New York Mets

Since this is a review on the Mets as a Franchise as a whole. The New York Mets are a flawed New York team in that they are in the biggest or one of the biggest markets in the world but they operate as a small to mid market team. They have the 17^th highest payroll in baseball in the #1 market that just doesn’t add up! This mostly has to do with bad business deals with things that had nothing to do with the baseball team which is unfortunate for everyone involved including the fans. But as it stands today the Mets have a very promising new few years if they invest just a little in the team and give back what the fans paid in season tickets. They got 5 Top of the line Starting Pitchers that are approaching or right at their prime if they solidify their defense and get some power bats Mets can be right back where they found themselves this past year in the World Series. So lets go Mets next year!

Damn Straight!!! Mets are my team!!! Mets stomped all over the KC Royals tonight to win their first game in the 2015 World Series, and this was the first World Series win at Citifield. What a great lineup of players we have this season and Terry Collins is doing a fine job as manager. Keep it up guys, New York is behind you cheering at full volume.

The Amazin’s
This is the year of the Mets. This version of the team has zoomed from nowhere to top flight. Their very young pitching staff is amazing. The fastest fast balls on average in baseball today. Averaging over 95 mph for all of their fast balls.
They have just beat the Dodgers and then swept the Cubs in 4 to head for the world series. The pitchers limited the runs, and their hitters finally came through. Both the Dodgers and Cubs had excellent players. The Cubs — killer good hitters and two tough pitchers. But the Mets prevailed.
Daniel Murphy deserves his own Unilocal page! His performance is unprecedented. Who would have believed that a guy with 14 home runs for the year would hit a homer in 6 straight games setting a MLB record. That he would rank with Reggie Jackson, Carlos Beltran and Lou Gehrig in his post season hitting achievements and this doesn’t include the world series yet. He has tied Lou Gehrig in being the second person to have a hit, a run and an RBI in 7 consecutive post season games. And for the NY Mets, broke the record held for post season homers held by Mike Piazza. Totally, unbelievable. And he may even have a Howard Johnson (HOJO) replica bat!
The stadium is not Shea, but most would say it is better. It has the classic style back to the past look. The service is efficient and New York polite. And, yes to me that is polite. I’m a transplant to the South and follow the Nationals. They didn’t make it this year. But I’m overjoyed to see the Mets go to the series. Their last meaningful one was in 1986. This could be another!
And of course, ignore the Yankee fans reviews. Why are they here? Why do they go to Citifield? No one knows.

i regret nothing, but im happy with the results… all thanks be to cespedes. the cool aid, o how ive enjoyed it.

I wish to air out a complaint I have for Met management. I was at the Mets/​Dodgers game this past Saturday night along with 8 other friends. Heart was playing a post game concert. Upon completion of the game, all 9 of us met up to watch the concert from field level seats. We were told by Mets ushers and a security supervisor that as soon as things settled down we would be allowed to go to field level seats for the concert. We were never allowed to go to those seats and were made to stand for the length of the concert in the area behind the field level seats. We were never given an explanation as to why the Mets personnel reneged on their promise to seat us. The Met fan base is extremely angry with Mets management over the lack of spending on players to help the team over the last few years. Incidents like this only add to Mets fan’s anger with team management and their policies. They should learn how to properly treat the loyal fans that still go to games. The Mets could NOT even get a sellout crowd under the most optimal conditions which are the following: Popular and excellent opponent– there were loads of Dodger fans in attendance,. perfect weather conditions on a Saturday night in the summer, top of the line concert entertainment. The Mets personnel handling of this situation is totally unacceptable. If that is the way they choose to treat the paying public then it will be a long time before the Mets will see me again at Citi Field.

The New York Mets are starting to unravel again. The team just has trouble hitting and scoring runs. Pitching in general at least starting guys have been good but boy this looks like same old same old is about to happen. Travis d’Arnaud is back on disabled list with sprained elbow, he hit so well in early part of season. Hopefully the team can win more on the road and more at home when they come back this weekend.

I used to live in NY and the Mets will always be my team.
The new stadium is good, I love Shake Shack, and My family got to meet Mr. Met!
Then there’s the but. I don’t know if the Mets front office know what a «win» is, we have good players but many of them are injured, Wright, Wheeler, D Arnoud. We have a decent pitching though, and it’s been decent for many years, we got Harvey, DeGrom, Syndergaard, etc.
Sadly when I moved, I couldn’t see many more games, but the Mets will definitely be my team.

