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…from what i have been told, by people connected to the team, the Mets will not be using any sort of slogans or taglines this season…to which i can only say, thank you…
…yesterday, i noted how they had been sending an e-mail pushing NL East-centric ticket plans, as well as single-game tickets, with the subject line: “It’s Your Turn to Join the ‘Team to Beat’”…
…however, it was pointed out to me that this e-mail was only sent to those who are registered to receive their newsletter, and it was simply a quote, citing beltran, in the subject line…it is in no way an official slogan…
You sure? I’m expecting another heinous 80s style rap song playing at every home game called “We’re the Team to Beat.”
Insert lyrics here.
…promo…
“Show up at Shea to see Johan Santana, David Wright and the Mets take on the National League East.
The 2008 New York Mets: No Official Slogan.”
looked like your post worked
We should have an unofficial MetBlog.com slogan contest for the 2008 Mets. Mr. Cerrone, any way to enable voting on comments?
2008 Mets Slogan
“No Official Slogan”
2008 New York Mets
“There are no words.”
The 2008 Mets: Gutless Nameless Phillies Want To Fight Us
How about…I dunno…”Let’s Go Mets”.
2008 Mets: Do it for the Apple!
Winner!
Except in fact the email was advertising their new “Team to Beat” Game package, which includes matchups with the Phillies and other division rivals. Nice effort by the spin doctors to downplay it however.
“Its a National League town again”
Slogan….slooooooooooogan …slogaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
How about…..no loud music, no player songs, no “everybody clap your hands”?
No slogans
Just play f’in baseball
How bout we all just sit around and read a book…
How about Cotton Eyed Joe? Oh I forgot, thats reserved for Yankee Stadium.
How about:
“If you dare follow ‘Let’s Go Mets!’ with a “WHOOT!!”, you will be escorted from your seat and beaten to a pulp in the parking lot.”
I couldn’t agree more. I don’t know when exactly this started, but I hate it.
How about “41 days till Billy Joel Concert”
did you say, “41″ ?
or how about “Don’t Worry about security anymore, Lo Duca’s Roid Rage no longer included”
Naaaaaaaaaa,
Play super loud music so the fans know when to cheer. They aren’t following along they need some inspiration to urge the team on.
They don’t know when to clap, when to boo or when to get up and make some noise.
Shea Stadium public relations office must think their fans are morons.
The lemmings that clap after hearing “everybody clap your hands” just prove the point.
Watch them when the season starts….I would rather see the wave and the K Korner come back than hear this.
“The end of the beginning.”
Hopefully, it will again be, “We’re # 1 ! ”
easy to chant; says it all….
Hey, I just went over to beerleaguer.com (the Phillies blog site) to kick up some dust over the Phillies losing the Ryan Howard arbitration. I told them that the the only thing they accomplished was pissing Howard off and that he’ll look real good in blue pinstripes when he becomes a free agent.
Bwahahahaha.
Bring it on!
That looks like a fun site to have a little “back and forth” with. Looks like they only post one item/day there though. Now, get your trolling standards up to snuff Glider or they might call you a bad word!
2008 Mets: No Slogans Because Our Fans Complain About Everything…
How about no more freakin “Yankees Suck” chants when the Yankees arent even playing the Mets. That word should be banned from being said in this the last year of shea and in the new stadium.
Also anybody wearing a Yankees hat should not be let into the stadium when interleague play is not happening. Why are Yankees fans so retarded?
Here here!
When I went to see the Rays beat the Yankees at home, I wore a Mets hat to the Bronx, so there’s a little back at’em.
I went to a Phillies vs Mets game at Philly where a whole section of yankees fans crashed the party.
One of them was pushed down the nosebleed stairs and almost went over the railing.
Dude, like 3 years ago I went up to Foxboro
to watch the friggin’ Pats beat the crap outta
my beloved Jets and chants of “Yankees Suck!” broke out again and again. At a football game!
Last time I was in Boston, I ain’t makin’ this up, a homeless guy, with the shopping cart, rollin’ down the street with a “Yankees Suck” tee.
The hatred runs deep….
“Let the Brawls Begin”
yea…thats it right there.
Nice to know they’re willing to abandon a 45year old tradition at the drop of the hat…I think they just ran out of ideas.
