{"id":1061,"date":"2011-03-15T09:05:52","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T13:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2011-03-14T20:16:35","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T00:16:35","slug":"mets-new-fundraising-plan-sell-the-blogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2011\/03\/15\/mets-new-fundraising-plan-sell-the-blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets New Fundraising Plan: Sell The Blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Much has been made of the Mets current financial woes, but I&#8217;ve recently learned of a new plan they have to raise some money. \u00a0Starting on Opening Day the Mets are going to start a new concession booth at Citi Field out in the center field concourse. \u00a0This new stand will sell new and used Mets blogs at a reasonable price.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>First up is the esteemed blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readtheapple.com\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Apple<\/a>. \u00a0In what is perhaps a misinterpreted understanding of common adages, the Mets believe if they sell an Apple a day, it&#8217;ll keep the doctors away. \u00a0Health is a key component to a successful Mets season, and they&#8217;re doing everything they can.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"eadtheapple\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/_WiYnnqmj-NY\/TX6u7oi4JsI\/AAAAAAAAKYc\/IywTCzDFafA\/s912\/eattheapple.jpg\" alt=\"Eat The Apple\" width=\"547\" height=\"410\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>All articles featuring <a href=\"http:\/\/readtheapple.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Apple<\/a> are fictitious. No\u00a0Mets\u00a0were harmed in the writing of this story. \u00a0Optimistic Mets Fan would like to thank The Apple, and the Academy, for awarding us a prestigious <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readtheapple.com\/2011\/02\/1st-annual-fonzie-awards-recap.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fonzie <\/a>award. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much has been made of the Mets current financial woes, but I&#8217;ve recently learned of a new plan they have to raise some money. \u00a0Starting on Opening Day the Mets are going to start a new concession booth at Citi Field out in the center field concourse. \u00a0This new stand will sell new and used &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2011\/03\/15\/mets-new-fundraising-plan-sell-the-blogs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mets New Fundraising Plan: Sell The Blogs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1133,19,166,15,3],"tags":[1558,969,2983,2966,1556,1553,1562,2964,1557,1200,1499,1555,1559,319,14,1560,1554,1552,1561],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1064,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions\/1064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}