I’m a big fan of future Hall of Famer Jon Niese, and the Ledger tells us he got mentally fatigued at the end of last season.
I think we all did Jon.
All hail Brian, the King of Piazza
A quickie late night post (written earlier) so I can watch TV. After careful consideration and polling the people….Brian is The King Of Piazza.
Check out his collection here.
Tomorrow I have a cool mystery that I think I have solved. See y’all in the AM.
2011 Mets Alternate Caps #3
Today on Alternate Caps (a series which is already more popular in 2011 than it was the last few years) we have this submission from Randy at The Apple.
While “better” than yesterday’s cap in that it lacks the Mets written all over it…and “better” than the hybrid* because we can see the NY, it suffers from blue+black makes the blue look purple. Oh I also don’t like The Apple’s watermark…that’s some sneaky marketing. That’s like randomly sticking fellow bloggers in an episode of How I Met The Mets just to get them to write about it.
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* For the newbies: “Hybrid” is the Mets black cap with the blue bill that the team is obsessed with. It is a “hybrid” because it is neither blue nor black. I don’t recall who invented the term, might’ve been UniWatch, might’ve been a reader, could have even been me. My issues with it are that it includes black, blue+black looks purple, and the NY doesn’t “pop” on TV although it does if you are in the same room as someone wearing it.
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However, Randy has opened up a whole new world of “generic content” – the fan designed cap. Oh wait, I just realized as I typed that that I am ripping off UniWatch again. Their comments section will yell at me. Don’t send me any DIY caps. Lukas likes me, he is excited about the Treaty of Flushing. **
** The Treaty of Flushing will take place on a subway car. Me, Howie Rose and Paul Lukas will meet with Fred, Jeff and Dave Howard. We will have nice traditional blackless uniforms during the week, and the Mets can wear Whatever Goes Sundays. Sell whatever. I agree to never post about the subject again. Maybe.
A call to a Mets ticket rep about the new ticket plans
I called up my ticket rep yesterday and just inquired why the plans got the fees waived and the bonus game. I made it clear though that I wasn’t upset about the tickets but more about the waiving of the fees.
The explanation was that the 15 game plans have more perks then the flex plans. Such as the 10% discount we received on the plans, no transfer fees during the season, the same seats for all games, pre sales for tickets, no fees for any single game tickets we buy during the season and better options for seats for the play offs. I told him I wasn’t mad about the bonus game it was just that for years I have been trying to figure out why there are certain fees and now if they are so necessary why can they just waived now. He said he will look into it.
I also made sure that I told my ticket rep I was glad the Mets have these new plans for the fans. He said the Mets pay attention to what their fans want and try to accommodate as much as they possibly can.
I have nothing but nice things to say about the Mets customer service. They are always helpful and really try to answer any questions you have.
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New Mets locker room plate design for Spring Training
Here’s the new locker plate design the Mets will use in Florida thanks to our tweetpals @newyorkmets (and I am @metspolice).
I think it looks great. A good use of blue and orange, apparently you CAN make those colors look cool, and hmmm no black nor dropshadow.
Very interesting. Very interesting.
