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Joel Sherman kills the Mets 3rd day in a row

Wow, Joel Sherman is bringing it hard this week!  Some excerpts:

I told Mets officials that during this offseason I have been besieged by angry Mets fans telling me either face-to-face or through e-mail that they were giving up their season tickets or partial plans; and that I have yet to have one person tell me that they were purchasing a package of any type.

But Mets officials said that was unscientific and that they are doing just fine in selling packages, specifically partial plans.

It is just that the Mets are again falling for what I call the WWE referee trick. You know how in wrestling that the referee has to fall for the same stupid ruse every week so that the chair can get into the ring behind his back … Well, the Mets’ version of that is annually convincing themselves that all of their players will be healthy and productive and never really coming up with a suitable Plan B. And then being as surprised as that WWE referee when the chair is in the ring, or in their case when the injuries and bad seasons come.

That’s just a taste…a must read and it makes me wonder what the real story is.  Sherman isn’t going to write this three days in a row based upon some gut feeling.

As much as the Wilpons made sadden us at times, I worry about who the next owner may be.  I fear the Dolans, and I fear MegaGiganticCorp.   Now if Mark Cuban can get a team, that would be super-entertaining, my blog woul dhave plenty to cover every single day, and hey he actually lets bloggers get credentials (to be fair I have not asked Mr. Horwitz for credentials).

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The Mets quietly admit the obstructed views at Citi Field

Well look at that!  Look what the New York Mets have added to their ticket sales.  An actual warning that you might not be able to see parts of the outfield.

Friends, this stuff makes me happy.  I’m sad that we can’t see the left fielder, but I am pleased that the Mets (who read this site folks) have taken another one of my friendly suggestions (like renaming the former “Saturday” plan) and decided to be honest with fans.  If you click the box and sit in those seats, that’s on you. Last year David Howard and friends just took your money and told you you were crazy.

Long time readers of the Mets Police know I have spent an awful lot of time on obstructed views, so I’m glad to see this change.

This stuff works Mets fans, you keep sending things in and I’ll keep riding their case until we win the World Series while dressed nicely.  Big thanks to Michael for bringing this to my attention.  Send stuff to [email protected] when you have it.

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Mets lower CF fence at Citi Field

I woke up this morning to the news that the Mets are lowering the CF fence from 16 feet to 8.

My initial reaction was “what happened to pitching and defense” but when I took a look at Citi to refresh my memory, the fence is only that high right in front of the fake Apple.

It’s an odd move that’s not that big of a deal. It makes the park less quirky that’s about it.

I hope they leave the high fence in left and build a team around pitching.

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MetsBlog’s fan confidence rating is at 11%

UPDATE: This has become a very interesting discussion in the comments section.  I’ve made this post “sticky” at the top, but in the comments you’ll see a back and forth discussion related to some critiques re Metsblog.  My personal opinion is that they are unfair, but I do think this is a good forum for discussion…below is the original post and you will find the comments here.

ANOTHER UPDATE:  Michael Baron who works on MB (often covers the weekends) dropped me this note, I think you will find it insightful:

Hey Shannon,

Great post about MetsBlog.

I think one thing which needs to be clarified is the perception about the comment moderation among some of your readers, and readers of MetsBlog, and other sites.

Take it from me, Ive spent many hours going through the comments, and I think Ive approved about 1000 readers since the Winter Meetings. Its impossible to get everyone, and the line only gets longer. I for one don’t have a bias, and I deal with dozens of requests to get unmoderated, and I try to take a fair approach on the issue – someone who has made 10-15 insightful comments without foul language, racial slurs, etc. and makes valuable contributions.

Shannon: That makes sense to me

THE ORIGINAL POST THAT STARTED ALL THIS IS BELOW:

You’ve probably heard of MetsBlog, right?

Matt Cerrone who runs the joint has a Fan Confidence Rating index.  I’m not sure what the mechanism is, but it caught my eye that it’s at 11%.  ELEVEN.

I mean, how low could it actually go?  Even if they lost 120 games there’d still be 11% of Mets fan who gotta believe, no?

It made me start wondering what “The Wilpons*” (more on that in a second) think when they see that.  On twitter (I’m @metspolice) we already joked (I think) that Fred probably doesn’t have a computer but Jeff has.

I know for a fact the Mets check out this site, so I am sure they have looked at MetsBlog in the last month and seen the number.  I mean, what really goes through their minds when they see that?  89% of the fans are in the tank?  I know fans are always doom and gloom, but 89%?   Wow.

As for “The Wilpons” I love how that’s becoming a thing.  I know it’s short hand for Fred and Jeff, but in some ways it seems like it indicts the whole gang including Omar Wilpon and D.Howard Wilpon.

You know who is having a great off-season?  Jerry Manuel.  Haven’t heard a peep from him all winter, and nothing is his fault.  Jerry, learn from Bobby V’s mistakes and get this team starting hot out of the gate.   I don’t know what you’re going to do on days 2-5 and for your sake I hope Santana is sound.

By the way, if you ever want to drop me a note I am [email protected], I reply to everyone, and really appreciate all the great links that get sent in.