New York Mets 2009 Sponsorship Survey (Part One of Two)

The Mets have emailed (at least some of) the Flushing Flash a sponsorship survey.   Tip of the blue Mets cap to the fellow who sent it in. (I know it cuts off, but you should be able to get the rest of the sentence.)

Do you or does any member of your immediate family work in any of these occupations? (Please select all that apply)

Advertising, marketing or marketing research
Professional sports or sports marketing
Banking, investment services, or lending/finance companies
Credit card services
Airlines
Pharmaceutical sales
Toy manufacturing
None of these

On a 1-5 scale, 5 being a “die-hard fan” and 1 being “not a fan”, how big a fan are you of the Major League Baseball?

5 – Die-hard fan
4
3
2
1 – Not a fan
On a 1-5 scale, 5 being a “die-hard fan” and 1 being “not a fan”, how big a fan are you of the New York Mets?

5 – Die-hard fan
4
3
2
1 – Not a fan
Do you currently hold a 2009 Mets season ticket plan? (Please select all that apply)

Yes – Full Season Plan (81 Games)
Yes – 40-game Plan
Yes – 15-game Plan
No

Approximately how many Mets home games have you attended this season (2009)?

None
1-4
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25 or more
How many Mets games have you watched on TV this season (2009)?

None
1-4
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25 or more
How many Mets games have you listened to on the radio this season (2009)?

None
1-4
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
25 or more
How many times have you visited Mets.com this season (2009)?

None
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
40 or more

Can you name any official sponsors of the Mets? If so, please list them below. (Only one sponsor per line please)
Sponsor 1:

Sponsor 2:

Sponsor 3:

Sponsor 4:

Sponsor 5:

Sponsor 6:

Sponsor 7:

Sponsor 8:

Sponsor 9:

Sponsor 10:

When you think about financial service providers (i.e., banks, credit cards, investment firms and brokerages), what is the first one that comes to mind?

I’m not sure
When you think about airlines, what is the first one that comes to mind?

I’m not sure
When you think about soft drinks, what is the first one that comes to mind?

I’m not sure

Which of the following financial service providers sponsor the Mets? (Please select all that apply)

Apple Bank
Wells Fargo
TD Bank North
Bank of America
Citi/Citibank
Chase
Other (Please specify) 

I’m not sure
Which of the airlines sponsor the Mets? (Please select all that apply)

American Airlines
United Airlines
Spirit Airlines
Delta Air Lines
Jet Blue
Continental
Other (Please specify) 

I’m not sure



Which of the soft drinks sponsor the Mets? (Please select all that apply)

A & W
Coke
Mountain Dew
Dr. Pepper
Pepsi
Other (Please specify) 

I’m not sure
What company sponsors the ballpark where the Mets play their home games?

I’m not sure

Which of these statements best describes how much you would consider opening an account with each of the following financial institutions?
Is the only bank I’d ever consider Is one of the banks I’d consider above the others Is a bank I’d consider equally with others Is not a bank I would think of at first, but I might consider it Is not a bank I would think of at first, and I probably would not consider it Is a bank I wouldneverconsider Is a bank I have never heard of
Citi/Citibank

Apple Bank

Bank of America

Chase

Part two of the survey is here.

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New York Mets Price Cuts: Unfair?

One of the things that seems to bug fans is the feeling that you got a raw deal.  Whether it’s me complaining about tonight’s “Saturday” game, or someone being able to get a discounted ticket after you paid full price…it’s just annoying.  I’m sure the people that bought the Subway Series bundles (and there obviously weren’t many) were thrilled that the Mets released the single games yesterday.

Here’s one from the mailbag via JMF:

I didn’t realize how outrageous this is until I got this email from a fellow unhappy season’s ticket holder, who notified me that one could buy seats four rows behind me for $55.00 less than face value.  Or in other words, it does not seem fair that the Mets are discounting tix in my section.    Something stinks about it.

he says…

What do you think of Mets selling tickets at 33% discount?

