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Tickets Archives
 As mentioned yesterday, we were out at Citi Field last night. Not a pretty night for the Mets, who lost 5 - 4 and slipped into 4th place in the NL east. Pat Misch was ineffective at first, allowing three straight hits to start the game. He gave up three runs over the first three innings before settling into a groove. Our offense never really found a groove until the end of the game. The top of the lineup (Reyes, Pagan, Beltran) went a combined 0 for 12. Jose went 0 for 5 and grounded out with the bases loaded to end the game. Jose did save a few runs in the field, gunning down a runner from third with one out in the 6th and making a nice relay throw to Thole to end the Marlins at-bat in the 7th. Loge13 original Ross Jones finally got to view Citi Field last night. Good to catch up with him and to hand with Kingman Senior, Run Hunt and the Ronette. Last I saw Ross Jones, he was staying behind after the game to prowl the stadium. He may be there still. Ron Hunt took the Wall Street ferry to the game last night and raved about it, even though the only adult beverage served on board is beer. Photos to come. Meanwhile, Loge13 pal Paul posted this excellent comment that bears re-posting here. "I went to the game last night also. Saw a great
come-from-behind win with a ten hit attach, caught a tee shirt from the
Pepsi Patrol, while watching my teams "Magic Number" drop to 4.
No, I was not in Queens and $iti Field. I was in Brooklyn where Wally
Backman's team is 20 Games over 500 and heading for the playoffs!
You see by NOT renewing for that "Saturday Plus Plan" and being stuck
with all those tickets to useless games that nobody wants, I using a
fourth of that money to see exciting and hard played baseball.
So do yourself a favor and trade in "Cow-Bell Man" for "King Ralph",
come to Brooklyn and see Baseball Like It Ought To Be !!!" Thanks Paul. Citi Field was pretty vacant yesterday and it won't be getting better this year or next. The Mets are facing a season-ticket debacle in 2011 if they don't do something smart (which wouldn't be like them).
To escape the heat, Loge13's Ron Hunt went to the Acela Club before Tuesday night's Santana masterpiece. Here's what he said and saw:
Had
dinner at the Acela Club Tuesday for several reasons. My new seats allow me
entrance, wanted to check it out. Oh, and it has
A/C.The view is great, even amazing but you have to pay more to sit where we
did, $10, plus the prixe fixe $48.. The food was almost as good as the view,
great apps, several buffet tables of all sorts to chose from and very good menu
choices for the main course. The decor is very nice too, classy, unlike the
airport lounge, Caesar's Club.
 Lady GaGa figured out what the rest of us season ticket suckers couldn't: how to successfully upgrade seats at Citi Field. I have refrained from mentioning Lady GaGa's June 10th Met game visit, mostly because I don't care for her and also because at the night cap of that Thursday double header, Niese threw his one-hitter. What's more important? But now the most famous Met fan (at least the most funny) has gone on record. While schmoozing with Steve Somers the other night, Jerry from Manhattan slammed Ga Ga and by association, the Mets ticket office: "Oh, she's a jerk. I give the finger [to her]," Seinfeld
told pal Steve Somers, on his WFAN sports talk show. Seinfeld
had initially wanted to dodge talk about Gaga's un-ladylike act on June
10, when she made a spectacle of herself at Citi Field during a
Mets-Padres game. But Somers egged him on, pointing out during
Monday night's show: "They didn't escort her out of Citi Field, they
escorted her to your luxury box!" Seinfeld took the bait and
tore into Gaga with a barrage of put-downs. "You know, I
changed my mind, you're right," he said. "This woman's a jerk!
"I hate her. I can't believe they put her in my box, which I paid for,"
he said. "You give people the finger and you get upgraded? Is that the
world we're living in now? It's pathetic!" The outrageous
songstress displayed her inner "fame monster" when Mets employees had
the audacity to escort her to front-row seats. Gaga, sporting a
gold-studded bra and bikini bottoms, pitched a fit because she was too
close to sports photographers. So she was led to Seinfeld's empty luxury
box, where she flipped the crowd the bird. Good luck getting that suite fumagated, Jerry.
 Poor Jets. They left beautiful Shea Stadium three decades ago, only to reside as squatters in the Meadowlands. Now they are moving into a new two-family home but few Jet fans wants to come visit. To encourage some season ticket action, the Jets announced they will cut some PSL costs by as much as 50 percent. The revised ticket plans went on sale today. Here are the details: Lower End Zone -- The PSLs in Sections 101, 103, 104, 123, 124,
126, 128, 129, 148 and 149 have been reduced by 50 percent, from $5,000
to $2,500.
Mezzanine End Zone B -- The PSLs in Sections 201, 202b, 203b,
224b, 225b, 226, 227b and 228b have been cut by 38 percent, from $4,000
to $2,500.
Lower Sideline -- The PSLs in Sections 110, 116, 135 and 142
have been reduced by 33 percent, from $15,000 to $10,000. Will that be enough to fill in those 10,000 unclaimed season spots and avoid local TV blackouts?
The Mets now spotlight a season ticket holder each home game. A randomly selected fan says "Play Ball" after the Mets take the field and after the ceremonial first pitch (if there is one). Wednesday night, a guy a few rows ahead of us did the honors. 
Given how ticket sales are going, the Mets may run out of amateur announcers by July. I'll be away this weekend so no posts from Loge13 for a few days. Happy Memorial Day Weekend.
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Thanks for the hospitality last night. I did stick around for awhile. The Mets Hall of Fame is very impressive.