**************************************update 6.16.15**********************************
The team is still hanging strong. tremendous game last Sunday, 5.14. Down 5 – 1 and 8 – 3, The Met’s win 10 – 8. WOW, what a game. Clutch hitting was a very welcome sight. Same thing lat night. After blowing save in 9^th. Met’s won in the 11^th, 4 – 3. All the guys are doing well with hitting; Lagaras, Duda, Flores, etc.
Pitching is the backbone of this team, Young guns holding strong. Harvey, not doing well. This guy needs to chill and let things happen. Guy is to tight and needs to relax. DeGrom is light outs. Solid pitcher.
I don’t know what the rest of the season will bring, but it is a lot of fun. It is going to be one interesting summer. The team just needs to stay healthy. Get timely hitting. Pitch, pitch and pitch.
Let’s go Met’s…

Thanks «Mike H.» For being the least helpful person ever.
One of my friends lost their iPhone at today’s game and barely walked out of the stadium when they realized it was no longer on them. No one is blaming «Met’s Stadium» for the loss, but the staff at the gate made possibly finding the phone a complete nightmare… He refused to let any of us in without an «unused ticket»; we had already been scanned in and he would not accept our previously scanned tickets. Luckily we had 2 unused tickets we were not able to sell and entered with them…
Look, I’m not asking «Mike H.» To know or have the lost phone on him, but the fact that he went out of his way to make our life difficult and insisted that we were not his problem and would not let us back in with the tickets we had originally used was ridiculous.
The issue is not about the quality of Citi Field, but of the horrible people they employ at a management level.
Hopefully I will never have to interact with Mike H again.

The New York AA National League baseball affiliate!
It’s always fun to watch NY’s minor league ballclub stumble along season after season.
It’s aways «wait ’till next year»!
It’s always enjoyable to watch their fans become bitter and disgusted as the team falls apart at the seams as the season progresses.
Most times the Mets season is over by opening day. This year they show some promise and have been competitive with a winning record, so they are watchable now. Will be interesting to see at the end how they finish. Their fans need something good to cheer for and deserve a bit of happiness after all these horrible years. All time won-​loss record is 4061 — 4424 as of today.
I do like their new ballpark though. Been there a few times now for games and some beerfest events. It’s a terrific place. Too bad it really should be named Brooklyn Dodger Stadium as owner Doubleday is clueless and wished he owned the Dodgers. Instead he got CitiField — the bank that took our taxpayer dollars for the bailout to keep them alive — to take the naming rights. So lame. Should have kept it as Shea Stadium.
For Mets fans hopefully it won’t be another Must End The Season as the summer moves on.

As a Mets fan I have nothing else but to give it 5 stars, such a great stadium! way better than Shea Stadium but as a real fan can’t call it Citi Field yet. If you’re looking for great food and you are afraid to miss the game, no worries make your way to Pat La Frieda and Shake Shack, believe me the wait is worth it while watching the game on the big screen directly over head of really good frozen margaritas. If you have kids come an hour early and enjoy all the dunk tank and batting cages the stadium has to offer by the food section behind the big apple reserve area.

9 in a ROW! This is just a short review of what I think of the 2015 Mets.
The Mets have gone through years and years of lousy seasons. This could finally be their year. The pitching is on point, the rotation and bullpen looks solid. I was skeptical about signing Michael Cuddyer but he’s proving me wrong. I’ve always been a fan of Granderson, he came through big last night. David Wright should be back soon and as much as I love Murph, he’s a bit slow playing 2^nd. As a hitter, he’ll do just fine but defensively, he doesn’t look very agile at that position.
It’s still early into season and too early to tell if they can keep this up. It’s a hot start but each time Harvey has pitched, the Mets had suffered some injuries. It’s not his fault obviously but if players on the active roster are starting to get injured at an alarming rate, there could be some trouble brewing. Wheeler is out for the season, Gee has filled in but hasn’t been doing very well. Rafael Montero should be the 5^th starter but with that happening, what do we do with Noah Syndergaard? Burn him out in Las Vegas (Met’s minor league AAA team)?
I’m liking this 2015 team and it’s chemistry. As a life long Mets fan, there’s finally some excitement generating the season. I still wish that Omar Minaya and Willie Randolph were still part of the Mets Organization but that’s just me speaking. A majority of the prospects and young players we have now were drafted by Minaya during his tenure as GM. As for Willie, he had a pretty good winning record (302 – 253) as a manager of the Mets. Even though they choked badly for two seasons in a row, I still would of chosen him over Jerry Manuel during those years. Now that Terry Collins is the manager, he has done a fine job so far. Even though his winning percentage isn’t above .500, he’ll definitely achieve some success with this current Mets team.

