April 14, 2014
Ladies and gentlemen, your 2014 New York Mets!

Look, nobody is penciling in October baseball in Queens this season. But don’t feel bad, Mets fans. While you might not be leading your division – like the 27x world champs are – your plucky squad has shown some pep of late.

So with a big home series coming up against the team’s premier division rival, you might think tickets would be in demand at Citi Field. You’d be wrong. See, while those bloodthirsty capitalists in the Bronx (and pretty much every other team) would charge extra for a “premium” opponent (such is the NL east that something like this is being used to describe Atlanta) coming in for a weekend set, the Mets are doing the exact opposite. Step right up and greet the Mets for less than $4! Here’s an email today from the team:

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First of all, by the time you pay the fees, these tickets are actually more like $8 (a 229% increase!) but still cheaper than beer at the ballpark. They also have field level box seats for only $19.50. That’s a pretty good deal to see Freddy Freeman and not be in Atlanta.

More importantly, this deal is being billed as an anniversary celebration of Shea Stadium. Really? It would be one thing if Shea Stadium a) still existed and b) wasn’t universally terrible. But they tore the place down in 2008! How do you have an anniversary for what’s now a parking lot?

This really does encapsulate everything there is to know about the New York Mets. Not only are you going to the game for $3.50, but they’re also giving you an ugly T-shirt or a tote bag!

Bring your kiddies, bring your wife, indeed!