Going to the Game in 2016

[bmfc1]

I'll be at the game this Wednesday.

[Guest sharpie]

and I'll be there on Phriday vs. the Fillies.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Along with several school buds, YoungerPooper and I will be attending the virgin starting foray of debutante Ms. Gabriel Ynoa tomorrow.

[Centerfield]

I'm supposed to be there tonight. But weather looks like poop.

[Ceetar]

themetfairy wrote: We'll be at Closing Day. Come tailgate with us!

Probably! Gonna bring some homebrewed Belgian blond with cherries and a um, 'homebrewed' 2 year old German-Italian curly blond.

[Guest themetfairy]

Ceetar wrote: themetfairy wrote: We'll be at Closing Day. Come tailgate with us! Probably! Gonna bring some homebrewed Belgian blond with cherries and a um, 'homebrewed' 2 year old German-Italian curly blond.

Awesome on both counts!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Ceetar wrote: Probably! Gonna bring some homebrewed Belgian blond with cherries and a um, 'homebrewed' 2 year old German-Italian curly blond.

I was going to bring a 42 year old German-Italian curly blonde, but KB d'K'd that plan.
It's Magnetic Schedule Day!

[Ceetar]

I'm not sure what my plans are for the WC and NLDS right now (pending of course) but I did actually win the postseason lottery to buy tickets a few times so if two of you want to use my extra winning code gimme your email and you can have it. (tickets go on sale in 20 minutes..)

[Benjamin Grimm]

e-mail from the Mets wrote: The following potential 2016 Postseason games at Citi Field will be included in this presale: 2016 National League Wild Card 2016 NLDS Home Game 1 2016 NLDS Home Game 2 2016 NLDS Home Game 3

There's virtually no chance that there will be a third home game for the Mets in the NLDS. The only possible way is if the Mets win the NL East and finish with a better record that the NL West winner as well.

If the Mets do make it to the NLCS as the wild card team, Home Games 1 and 2 will be played at Citi Field on Monday and Tuesday, October 10 and 11. The Wild Card game would be on a Wednesday. If any of the games fell on a weekend I'd take a shot at getting tickets, but I can't realistically get to Citi Field for a weekday night game, so I'll pass. (Not that I would have been likely to get tickets anyway.)

[Guest d'Kong76]

This dude from the ticket office has left me three voice mails and this morning
emailed me about the voice mails and wanting to give me a sales pitch. He signed
it and said, "GO METS!!!"

I emailed him back my ticket-plan situation for next year (not interested) and being
the dick that I sometimes can be had to correct him that it's LET'S GO METS!!! I mean
geez, know your freakin' stuff if you're gonna try to sell/market it to fans.

GO METS!!! Why I oughta...

[Ceetar]

d'Kong76 wrote: This dude from the ticket office has left me three voice mails and this morning emailed me about the voice mails and wanting to give me a sales pitch. He signed it and said, "GO METS!!!" I emailed him back my ticket-plan situation for next year (not interested) and being the dick that I sometimes can be had to correct him that it's LET'S GO METS!!! I mean geez, know your freakin' stuff if you're gonna try to sell/market it to fans. GO METS!!! Why I oughta...

I picked up one of them a while back and the guy was hardcore pushing despite me pointing out that there were zero benefits to me locking down tickets.

[Edgy MD]

i think the same guy called me.

[Guest d'Kong76]

For the record, considering I was a lock for a no-sale he did take the time to
write me back with a nice note and acknowledged that it is indeed LET'S.

[Fman99]

Going to be in Chicago this coming weekend for the Chicago Marathon. If the Mets win Friday night I think I'll be shelling out to attend Mets v Cubs, game 1 Friday night at Wrigley. My first ever postseason game!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Good luck! I hope you get to go. I can only imagine how much that ticket might cost!

[Gwreck]

Cheapest non-standing room ticket is $183 for Division Series Game 1 in Chicago. It's the World Series tickets for the Cubs that will be running in the several thousands on the secondary market.

[Edgy MD]

Wrigley is Wrigley, but I can't imagine how useless an SRO pass to a playoff game would be.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

We've got tickets to NLDS Game 4. Or, rather, Theoretical NLDS Game 4.

[Gwreck]

I'll be there Wednesday. I may have missed more of this season than I wanted to (although I did get to about 7 or 8 games) but I haven't missed a do-or-die Mets home game in quite some time.

LGM

[Centerfield]

Gwreck wrote: Cheapest non-standing room ticket is $183 for Division Series Game 1 in Chicago. It's the World Series tickets for the Cubs that will be running in the several thousands on the secondary market.

I think it would be wrong to make the Cubs pay several grand for World Series tickets. After knocking them out 2 years in a row, the Mets should at least comp them a few seats. It's the sporting thing to do.

[Gwreck]

I'm not usually a superstitious kind of guy...BUT....

[Chad ochoseis]

My old college roommate - a native Clevelander and Indians fan now living in the DC area - just called me to say his wife has to work and can't make the trip to Cleveland to go to Game 7 with him. So I'm getting her ticket. If the Indians are up 3-2 after game 5, my rooting interest for Game 6 has now become seriously conflicted.

[seawolf17]

Chad Ochoseis wrote: My old college roommate - a native Clevelander and Indians fan now living in the DC area - just called me to say his wife has to work and can't make the trip to Cleveland to go to Game 7 with him. So I'm getting her ticket. If the Indians are up 3-2 after game 5, my rooting interest for Game 6 has now become seriously conflicted.

DUDE. You HAVE to root for the Cubs in that spot. No question. It's GAME SEVEN. That's awesome.

[Guest cooby]

No he doesn't! He'll look like a fool!

[Benjamin Grimm]

It depends on what's stronger, your rooting interest or your desire to go to the game.

If I had Mets tickets for World Series Game 7, and the Mets were up 3 games to 2, I'd be totally rooting for them to win Game 6.

[Guest cooby]

Well yeah, but what if the other team was?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I can't think of any scenario where I'd be rooting for the Mets to lose the sixth game of the World Series.

[Centerfield]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I can't think of any scenario where I'd be rooting for the Mets to lose the sixth game of the World Series.

Unless I have a close family member playing for the other team, no chance in the world.

And if it's my brother, I'd be asking him to tank it.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I'd be satisfied with the Mets winning it all in a Game 6 while holding a ticket
for Game 7. I'd put a frame around it and hang it over the bar (if I had one).

Not sure how I'd feel about Chad's scenario; seeing the Cubs continue their
century-long failure to win it all at the hands of The Tribe (in Cleveland) would
be awfully sweet!

[Chad ochoseis]

If it were the Mets, no question I'd be rooting for a quick end to the WS over a chance to see Game 7. For my AL cheat team, there's less of a pull.

And my buddy has said that he'd still root for the Indians to win 6, Game 7 ticket or not.