I’ve been a Mets fan for 22 years ever since I was born. I love this team through they’re ups and downs. This team is just so much fun to watch! I feel as though we are getting better as a team and hopefully by next year have some pennants to prove it. I am a die hard until the very end. LETS GO METS!

They’re a nice team to see when the you’ve seen the yanx and six too many times. The stadium is nice, new, and the staff seem friendly. There aren’t any seats behind building support columns, which is nice. Tickets are expensive as is the food.

LETS GO METS!
Often get free tix from the blood drives they host. Plus being a Citi customer there are some bonuses.
Food here is pricy, but i usually bring food and just buy drinks/​dessert. However if you want to buy, you have a wide variety of choices.

Let’s go Mets!
Let’s go Mets!
Let’s go Mets!
You gotta believe! The 1986 World Series was the best World Series ever. Straw! Dr. K! Mookie! Nails!
Sure they’ve been a bad team since 2007, but you gotta give your team 5 stars! My favorite live sports moment was with the Mets when I got to see them play in the 2000 World Series. I’ll never forget the feeling when I was walking to my seat before game 5. I couldn’t believe I was getting to see my beloved Mets in a World Series game at Shea. Even though their crosstown rivals beat them to win the championship that night, nothing can compare to that feeling of seeing my team play on the biggest stage in baseball. Except of course seeing my team WIN the World Series in their new stadium, Citi Field. That would absolutely top the feeling from 2000. In fact, you know what?!? Forget that nostalgia crap! That was 14 years ago! It’s time the Mets win the World Series for the first time in nearly 30 years!
Let’s go Mets!
Let’s go Mets!
Let’s go Mets!

Beautiful ballpark for a not so good team lol But I live in Flushing so I go to the games often since they are cheap and takes 5 mins to get home after. Go Wheeler!

I’d like to congratulate the staff of the Mets Kids Club, and especially Tara Napoli.
My wife and I had complained that the Buy One, Get One Mets Ticket Offer expired two days before our membership package arrived, and further, that the free game tickets offered as part of the Mets Kids Club annual membership consisted of 5 weeknight games while school was in session, with 2 two other summer dates either on July 4 or a weekday.
Mets Kids Club gave us 4 tickets to the game of our choice in wonderful seats (Section 310) on the 1^st base side. No idea what they retail for but I’d like to sit there for every game in perpetuity.
I grant you Citi Field attendance is down (again) and this is unlikely to happen when the Mets have a winning ball club in post-​season contention.
But still, in this age of dramatically lowered performance and expectations in connection with customer service, the Mets Kids Club staff were super responsive, pleasant, cordial, solicitous, gracious, efficient and professional.
On several occasions they answered dueling e-​mails and voicemails, and when one staff member went out on paternity leave, another picked up the ball. Not only that, they squeezed in our little issue in the midst of what must have been marathon 2013 All-​Star game preparations and planning.
So, you know what? Hats off and kudos to the Kids Club staff.

I feel odd reviewing my Mets, but I saw a couple of others so I figured I’d do it too-​and maybe ask for some early Christmas cheer in the process. When I was a kid I was actually a fan of both the Mets and the Yankees… and my favorite player was Thurman Munson. Once Thurman died in 1979, I gave up on the Yanks and threw all of my love and support behind my Mets. Unfortunately, other than a handful of seasons over the past 33 years, I’ve had nothing but disappointment.
I will say, though I love my Mets, I hated going to Shea and I haven’t been to CitiField yet… Yankee Stadium is so much easier to get to from where I live. So far this off-​season the Mets have overspent on David Wright, have alienated their only Cy Young award winner since Doc in 1985, and have given the fans little hope of a successful team in 2013.
Please, Mr. Wilpon, please bring me some pitching, and a couple of home run hitters for Christmas. I just want a team that gives us some hope next season…

My husband’s the Mets fan in the family, not me. I’m more indifferent to sports in general, really. But my husband described a typical Mets season as this:
They win a few games & you get excited for their prospects. It looks like they might become champions this year. Then they end up getting their butts kicked in a few games & everyone’s like «Awww…» in disappointment. So, it’s «Yeah…awww!»
The night we went to our very first Mets game at Citi Field, they were in the lead until they started switching pitchers & had one that let the Reds get in 2 runs. My husband was quite upset since every time he’s been to a Mets game (which almost never happens), the Mets lost.
My husband also likes the Mets because they don’t have a bunch of overpaid superstars like the Yankees or win the games because they can buy the best talent like the Yankees do (his words, not mine). Did I tell you he hates the Yankees with a passion? So do most Mets fans I’ve seen; I’ve not met anyone who likes both. From what I’ve heard, it seems the Mets are the team for people who relate to the underdogs of the world or are the average, working man.