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Yesterday CBS New York ran a story on their website about the possibility of the Mets preparing a long term deal for David Wright.
What’s crazy about the story is that they actually opened it with two paragraphs about me and The 7 Line in reference to last year with the “Don’t Trade Reyes” campaign.
“Remember last season’s day in, day out Jose Reyes drama?
It seems The 7 Line entrepreneur Darren Meenan’s popular “Don’t Trade Reyes” sign could be seen nightly at Citi Field. After the deadline, some Mets fans wore T-shirts imploring their All-Star shortstop to “Please Stay Jose.” Of course, when it was all said and done, Reyes signed with Miami. He never even received a formal offer from New York.
The ballpark in Flushing may look and feel the same this summer with another homegrown superstar’s future in question.
Then again, maybe it won’t.”
Just goes to show the power a t-shirt and some signs can have over the local big market media. I don’t use the word “power” as an ego thing… the fans are what spread the word. They had the power to get the message out to every ball park the Mets played in last summer. I got the ball rolling and everyone ran with it. Fans showed up in Detroit, LA, Texas, Florida, Washington and a few other parks with their own shirts and signs blaring. People united over this movement and it was awesome to see so much motivation and passion from the fans.
As we all know the Mets didn’t trade Reyes. They also didn’t sign him so the point was made but the end result wasn’t what we had hoped. It was crazy to see how fast it spread and it’s even crazier that it’s still getting press almost a year later.
I truly hope the Mets sign Wright. Some people are nervous that this fast start won’t last and the second he signs a deal his numbers will plummet. Odds are this pace wont go to October without some cold streaks, which is expected, but either way Wright is a leader whether the team is winning or losing. You surely won’t see a Francisco meltdown from Wright. We need someone like him in the lineup and clubhouse day in and day out. A cool head from a man that tries to say and do the right thing. We have potential to build around Wright and let the pieces come together to get back on top.
PAY WRIGHT! LGM!
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Since I was such a supporter of Jose Reyes staying with the Mets last season people have been asking my opinion on how I’ll feel when he’ll return this Tuesday.
Will I boo? No. Will I cheer? I don’t think so.
I don’t think it’s right that the Mets are playing a video tribute before the game. Playing that is pretty much telling the fans that we should clap by jamming it down their throats. I understand it’s customary to play when an ex player comes back to town. That being said the Mets haven’t had a player like this leave in a long time. Piazza was a different story because he was near the end of his career and not playing for a division rival. Reyes is still in the prime of his career, if his legs stay healthy.
Not saying how anyone else should feel but personally I’m not mad at Jose. He is a talent in the league that deserved to be paid. The Mets couldn’t afford him and made NO OFFER. The Marlins did and now he’s gone. Taking himself out of the last game? I didn’t like that, but what can we do about it now? Jose didn’t know that was going to be his last AB when he layed down the bunt in the bottom of the 1st. He should have at least went out for the 2nd inning if they were going to take him out of the game. That way the fans could have given him a hearty ovation that would have eventually been his send off.
Deal with it and move on. He now plays for the enemy and once the game starts he is just another guy in an opposing uniform.
John Montone over at CBS radio 1010 WINS caught wind of our new t-shirt design and came by for an interview.
Although they say we failed at keeping the Mets from trading Reyes (he wasn’t traded… they let him walk) you get the point. Reyes is no longer a Met and the only ones to blame are the Wilpons, their financial situation and lack of care for this team and their fans. I understand the Mets not wanting to give Reyes a super contract that would keep him here for another 6 years on iffy legs. The fans deserved at least an OFFER. An attempt to keep Jose for less money. Let Reyes decide to stay for 80 mill and 4 years. At that point it would have been on Jose’s shoulders to make a decision.
As fans, we feel jipped. They didn’t trade him by the deadline leading us to believe that they cared enough to at least make an offer after the season. They didn’t… and now Jose is gone without a fight.
In Jose’s own words “It’s not my fault… they no show me nothing.. I had to move on”. Can’t blame the guy. Was he supposed to retire if the Mets made no offer?
Thank you to 1010 WINS for giving us a voice. You can also read the story on their website HERE.
Get your SELL THE TEAM t-shirt HERE. This isn’t just about Jose. The Wilpons are legendary for bad business moves and this is just the tip of the iceberg. It’s time to give up and sell the team.
