Note: Teammates in the Community
The Mets held their second-annual Teammates in the 
Community charity event last night at Richards clothing store in Greenwich, Conn.
…i love that the Mets are so charitable, and they do an outstanding job with all of these events and programs…they really do…
…however, and not that the team could have had the foresight to know it would lose four in a row to the Padres, but why did they schedule this event on the Monday after a six-day West Coast road trip…even Keith Hernandez commented on how crazy this was, during Sunday’s broadcast on SNY…i would think a better day would have been on June 26, when the team has a Thursday off wedged in between back-to-back home series against the Mariners and Yankees…
…in the grand scheme of things it probably doesn’t matter…plus, helping to raise money for charity is probably more important than these men getting time off, but i have to think there was a better way to do this all around…for every one…
David Wright, Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, Brian Schneider, Pedro Martinez, Aaron Heilman, Scott Schoeweis, Billy Wagner, Johan Santana, Carlos Delgado, Willie Randolph, Tom Seaver, and others, all attended the event, during which 400 guests paid up to $750 to meet players and bid on unique experiences, including an tour of Citi Field and the opportunity to get baseball lessons from their favorite player.
This year’s event raised nearly $600,000 for the Mets Foundation, which funds local, national and international charities, including youth athletic programs.
Lastly, according to the New York Post, seven people, including Martinez, Schneider, Schoenweiss and Jeff Wilpon, all got stuck in an elevator at the event for roughly 20 minutes, which prompted the newspaper to use the headline, “This Team’s Going Nowhere.”
…classy…you just couldn’t help yourselves, could you…
