Season Ticket Deposit Due Today

The Mets sent out a letter a few weeks ago to season ticket holders that provided details on the massive price increases to accomodate CitiField. Make sure that you get your 10% deposit in by today to reserve your seats for next season. It’s tough to take a hefty price increase but the Mets are trying to maximize revenue in what the market will bear. It may price some of us out though and leave the corporate entities with all of the tickets. That’s my biggest concern. The “real” fans won’t be in the new stadium.

Read this column by Newsday’s Wallace Matthews for a good description of what’s going on here.

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Mets Quiet At Trade Deadline Is Just Fine

image The trade deadline came and went without a peep from Omar Minaya. And that’s okay with me for two reasons:

  1. The Mets most likely trade target, Raul Ibanez of the Seattle Mariners, was overpriced. The reports that I read said that the Mariners wanted two of the top four Mets prospects. That’s ridiculous for a two month rental players that’s an average offensive and defensive player.
  2. The Mets divisional rivals didn’t do anything during the last month of trading to worry me. The Phillies got Joe Blanton from the A’s. And the Marlins got Arthur Rhodes from the Mariners. No big deal.

I know there’s some dissatisfaction out there that the Mets didn’t get better yesterday. But I’m fine with where they are right now. There’s still time to evaluate the effectiveness of Pedro Martinez and Ryan Church during August to determine if a waiver trade is necessary.

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On Deck- August 1- Mets at Astros [Game 1]

New York Mets (58-50 Road: 26-30) at Houston Astros (50-57 Home: 26-26) 8:05pm

Pedro Martinez (3-2 6.25) vs. Brandon Backe (6-10 4.73)

TV: SNY  Radio: WFAN

What to watch: Pedro makes his return to the mound from the bereavement list tonight in Houston. The Mets front office will be watching closely to help determine if they need to acquire another starting pitcher before the end of August.