I Want You to Get Up

When games were close and late at Shea, they would play the pump up music and play various clips to get the fans to “GET LOUD!”  There was usually the clip from Network on Diamondvision (or the jumbotron if you will), which would go:

“I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell . . .”

  
What most people realize, the rest of the quote is really “I’M MAD AS HELL AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!”

With the exception of the people who set up the Mets billboard, no one has truly tried to rally the fans. The reason?  I think it’s because we all realize it’s useless. MLB got rid of Frank McCourt, but refused to do the same with the Wilpons. 

I know that I go to less games, but I will always go to games. I’ve been going to games with my Dad since 1983, and I will continue to do so. I’ve been going to Mets games with my son since 2014, and I will continue to do so. I love baseball, and I love going to games with those I love. 

But I do agree with Howard Beale, “things have got to change.”