At least two New York sportswriters are waxing indignant Thursday afternoon:
Only In New York
Mets selling re-prints of tickets from Santana's no-hitter, $50 each -- so you can pretend you were there. Sucker born every minute I guess.
— Tyler Kepner (@TylerKepner) June 7, 2012
#Mets selling Santana no-hit tix for $50 each so can say there even if u weren't. Next: $100 for Gm 6 of last yr's WS at Citi. #makebelieve
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) June 7, 2012
Why are these men wrong?
Much ado about nothing, I'd say. Teams have been doing this for years. The Twins sold unused tickets to the game at the Metrodome where Cal Ripken got his 3,000th hit along with a certificate. The White Sox put their unused ticket inventory for Mark Buehrle's perfect game on the market to fans at the face value of the ticket.
It’s a nice souvenir for Mets fans, who are celebrating the first no-hitter in franchise history. The beat writers are playing wet blanket for a team that hasn’t had much to cheer for in the last few years.
If I were a Mets fan and hadn’t been at the game, I’d probably have bought one. The writers need to lighten up.
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