Hey guys,

I’m sorry it’s been a few weeks since I last blogged, but hey – I’ve been busy! I’m finally feeling pretty settled in with the Mets and NYC. Right after I was traded we went on the road for two weeks. When we got “home” (I’ll admit it felt a little weird at first calling that first time back to New York a “home stand”) we stayed for a week and then headed out west to play the Padres and the Diamondbacks. For that week in between I found myself overwhelmed with not just baseball, but adjusting to a new city.

My wife Catie actually had to carry most of the load when it came to finding a place to live, packing up our stuff (which included our dogs), etc. We were lucky to have our family come up to help us get settled. Both Catie’s parents and my parents headed north and they helped us accomplish a ton. We ended up finding a place to live that’s just outside the city. I’m still a country boy at heart, and not to mention we had to find a place where our three dogs would have room to roam, so a place in the heart of the city wasn’t at the top of my list for now.

Luckily I have found some time to enjoy myself off the field since I’ve been here. Every time Catie and I visited New York in the past, we always dined at our favorite restaurant Tao. Now that we’ll be here for the next few months I’m sure we’ll be frequent diners there.

For the most part, baseball has been the only thing on my mind, but I did have an opportunity to play golf a couple weeks ago with David Wright. It’s been good to have a change of scenery. I’m really enjoying my teammates, and although I don’t get to play with my best buddy Brian McCann anymore, Wright and Murph and the rest of the guys have been great to me. Jerry and Omar have been nothing but welcoming and I really enjoy working with them every day. And not to mention…the fans and media have been fantastic!

Adding to my list of things I enjoy about New York…Citi Field. If you haven’t had a chance to go yet I would strongly suggest it. It’s a beautiful stadium and if you’re really lucky you can hit the Delta Sky360 Club and Lounge. Probably the most famous part of the stadium so far is the homerun apple in centerfield. It’s been the topic of discussion on SportsCenter a couple of times because of its minor malfunctions, but nonetheless we all love it. It’s reserved solely for a homerun hit by a Mets player.

Feel free to send me suggestions for places to go and things to do in my new city. Looking forward to calling this home… for seven months out of the year at least.

Take care and I’ll check back in soon.

Jeff
New York Mets

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Relationship Marketing

Greetings from the Customer Experience epicenter of Delta HQ. We’re busy building the world’s largest fleet of Wi-Fi equipped aircraft, and we’re beginning to wonder how you use Gogo.

For many people, the first answer is “work”. Understandable, especially if you’re expensing the cost of that Gogo session on Delta. But we’re not all working on flights, are we? In a poll around the team here, we found that people were reading the news, checking blog postings (ahem), logging in to Facebook, and watching videos on YouTube and Hulu. From personal experience, I can say that in-flight instant messaging is also a good way of passing the time.

So as we move forward in building this product, we’d like to know how you use it. This will help us maximize its utility for you, and might even lead to some creative partnerships. Please click on your favorite Gogo uses below, and feel free to comment with additional ideas.

Thanks! Happy flying,

Mike H.
Manager—On-board Media