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November 25, 2009

Five Questions For An Average Mets Fan (Fan #31)

Drew gets to be #31 in our fan survey. Maybe we should retire his number.

1. When did you start following the Mets?

1975

2. What is your favorite Mets memory?

The day they acquired Hernandez, for the first time in my met fan life, there was true hope

3. What is your worst Mets memory or experience?

June 15, 1977 Trading Seaver and to a lesser degree Kingman, being 9 at the time, you have no idea about off the field issues, or any of the behind the scenes BS, it was incomprehensible to me why they were gone, and it seemed like the organization gave up that day.

4. If you could change one off-field thing about the franchise what would it be?

They should embrace the past better, and not just 69 and 86. I had alot of great memories even when they stunk. How about an old timers game. I would love to see guys like Steve Henderson, Joel Youngblood, even Willie Montanez!!!

5. If you owned the team starting tomorrow, what is the first thing you would change?

If I was Jeff Wilpon, I would take a less visible role and hire a baseball “czar” so to speak and clean up the mess. Perceived or otherwise, there is a stench around this organzation that needs to be cleaned up. Open the windows, let it all out. I would hire the baseball equivalent of Bill Parcells. I am also a Miami Dolphin fan, after the horrible 1-15, they cleaned house and bought themselves instant credibility with a proven winner who had an established track record of turning around downtrodden franchises. Who is that guy here?? John Schulerholz, Pat Gillick, I’m not even sure at this point but you get the point.

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November 25, 2009

Five Questions For An Average Mets Fan (Fan #30)

Next up for the Five Questions is Mike, another man of few words.

1. When did I start following the Mets?
1977 (7 yrs old)

2. Favorite Mets memory?
1986 World Series

3. Worst Mets memory?
Losing to the Yanks in the 2000 World Series

4. One off-field change I could make?
Wilpon selling the team to someone who actually has a brain.

5. First thing I would change if I owned the team?

A new manager and general manager.

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November 25, 2009

The Real Cost of a 15-Game Plan – It Doesn’t Add Up

I’ve been thinking a bit more about the 15 game plans the Mets have in place for next season. First off, I will admit that this past season I had two 15 game plans – the “Sunday Plan” and the “Weekday Plan.”

Like many (including Shannon) the only reason I purchased the Weekday Plan was to get an Opening Day….er…Opening Night ticket. My seat was horrible and the schedule (and team) really didn’t thrill me. I ended up never using any tickets from that plan.

On the other hand, I used more than half the tickets from the Sunday Plan – going to maybe 10 games in total. Still, that was 5 games wasted.

So last year I paid for 30 games and went to 10. Yeah, call me a sucker.

This year I already knew I wasn’t going to get the Weekday Plan. Fool me once…..
The Sunday-PLUS Plan though I was trying to keep an open mind about. But realistically, I know I am not going to go to most, if not all of the weekday games in the plan. And I will probably miss at least 1 of the Sunday games. Looking at the real cost then of these plans – and using the tiered ticket pricing that the Wilpons love – here is what it looks like

Game	Attend?	Category	PROM RES
Wed. 4/7 Marlins		V	$ 11.00
Sun. 4/11 Nationals	Y	B	$ 15.00
Sun. 4/25 Braves	Y	S	$ 19.00
Sun. 5/23 Yankees	Y	P	$ 27.00
Thu. 5/27 Phillies	Y	S	$ 19.00
Sun. 6/6 Marlins		S	$ 19.00
Sun. 6/27 Twins	Y	G	$ 23.00
Sun. 7/11 Braves	Y	G	$ 23.00
Wed. 7/28 Cardinals		S	$ 19.00
Sun. 8/15 Phillies	Y	G	$ 23.00
Thu. 8/26 Marlins		S	$ 19.00
Sun. 9/12 Phillies	Y	G	$ 23.00
Thu. 9/16 Pirates		V	$ 11.00
Sun. 9/19 Braves	Y	G	$ 23.00
Sun. 10/3 Nationals		S	$ 19.00
		Plan Cost	$ 293.00
		Individual Ticket Cost	$ 195.00
		Loss	$ 98.00

he fact that the Mets don’t offer any incentive to purchase in bulk (like just about EVERY other sports team in the world does) makes this even more ridiculous.

Obviously I won’t be renewing. The math just doesn’t add up.

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November 25, 2009

Spotted In Wild: 1986 Mets Jacket

I probably shouldn’t snap photos of strangers in the subway…I like the blog and all but not worth being attacked….but I’m a fool and I was excited. Sorry for the blur, as you can see I’m hiding behind the stairs and taking it quickly.

This jacket didn’t seem 23 years old…do they sell these now?

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November 25, 2009

Analyzing The "Not Every Saturday Plus" New York Mets Ticket Plan

Taking a closer look at Dan’s article about ticket plans…

The Weekday plan. No thanks. 15 games, 4 in April, 3 in September.

The big carrot in that plan is Opening Day which right now is $138 on Stubhub. That’s a lot, but instead of playing $143 for the other 14 games you could break that $143 ($281-$138) and use it on games you actually want (say ten $11 games or one titanium game). I made the “I have to go to opening day” mistake last year and bought a 15 game plan. Thank heavens I sold my extra ticket to the opener for a $250+ profit which took the sting out of one of the seats. Oh, why didn’t I bring Junior you ask? Because we opened our new stadium with a night game because the Padres are whinier than this blog.

As for the Friday-Plus etc plans…I like that they renamed the plans. Last year I killed them for having “Saturday” plans that included Wednesday. This year it’s the same but at least they threw the word plus in there.

Note that the “Almost Every Saturday But Not These Plan” does not include the game on June 26th against Minny. Maybe they don’t want you to see the Twins new uniforms. You instead get to see Detroit on Thursday night.

The promotions haven’t been announced yet, how much you wanna bet that June 26th is a good giveaway day. It would be a nice day for an Old-Timer’s Day by the way.

You also don’t get August 14th against Philly because that’s a rivalry game and they can sell that out without rewarding you the loyal customer who paid for 15 games. You can buy a 16th game if you want to see the Phillies. Instead enjoy the game on 8/11 against the Rockies. On Wednesday night.

9/18 vs Atlanta? Nope you don’t get that one either. Right now I’ll guess that buy September 18th 2010 you won’t be looking to go to a game anyway. They may be doing you a favor. However enjoy that 9/15 Wednesday night against the Pirates.

I imagine the Friday/Sunday/Weekend plus plans have similar annoyances. I’m too lazy to go through. I was a Saturday guy. This year I’m out. I’ll spend my $138 on Stubhub and pocket that other $454 and use it on desperate sellers on Stubhub.

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