I really like “Shea goodbye”
45 years? All I could find was:
Team Motto(s):
* “The Amazins”
* “Your Season Has Come.” (2007)
* “The Team. The Time. The Mets.” (2006)
* “Next Year is Now” (2005)
* “The New Mets” (2005)
* “Catch the Energy” (2004)
* “Always Believe” (2002)
* “Amazin’ Again” (2000)
* “Are You Ready? New Year, New Team, New Magic” (1999)
* “Show Up At Shea!” (1998)
* “Believe in the ‘98 Mets!” (1998)
* “Hardball Is Back!” (1992)
* “Excellence. Again And Again” (1989)
* “Lets Go for it Again” (1988)
* “Lets Do it Again” (1987)
* “Baseball Like it Oughta Be” (1986)
* “Catch the Rising Stars” (1985)
* “The Magic is Back” (1984)
* “There’s No Power Shortage Here” (1983)
* “You Gotta Believe!” (1973)
If it wasn’t for the baseball, I’d pay baseball no attention at all because of this BS.
Don’t forget “Armed and Ready” (1994)
I do have a good slogan for the Phillies:
“Ten Thousand Losses, Ten Million Losers”
2008: “Come Watch the Mets Kill The Phills.”
2008 Mets: Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeets Get Ready To Rumbllllle
Anyone going down to Spring Training next week? I’ll be at Mets camp March 3rd
“Johan, punch with your right, not left!”
“let’s play brawl”
I do hope they play “girl you know it’s true when Pedro steps up.
Well, for the foreign film-buff crowd that comes out to Shea during US Open time:
“The Last Days of Shea Nous”
Plus, using foreign words will rattle Roger Clemens if he returns to the Astros for $2M/game…
“Lets bring it to Shea, one last time”
How about “It takes balls to play this game!”
First and foremost some complain about the music being too loud and others complain (me as well as others) that the music is not loud enough. I can barely hear the intro songs from my mezz seats and can barely hear the likes of Professor Reyes or Enter Sandman when Wags comes in.
Some people complain that going to a game shouldn’t involve all the extra noise and music and things of that nature and that it should be about baseball. BLAH BLAH BLAH. That is completely boring. During a pitching change you can go a good 5 minutes waiting for the damn pitcher to be ready. What do we want 5 minutes of pure silence?
Some complain the music is old and others complain they play too much hip-hop and reggeton. Which is it? I say if everyone is unhappy I guess they are doing a good job.
Most of the crowd pumping up factors do get to be overdone when it is a good crowd but there are plenty of times that when the crowd is dead and they use these tactics to get the fans to stop sitting on their hands.
Lets also keep in mind that most of the stuff that is done is done to get young kids to have fun. At their young age they aren’t hooked like we are. The things like the Apple, Mister Met, the music, the fun games at dead points help get a kid to say Daddy can we go to the Met game. Eventually they grow to love the team but all this other stuff gets their attention early.
If you do not like this stuff simply block it out is it really that hard? Read the program or check over the out of town scoreboard and try to name all of the pitchers pitching that day.
Bottom line in all of this? Met fans love to complain. They love to think they can speak for an entire fan-base based on their own opinions on uniform colors, music, volume, crowd pumping tactics and crowd pleasing tactics. So I say shut the hell up stop the whining and just enjoy the game. All that other stuff can be tuned out.
Excellent Post, DJdef. I agree with you 100%.
I don’t disagree during pitching changes and in between innings. All lulls in the action like that are fine.
My point is in between pitches. During the inning when the game is being played.
Also, “when the crowd is dead”, when does that happen? When the team is playing poorly? When they are losing? Why try to manufacture crowd emotion? The game sets that tempo, not the DJ. The team’s play energizes the crowd, the fans are more than knowledgeable about it and the kids being bored well…kids will get bored by the music too. They get bored with everything after awhile.
And one more thing……
You’re complaining about Mets’ fans complaining?
Irony indeed. I say take your own advice.
:)
How about “shut up and win”?
New York Mets 2008: Win
David Wright’s got one: We Owe You One
(The 76ers actually used that one decades ago and it took em six or seven years to deliver).
ahhh . . . . no.