I got an email and went to the Mets website as though I was looking for your seats. Phillies games. Bronze. Great section (Sec. 326), row 5 or 6. List price was $135, but on sale for $95.

How’s that for being undercut by the Mets?

Seems like unfair competition.

It’s annoying.  I can’t kill the Mets for trying to move unsold inventory – but I think that lots of Mets fans are going to cut way back on their ticket buying next year.   The Promenade isn’t all that nice, and you can jump on Stubhub any old time and get a ticket, often for below face.  I know personally I will drop from 30 to 15 games next year, and if I get the Opening Day crave I will just stubhub rather than buy 14 extra tickets like I did this year.

The Mets drew 38,488 in their brand new stadium last night.  One year ago, on a weekend, vs the Yankees – they drew 56,172.  The Monday June 23rd game against the Mariners, a more fair comparison, drew 49,789.

So what happened to those 11,000 fans?   Was the demand to see Shea that much bigger than the demand to see Citi?

The game on Tuesday June 19,. 2007 against the Twins drew 40,935.

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Mailbag: Strawberry’s Monster HR, Uniforms

Rathan Haran has left a new comment on post “Mailbag: Is Jerry Manuel Eliminating The Mets Fro…“:

I came across your blog searching for a measurement of Darryl Strawberrys blast at Olympic Stadium. Do you have a video of it by chance? I want to write an entry about measuring the distance of that home run

I don’t, and I have looked.  Does anyone know where to find it?

Re: post “A Plan For Neo-Retro New York Mets Uniforms“:

The Mets take a beating enough without a uniform with “Queens” written in large letters across their chest. It would be a disaster similar to when the Islanders came out with the fisherman logos.

That said, anything is better than the current black ones. Bring back the 86′ uni’s and everyone will be happy. Lets honor the METS, not the dodgers or Giants. 


Also…


I LOVE the idea of a Mr. Met alternate logo. I mean, how can you NOT love anything that guy is on?


Yeah, I have been thinking about that one lately.   I think a Mr. Met Sunday cap (blue and only at home) would be fun.

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1998 Cubs Wild Card Shirt With New York Mets Skyline – Or Is it?

A Strawberry Sundae goes to Sparks for this one.  Yesterday we discussed the 1988 Wild Card, and how the league just reused a Mets-designed t-shirt after the Mets closed out the season with 5 straight losses.   (Maybe this choke thing isn’t a 21st century phenomenon.)   So they slapped some Cubs stuff on it… or did they?

Sparks writes:

It just so happens someone is selling an example of one on ebay right now:

http://i16.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/10/30/43c0_1_b.JPG

That’s what happens when the t-shirt people are secure enough in the standings to settle upon a team-specific design only to have the team in question blow it.

Here’s a shot of the Chicago skyline.   I think you could easily argue that the two buildings on the left on the t-shirt are the same two on the left of this photo.


Here of course is the Mets skyline logo (with the NY on it – why did the Mets take that off?  Were fans from New Jersey not going to games until the Mets became America’s Team?  Put that back on.)

Looks to me like they kept the basic baseball design but did swap the skyline.

My favorite Cubs-anything was Cubsbusters in 1984.

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The 1982 New York Mets (Link)

Got a note from the blog I Hate the Mets who says, Despite the site’s name, I am a Met fan (albeit a disgruntled one) and do I try to have something intelligent to say about the team.”


Ah yes, I know the type.


Well since I know how it helps to have an established blog help a newer blog (thanks Mets Blog, Amazin Avenue and others…) and I like anyone who writes about the 1982 Mets…please check it out.


Article about the 1982 Mets.


As always, if you have something you’d like us to link to, or a guest post submission, or some cool pictures of obstructed views (I guess those would be uncool pictures) or Citi FIeld stuff, Shea stuff, or baseball in general….hit me up at [email protected]


What’s amazing about the 1982 Mets is that Mike Scott is the same Mike Scott from the 1986 Astros.   If you were a Mets fan you would have never believed that Mike Scott was about to be super dominant.