We are starting to settle into the season and becoming more and more excited about what the 2009 campaign will be like for the Mets.  I am excited for the season to unfold and hope that the Mets offense can break out of its early slump and ugly production with men on base.  Each game you expect at least 10-15 men left on base.  They have to start clicking at some point, don't they?

I have been amazed that a blogger like myself who is simply a die hard Mets fan can all of a sudden cause such a stir online with the Mets ongoing issues with obstructions.  I have to smile just a bit when I see the referring pages and people reading about obstructions.  So first, thank you to those who have liked to my past articles about obstructions and thank you to those who have signed the petition I created.  Here is the problem I see.....the Mets, I am afraid, will continue to sweep these issues under the rug, dismissing this as a non-issue and never really making an effort to make the situation right. 

Let me be clear, I am a season ticket holder, but my seats are not affected by the LED obstruction.  My reasons for coming out and putting the petiton together and writing about it on my blog have been because I felt that luck was the only way I found out about the obstructions and luck that had my seats far enough down the line to not have an issue.  I feel very bad for the paying customers, whether season ticket holders or individual game buyers, who have obstructions and are unaware of them.  Nothing will be done unless we, the paying customers whether affected or not, create enough noise about it.  I just want to do my part.  I was sick to my stomach seeing some of the obstructions and early images online.  I was distressed to know that a father and son may not enjoy a game becasue they did not know about the obstructions.  I was pissed at the spin and rhetoric from Dave Howard, all of which is still happening. 

Newsday, New York Times, Daily News, New York Post help out us Mets fans.  MetsBlog, Baseball Prospectus, Mets Police, Baseball Fever, Queens Crap and other blogs/forums, let's continue to make noise and have people sign the petition.  Let's get enough feedback so we can take this to the organization.  I am sure in this economy the Mets do not need another reason (possible obstructions) for people to not buy tickets.  Right now we have 39 people, at 1000 we will take this to the Mets organization. 

So eveyone out there, keep up the talk.  Sign the petition.  Email me your frustrations. Talk to people about the issues. 

I want to end this on a positive note.  I do not want readers to think that I do not appreciate the new stadium or the workers who build the stadium or the money invested into it by the city of New York and the Mets organization. To not appreciate this would be a slap in their faces.  I do really, really love the new stadium and can't wait to one day take my family to a game.  However, this appreciation does not change the fact that there are obstructions and that people will spend their hard earned money to go to a game and may have an obstruction. The organization needs to address this head-on and inform the paying public of their solutions.