SNY: Megdal: Phils beating Mets in ticketing, promotions

As second sacker turned first rate attacker, Willie Randolph Hearst, once said…“Putting out a season-ticket plan without proper promotion is like winking at a girl in the dark—well-intentioned, but ineffective.”

Let’s take the big picture issues to start. Philadelphia already has not only their season-ticket plans for sale—full and partial plans can be purchased—while the Mets are still stuck in the renewal process. In other words, if you wanted to buy a Mets partial plan for your significant other for a holiday gift ... you can’t.

The Phillies have even started offering six-packs. And these are infinite varieties of awesome. They have a Boston Red Sox pack, geared around Red Sox Nation. There’s a Mets pack, allowing you to buy tickets to any two Mets games and four others of your choice. They have a fireworks pack, a fan appreciation pack (was there a Fan Appreciation Day at Citi Field last year?), and each one allows you to customize.

Yes, Mets fans, that’s right—you can pick the games you want, instead of being assigned the games the Mets want you to buy. The Pick’em Pack is the ultimate example—you get to pick all six games. Also, did I mention if you want to, you can vary your seats by game, allowing you to be up close for the Nationals but further back for the Marlins?