Feeling jipped because you shelled out $20 of your hard earned money on one of our Don’t Trade Reyes tees? Well, we have a solution for you.
Starting next week we are taking a page out of Foley’s play book (they are giving out a free beer in exchange for old Reyes jerseys and tees) and allowing you to trade in your old DON’T TRADE REYES t-shirt for our brand spankin’ new SELL THE TEAM t-shirt! All shirts returned will be donated to local shelters in Queens, NY. They must be in wearable condition. No holes or stains.
This will not be a straight up trade but you’ll get half off. Hey, we gotta cover some costs!
If you’re new to our brand or just lived under the Mets media rock this past baseball season, the Don’t Trade Reyes movement went global. We mailed t-shirts as far as Australia and fans were spotted at every game at home and on the road wearing them and showing off their own DON’T TRADE REYES signs.
YOU MUST INCLUDE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS IN THE PACKAGE SO WE KNOW WHERE TO SEND THE $10 REFUND! When we receive your Don’t Trade Reyes shirt we will refund you 1/2 the price of your new SELL THE TEAM t-shirt.
Steps:
1) Order your new SELL THE TEAM t-shirt.
2) On a piece of paper write down the e-mail address that is linked to your paypal account!
3) Mail back that piece of paper along with your old DON’T TRADE REYES t-shirt.
4) We’ll send you a $10 refund through paypal and mail you the new SELL THE TEAM t-shirt that you ordered.
5) Your old Don’t Trade Reyes t-shirt will be donated to a local shelter in Queens, NY.
The 7 Line
Attn: SELL THE TEAM
179-10 93rd Ave.
Jamaica, NY 11433
If you don’t have one of the Don’t Trade Reyes shirts or you do and don’t want to part with a small piece of Mets history, you can still purchase the SELL THE TEAM shirt for full price and wear it proudly!
This isn’t our Mess but we’ll stand behind it.
Got an awesome mention today on the CBS New York website. It’s pretty crazy that The 7 Line and Jose Reyes are synonomis when taking about the possibility of a trade during this past season and now the free agency.
The “Don’t Trade Reyes” movement was huge and I’m happy that I helped give the fans a voice throughout the world. There were signs at every game, home and on the road. Fans in other countries even bought the shirts with no intentions of going to a game. Our common message spread that far and it’s because of the die-hards that The 7 Line is even respected in the media. Together we are community of loyal fans and they obviously heard our cheers.
Thank you to CBS for mentioning the campaign and acknowledging the fans. Hopefully we (the fans) made enough noise during the season. The little bird on Jose’s shoulder is still chirping PLEASE STAY JO-SE in his ear while he is counting those extra zeros on the impending offers…. hopefully he hears it. STAY IN NY!
Reyes is the man! I can’t disclose how I was able to get this photograph of Reyes and I signed but it made my day.
I headed out to yesterdays game earlier than any other game of my 30 year fan career. First pitch was scheduled for 12:10pm and I was out the door by 9. After a quick stop at Staples for a silver marker (which came in handy!) I did the daily pit stop at Dunkin for a medium iced coffee then it was off to the ballpark.
I found out that the majority of the players would have been to the stadium by 8:30ish so by the time I got there I missed both Reyes and Dickey. It was my goal to get the photograph signed by Reyes and to give Dickey one of our Even Lesbians Love Dickey shirts. I also brought an extra with me incase he would have been nice enough to sign it.
I yelled over to one of the clubhouse guys as they were packing up a uhaul truck with all the teams luggage for the roadtrip after the game. He looked at the shirt, laughed and said he would hand deliever it to Dickey himself. If you remember from our Facebook/Twitter posts Dickey signed a shirt for one of our fans while in Detroit and he said wanted one.
Fast forward to today… I got an email from one of the producers at Mets Weekly saying that REYES was wearing the Even Lesbians Love Dickey shirt in the Mets Clubhouse before the game! Either Dickey gave it to Jose or let him borrow it…. whatever the case may be it’s freakin awesome. They are two of my favorite Mets and even though I didn’t get to see it I am sure they were having a laugh over it.
Dickey, if you are reading this or if anyone knows how to get in contact with him tell him that I’d love to get one of those shirts signed to frame in my apartment.
Both of yesterdays goals were reached and although the Mets lost I had a great time sweating my ass off in Flushing. Also a special thanks goes out to Nick aka Jack Walsh for hooking me up with the photo. I owe ya one man!
