The Mets Show Their Politics Well

It can't come any clearer than this. The New York Mets farm team, the Brooklyn Cyclones renamed themselves the Baracklyn Cyclones, and they had none other than Obama girl throw out the first pitch:

For one night, the Class A Brooklyn Cyclones renamed themselves the Baracklyn Cyclones, in tribute to the new president. And tickets cost no more than $16, cheaper than nosebleed seats at Yankee Stadium and Citi Field.

Steve Fischer bought $5 seats when they were sold in January as an "Economic Stimulus Package.'' With the bobbleheads going to only the first 2,500 fans at 7,500-capacity stadium, he wanted to be at the front of the line before the Cyclones played the Hudson Valley Renegades.

"You can come to a nice little community ballpark like this, tickets are a couple of dollars. Food prices are much more inexpensive,'' he said, standing near Pee Wee the Seagull. "You get a lot closer to the action.''

The action included ceremonial first pitches thrown out by Amber Lee Ettinger, the Obama Girl, and presidential lookalike Randall West.

The real first family didn't take the Cyclones up on their invitation to attend, though in the first inning news broke that Obama planned to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the major league All-Star game in St. Louis on July 14.

Who can forget the fact that she didn't even bother to vote in the primary because she was too busy partying. Wasn't her 15 minutes up already?

I understand that their audience was likely overwhelmingly Democrats who voted for President Obama, but political fortunes change. Bad move on their part.