Mercifully, this season is nearly over…
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Mercifully, this season is nearly over…
Join in to chat with your fellow fans about Mets, baseball, football or whatever crosses your mind.
(Chat removed, as usual.)
The lineup was posted at noon. Strange.
Here’s the lineup for the last game of the 2009 season…
*Game Chat will be up at 1 p.m.*
Well, you’re in luck.
Head over to The NY Times Bats Blog to see a rundown of the top-(bottom?)10 lowlights of the Mets season.
Also, just to add insult to injury (literally), you’ll have to scroll through the highlights of the New York Yankees season to read the Mets ones.
Sounds about right.
According to his new employer, sources say Bobby Valentine is in talks with the Florida Marlins as a possible managerial candidate.
Valentine just signed a contract with ESPN to join the network as a analyst, but supposedly has a clause in his contract that would allow him to leave the job to manage a team.
Though the Marlins haven’t made any firings, Fredi Gonzalez is on the hot seat in terms of his job as manager of the team. Other teams that will be looking for managers are Cleveland and Washington.
And if some fans had their way, so would the Mets.
“No, I don't.”
-Jerry Manuel on if he had any idea why the umpires delayed the meaningless game for 2 1/2 hours
I’m home for the day (Yeah, New Jersey!) and I will be running around like a chicken with my head cut off.
Talk to you all tomorrow.
Thanks to the Ted Berg, RealAnthonyCamp and others for sending this over.
The Mets have announced that they will be cutting ticket prices for the 2010 season for season ticket holders. They will also not raise any prices of tickets for those without a ticket plan.
Here’s the Mets press release they sent out to ticket-plan holders…
The New York Mets today announced across the board decreases in the price of Season Tickets for the 2010 season at Citi Field with no increase in the price of any ticket next year.
The average ticket price on a full-season basis will drop by more than 10 percent with reductions in select locations in excess of 20 percent. Every Season Ticket Holder will see a decrease in their invoice for next season.
The price of the least expensive seat will remain at $11.
"The Mets are sensitive to the economic realities facing our fans and we have lowered our ticket prices in response to these challenging conditions," said Dave Howard, Executive Vice President, Business Operations. "This move underscores our appreciation of our fans’ ongoing loyalty and support. We are committed to delivering exceptional service and value to our customers at Citi Field in 2010."
Wonderful news. A smart PR move by the Mets that will get people back into the seats.
Oh, and by the way, this morning in my “Nine Innings” interview on Jesse Spector’s blog, when he asked me what I would do if I was owner for a day, I responded with…
You're probably expecting some sort of roster move here, but I would slash ticket prices. By a lot. Look, the fans want to see your team play, so let them. Make the tickets cheaper. Get them through the gate and in their seats. Also, keep the food prices generally cheap because they're going to be hungry. More fans equals more purchases in the stadium. The team will still make its money.
Hire me, Mets! I know what the fans want!
According to the AP, Francisco Rodriguez is the first pitcher since 1995 to allow two walk-off grand slams in the same season.
The last pitcher to do so was Lee Smith in 1995 with the Angels.
Yeesh.
According to Peter Greenberg, Jose Reyes “is going to be good for next year.”
Reyes is expected to have surgery on the leg.
Andrew Marchand of 1050 ESPN spoke to Greenberg who said he has consulted with Omar Minaya and Jeff Wilpon and they believe that Reyes should be able to begin working out in December of January.
If that’s true, Reyes should be ready to go by spring training.
Fingers crossed.
Jesse Spector, who pens the wonderful Touching Base blog for the Daily News, has been putting together a Q&A with some bloggers. Jesse was nice enough to interview me for one of the “Nine Innings.”
Click here to read the blog, where I answer who the most overrated and underrated players are, my picks for MVP, ROY and Cy Young and my most disappointing Met, among other things.
Thanks again, Jesse.