{"id":792,"date":"2010-07-28T09:05:12","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T13:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=792"},"modified":"2010-07-27T21:50:27","modified_gmt":"2010-07-28T01:50:27","slug":"you-will-go-to-citi-field-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2010\/07\/28\/you-will-go-to-citi-field-on-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"You Will Go To Citi Field on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-793 alignright\" title=\"hof_hat_300x250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/hof_hat_300x250.jpg\" alt=\"hof_hat_300x250\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/>The Mets Hall of Fame game is Sunday.\u00a0 Before the game they\u2019re having a ceremony and inducting Frank Cashen, Dwight\u00a0 Gooden, Davey Johnson, and Darryl Strawberry into the Mets Hall of Fame.  There are still tickets available.\u00a0 There are still TOO MANY tickets available.\u00a0 Shannon over at <a href=\"http:\/\/metspolice.com\/2010\/07\/25\/debate-lack-of-sell-out-for-mets-hall-of-fame-game\/\">Mets Police<\/a> has been all over this, and rightfully so.\u00a0 It\u2019s one thing if the mid-level seats that are priced above what\u2019s affordable for many people don\u2019t sell out.\u00a0 It\u2019s quite another if the Promenade section doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of Mets history in Citi Field was one of the biggest complaints about the place last year.\u00a0 More so than even Pelfrey letting Jody Gerut hit the first home run in the place.\u00a0 Even if you only go to a few games this year, this should be near the top of the list of options.\u00a0 It\u2019s honoring one of our greatest teams.\u00a0 Great players who we enjoyed rooting for for many years and the leaders who helped get them there. \u00a0\u00a0True Mets.\u00a0 \u00a0It doesn\u2019t matter what they did off the field or later in their careers in lesser leagues.\u00a0 They did something for Mets fans that can never be erased, and to miss out on that for petty reasons like inflation, personal feelings about current players or administrators, or the organization or park not being precisely how you like it is just sad.\u00a0 It\u2019s one thing if it doesn\u2019t fit into your schedule, your personal finances, or you\u2019re flat out busy that day, but it\u2019s quite another to make a specific effort NOT to go. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If you\u2019re going to stop celebrating the best parts of the Mets history, what are you going to celebrate?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mets Hall of Fame game is Sunday.\u00a0 Before the game they\u2019re having a ceremony and inducting Frank Cashen, Dwight\u00a0 Gooden, Davey Johnson, and Darryl Strawberry into the Mets Hall of Fame. There are still tickets available.\u00a0 There are still TOO MANY tickets available.\u00a0 Shannon over at Mets Police has been all over this, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2010\/07\/28\/you-will-go-to-citi-field-on-sunday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;You Will Go To Citi Field on Sunday&#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":[809,19,15,3],"tags":[2966,1122,1124,1123,1121,270,2964,919,1125,751,1126,917],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792"}],"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=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":796,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions\/796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}