Friday, May 29, 2009

GOODBYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE.

I spent some time during tonight’s game Twittering about the absence of “Meet The Mets,” after it once again didn’t appear in the second inning. I know a journalist was working on a story about it being gone, and Jay Horwitz kept insisting they were still playing it. I was wondering if Lincoln-Mercury or Jack’s Steak House wouldn’t want to sponsor a nice, wholesome singalong to “Meet The Mets” instead of whatever lame trivia or ‘find the ball’ game they currently sponsor. I was going to keep doing this until it started annoying someone.

We got to the 8th inning singalong, and TBF and I - along with a few dozen others - started booing as soon as the graphic appeared on Diamondvision.

And then it cut into that familar intro. Not “Sweet Caroline,” but our old friend “Meet The Mets.” The crowd burst into applause. It was a full, robust, joyful singalong, complete with bridge (but no second verse - I know, I know, I’m not pushing it here).  Just as it should be.

We don’t know if it’s permanently gone, but for tonight, it was. Thank you to everyone who wrote or Twittered or sent a letter or an email or blogged about it or even just bitched about it somewhere in public. Bonus points if you actually wrote to the Mets. 

If “Sweet Caroline” stays gone for the rest of the homestand, I will not send another letter to the Mets next week. I’ll hold off my next installment out of respect for them actually doing the right thing for a change.

PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER!!

LETTER TO THE METS #2: GET RID OF “SWEET CAROLINE”