two RBI, two runs scored and two doubles in his last two games…FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ has retired eight of the last nine batters he’s faced…SCOTT HAIRSTON is hitting .412 (7-17) with three doubles…After collecting three hits yesterday, JOSH THOLE is batting350 (7-20) with one double, one home run.and two RBI

SPRING TRAINING RECORDS: The Mets are 5-7-1 during Spring Training this year…The Mets are 653-668-11 (.494) all-time during Spring Training.

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Times suggests Wilpons had $ problems anyway

I love the Mets. They are the greatest topic ever to blog about.

Not only do you get at least 162 new topics every year, they are always willing to provide a soap opera.

So far this morning, CharlieSamuelsGate is back – and you know that’s going to end well with everyone’s hands being clean – and the Times brings up that maybe perhaps the Wilpons had some financial problems even before the lawsuit:

For instance, revenue from about 10,600 club seats and suites and from advertising and concessions dedicated to paying off the Mets’ new $800 million home, Citi Field, fell tens of millions of dollars short of forecasts made just two months before the season began in 2009. That was followed by a nearly 20 percent decline in attendance in 2010 and a resulting slide in revenue that was compounded by an increase in stadium bond payments.

Well that’s unlucky isn’t it?

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On twitter last night there was an interesting premise: would the Mets be in better financial shape had they stayed at Shea? I imagine (unresearched) they would be drawing around two million, but maybe without the stadium financing they wouldn’t be hamstrung?

Then again picture the mood of the fan base with two collapses and two disasters without Shea Goodbye and obstructed views at Citi Field to distract.