What's New in Citi Field?

We unveiled new promos, events and the new food items that you will get to enjoy this season at @CitiField. Check out a recap of the event. pic.twitter.com/DIAB2HFC8i

— New York Mets (@Mets) March 22, 2019

In case you guys missed these announcements yesterday.

Cleon Jones in an MLB Network Interview

The Mets Social Media team has really stepped up their game this year with the content.

Fireflies Host 4th Annual Fan Fest on March 31

Nice to see local fans of the team didn't have to start their own fan fest for the team

The Columbia Fireflies invite all fans out to Segra Park for Fan Fest on Sunday, March 31 from 2:00p.m. to 5:00p.m. Admission is free, and Fan Fest will be the first chance to see the 2019 Fireflies in action. 

 

Fan Fest 2019 will feature behind the scenes tours of the ballpark as well as post-practice run the bases for all kids. Fans can stop by the Mason Jar Team Store and shop for new Fireflies and Chicharrónesgear before the start of the season. Segra Park concession stands will be open for the duration of the event, and all concessions will be half off, including draft beer. The SCU Kids Zone will be open and free for kids in attendance, and dogs are welcome to attend the event as well.

The Fireflies Ticket Office will also be open during the event. Fans can purchase single games tickets and full or partial season ticket packages. Those who purchase season tickets will be able to head out to the seating bowl to pick their seats based on those that are available.

"Our fourth season at Segra Park is upon us," said Fireflies team president John Katz. "We are excited to welcome our community back to the ballpark to meet the team as we get things rolling with new promotions, new food and even more fun."

Fireflies players will be on hand for their first workout at Segra Park from 2:00p.m. to 4:00p.m. on March 31. The players will then sign autographs for fans from 4:00p.m. to 5:00p.m. 

Opening Day for the Columbia Fireflies is April 4 at 7:05p.m. against the Charleston RiverDogs (New York Yankees). Individual game tickets for the entire 2019 season are on sale now and can be purchasedat the Fireflies box office, over the phone at 803-726-HITS, or online at FirefliesTickets.com.

Season ticket packages are available for the 2019 season. Reserve your seats by calling the Fireflies box office at 803-726-HITS or visiting ColumbiaFireflies.com for more information. Plans start as low as $70 and include guaranteed giveaways for season ticket members. 

I finally had enough time to think about Mets Seaver announcements.

I like that the Mets announced that they and the city are renaming 126th street to Tom Seaver Way or Seaver Way.... Whichever... I also think it's cool that they are also working to change the address of Citi Field to 41 (Tom) Seaver Way. This kind of stuff you know that they have to be working on for a while. Now for the statue. If you have been working on it since 2017 with the Seaver family, why wasn't it ready for this season? I personally think that there was no plan for a statue over the years. Especially after folks have been asking for the statue for years and there wasn't even a peep about it. The response was that the parks dept was for some reason holding it up, or when you asked the parks dept they said they never heard of it. Hey Jeff Wilpon is there going to be a Seaver Statue. Nope.. No Seaver Statue. I think the Mets scrambled with this and couldn't get it done for this year after folks kept complaining and stomping about the statue.. Glad you guys are doing one for the man now. It still feels a bit too late for me. It should have been done years ago so Seaver could be in Queens and enjoy it. Hopefully he will get some video that he can see what he means to Mets fans.

New Citi Field food coming this season

Today was the day that the Mets invite folks to get their nosh on and try the new stuff coming to Citi Field this summer. I was invited but I couldn’t be there myself because of work so here are the pics from amazinmetsfood on Instagram.

You guys should really follow amazinmetsfood on Instagram.