New York Mets : The Official Site
Mets season tickets go on sale tomorrow morning and the team for some reason sent me some schedules and their flyer with ticket info. $2,976 gets you the same great seat for all 81 home games in the Outer Field Boxes, Outer Loge Boxes, or the Mezzanine, as well the right to buy playoff tickets, seating assignment priority if a new stadium is built, an option to buy a prepaid parking pass ($810), and a “Mets-styled Notepad Portfolio” and a 2005 Mets Media Guide. You can also buy a Diamond Club membership for $250, which maybe gets you into the ballpark restaurant. I know the one time I went to the Diamond Club I had to wear a hideous green polyester sport coat over my Clash t-shirt. Whatever.
Of more baseball interest, however, are the pictures on the front of the flyer: a grinning Willie Randolf is sitting in the center, with Pedro over his right shoulder and Carlos Beltran over his left, and in action vignettes in front of him are David Wright and Jose Reyes. Inside there are pictures of Kris Benson, Wright again, Pedro again, and Mr. Met.
Who’s missing? Mike Piazza. No one really expects him to bounce back, at least not all the way, but doesn’t this seem a a little fast to write him off the team? Or is this a more subtle sign about his future status? I’m bumping Jason Phillips’ price a buck.
Rotoman –
I think it’s terrific that the focus is off Piazza. That in combination with the fact that the first base experiment is over will help Mike have a big comeback year. If he stays healthy, I think you can expect a 30+ HR year with 100+ ribbies.
Bump up Mike’s price, not Phillips’.
You might be right about Piazza, but the evidence is that we’re going to overvalue Piazza no matter what happens. He’s too good to let slip through the cracks.
Phillips is in a good position to pick up playing time if Piazza gets hurt or traded, and he isn’t going to cost much on auction day. Going to $3 on him is a good risk.