Mets Tickets Available

I just received an email from the Mets in regards to tickets. Tickets for the Mets game on Friday, May 11, 2007 are available at http://www.metsman.com. This is a game you can go to for fairly cheap, tickets start at only $9 a ticket.

From the email:

"The Mets, winners of four of their past five games, took three games out of four from the Diamondbacks over the weekend. Beginning Monday, the Mets take on the Giants to close out its road trip, then take a day off on Thursday before retuning home to Shea Stadium."

Mets take on the Giants

If you've secured your Mets tickets for tonight your bound to see a great game as will see Oliver Perez pitching for the mets and Barry Zito for the giants. Barry Bonds will also be playing at tonight's game that has a scheduled start time of 10:15 PM ET. The below is from Mets.com


Their trip out West is already a qualified success, and the Mets move on to the City by the Bay and the ballpark by the Cove and, for at least one night, the Barry by the Barry.

They face Barry Zito, the pitcher they didn't sign in the offseason, Monday night. And for two games and perhaps a third, they will play the role of the obstacle in Barry Bonds' pursuit of the career home run record.

Oliver Perez, Tom Glavine and John Maine are to start for the Mets in the three-game series. Perez has retired Bonds six times, walked him once and allowed him one single. And Maine never has faced him. Glavine knows him well, though. He has faced Bonds 97 times, and those confrontations have produced: 80 at-bats, 15 walks, 26 hits, three home runs, two triples, six doubles, 10 strikeouts and a .325 average for Bonds.

Glavine has walked Bonds four times in Bonds' last six plate appearances against him. The last two walk were intentional. They came in the Mets' 6-2 loss to the Giants in San Francisco April 24, 2006. Neither had the desired effect. A three-run home run followed the first walk in the first inning, a two-run single inning followed the second, six innings later.

The home run and single were the work of Moises Alou, no longer on the other side.

Glavine now enjoys Alou's support and, even more, that he need not face Alou. "It was feast or famine against Moises," he said in March. "Either he'd wear me out, or he'd a line drive at some one."

Glavine's perspective of Alou has changed as much as Alou's point of view regarding Bonds' pursuits, though the Mets left fielder still anticipates Bonds eclipsing Henry Aaron's runs record. "I like it when people achieve something that looks like it's out of reach," he said Sunday.

Alou came to know Bonds during his brief tenure with the Pirates in the early nineties and enjoyed playing with him with the Giants the last two years. "I was kind of disappointed that he didn't do it while I was there."

Mets stand against childhood cancer.

Shop and Stop and giant food have joined the mets, boston red sox, and baltimore orioles to "strike out" childhood cancer. They plan to raise $5.25 million. This is not a new charity as it has been existance for 17 years. The program is named the "triple winner program" and since its start in 17 years ago has raised $38 million to support research of childhood cancer. The Triple Winner Game is a baseball themed scratch ticket that offers free products, gift cards, and even $10,ooo cash prizes.

"The Orioles are proud to team up with Giant's Triple Winner program and provide our fans with the opportunity to demonstrate their support to help eradicate this terrible disease," said Greg Bader, Orioles Director of Communications.

Mets Honor Jackie Robinson Friday

The New York Mets were supposed to honor the great African American baseball player on Sunday but the game got rained out due to a nasty storm. Instead the Mets plan to host a ceremony on Friday at Shea stadium. Robinson is best known for breaking baseball's color barrier and opening up Major League Baseball to talented African american athletes. The Mets will be playing the Braves after the ceremony takes place.

Sundays Mets Game Postponed

The game that was supposed to take place tonight has gotten postponed due to rain. Fans should keep their Mets Tickets safe as they will can probably be used for the rescheduled date.

"Rain Check Notice: In the event a regulation game is not played due to weather then, unless indicated otherwise on this ticket, this rain check can be exchanged for the same price seat for any regular season home game at the same facility this or next season, subject to availability, or (in the case of NY Mets tickets only) refunded during this or the next calendar year at Shea Stadium or by mail to the Mets Ticket Office. If issued complimentarily, this ticket shall have no value." - from mets.com

Pitcher Juan Padilla Will Go Into Surgery

Today the Mets right-handed Juan Padilla will need to go into surgery for his right elbow. He has a torn flexor tendon. The surgery will take place at Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. No other information has been released as of yet but I'll keep all of you up to date.

Get your taxes done at Shea Stadium!

Alright this is kind of weird but I'll tell you about it anyways. New York Mets fans can bring their shoebox of tax information to Shea Stadium and get their taxes prepared at no cost. Gilman Ciocia, Inc is offering mets fans free tax preparation from April 11 to the 15th at Shea Stadium. This will occur during the following games,

• Wednesday, April 11 vs. Philadelphia 7:10 p.m.
•Thursday, April 12 vs. Philadelphia 7:10 p.m.
•Friday, April 13 vs. Washington 7:10 p.m.
•Saturday, April 14 vs. Washington 1:10 p.m.
•Sunday, April 15 vs. Washington 1:10 p.m.

You must hold a New York Mets tickets to one of these games to be eligible however.