“Meet the Mets! Meet the Mets! Stand right up and greet the Mets!” Bill Katz and Ruth Roberts penned this sweet little ditty way back in 1961. Die-hard fans of this classic New York ball club are notorious for standing by their blue (and-orange) collar team through thick and thin. Newsflash: ALL fans in attendance at 12 Friday home games will receive a uniquely designed Mets themed T-Shirt! If you’re numbered amongst the incorrigibly faithful but a trip to see your boys at “The New Shea” (Citi Field) isn’t part of your current Big Apple travel agenda, make sure you stop in at the Mets Clubhouse at 11 West 42nd and score some cool team memorabilia – they’ve got a huge selection of everything a devoted fan of the New York Metropolitans could want, with alotta cool caps at better-than-ballpark prices and all the “Mr. Met” a devotee could hope for. Tours of the new stadium, where the modern “ballpark experience” is a beautiful thing, deliver guests an excitingly nostalgic blend of past and present. They depart from / end in the impressive Jackie Robinson Rotunda, which features etchings of quotes and values that shaped life of the beloved MLB superstar. The City Skyline that adorned the Scoreboard in Shea for years complete with the ribbon over the World Trade Center now hangs over the Shake Shack, a favorite barbecue concession at Citi Field, and the bases of Shea Stadium rest in bronze in the parking lot. Tour highlights include stops at the Clubhouse, the Dugout, the Productions Area (scoreboard control room), the Press Box, Sterling and Empire Suite Levels and the Mets Hall of Fame & Museum. “…East Side, West Side, everybody’s comin’ down to meet the Mets of New York Town!”