Are you the hottest Met fan?

We will be giving 12 of the hottest Met fans a chance to be in our 2012 calendar!

Obviously we have no ties with the Mets so you'll be wearing our clothes, most likely cut up and altered to look a little more sexy and flattering. This will be done sexy but classy.

We will be shooting the calendar at the end of the summer to get them printed up in time for the holiday season.

If you are chosen to be one of the months you will be compensated and get to keep any and all clothes you wear during the shoot. This will be very professional not just a point and shoot camera in a sketchy warehouse.

If you wanna get a head start send a few photos to The7Line@gmail.com we will put up a voting contest. The top 12 months will be chosen for the calendar and the months will be picked from the highest votes down. Meaning if you win the contest you can pick any month you want
to be in the calendar.

With your photos answer these questions:
Hometown?
Favorite Player?
Years being a fan of the Orange and Blue?


Sound good? Spread the word!

A series win on the Road.

This guy. This friggin' guy! Even with his save record...Frankie Rodriguez makes me nervous every time he trots out to the mound and flails off of it. I'm amazed he didn't walk anyone tonight.

It's difficult for a fan to wait for the implosion game after game. Luckily, tonight was not one of those nights.

The Mets took a big series on the road against the Brewers - a team that thrives at home - thanks to some solid pitching.

I can't forget to mention that John Niese had a great outing tonight. He could find himself moved-up in the rotation sooner than later.

Even in the loss last night, Dale Thayer got a chance to pick up the struggling Mike Pelfrey.

Chris Capuano put in 6 solid innings on Tuesday night and survived the bullpen for a win. Pedro Beato has had his ups and downs but those things are going to happen...even though it's difficult to watch. It was clearly an experiment gone wrong for the moment.

The Mets are starting to come together. The offense is starting to generate runs thanks to Jose Reyes and crew. I can say that because the rest of the team is void of known talent. Yes, Beltran is hitting but the rest of the team is slowly making a name for itself.

Manager Terry Collins is proving himself to be a worthy skipper. He seems to be a great fit for this club and has kept the Mets fighting their way into the NL East race.

LGM! Let's ride the momentum into Pittsburgh!

Want FREE tshirts?

Live out of state or planning a road trip to see the Mets on the road?!? I will send you FREE Don't Trade Reyes tshirts if you make a sign with proof that you have tickets to the game.




RULES:
1. Your sign HAS to be one of the foldable 4x3 thick cardboard poster boards. They are only about $6 and can be found at Staples, Michaels or pretty much any arts/crafts or office supply store. They are the ones used for kids Science projects. Smaller oak tag doesn't cut it and the larger signs usually get more attention. They are lightweight and easy to carry when folded so please don't complain about the size.

2. Your sign HAS to have THE 7 LINE clearly visible. Don't write the website address. (we don't wanna break the rules now do we?)

3. Send me a photo of your sign to The7Line@gmail.com

4. Send me a photo of your tickets to The7Line@gmail.com

That's pretty much it. Have fun with it. Be creative and cheer your ass off when you get to the game. I will Tweet SNY and Kevin Burkhardt your section and seat #'s so hopefully you get some TV time.

The message is spreading quickly and will be even more unavoidable if signs and shirts start popping up in other cities.

If you are going this weekend in Pittsburgh that's a bit too soon for me to mail you shirts. Your signs are still encouraged! If you make a sign for this weekend I will send you a couple other shirts for free by the end of next week.

GO!

Media frenzy!

Who would have thought that a simple $40 investment for a foldable poster board, ruler, pencils, letter stencils and paint markers would turn into such a media frenzy? Not me.

Just 7 nights ago I worked on this big ass 4x3 foot sign for close to 4 hours. It sure as shit doesn't look like much but it took forever. I watched one hell of a basketball come from behind win by the Mavericks against the Heat as I patiently filled in each penciled out letter with blue and orange. When I finally finished up and headed to bed I never imagined that just 24 hours later the publicity shit would hit the fan.

Friday night rolled around and I headed to Citi with my sign tucked nicely under my arm. I got off the train and strolled to McFaddens for multiple cold Budweisers and headed in just in time for the first pitch. We chatted it up with our boy Kevin Burkhardt for a bit and he mentioned on Twitter that SNY would most likely show us on the tube. How could they not? Their were anywhere between 400-800 Reyes supporters hanging on the Shea Bridge cheering on #7 and chanting for him even while he was in the field. It was a great feeling knowing that I was somewhat behind this Don't Trade Reyes movement. When I put up the tshirt graphic on Facebook to get fan reactions I never thought it would turn into this. Again a huge thank you to Donna Bauer, Maria Corvino Valentino and Mary Shannon for posting the event on Facebook, making the fliers and organizing the night. Not taking complete credit for the trade hype but having hundreds of people in your tshirts helps push the topic along rather quickly. Everyone noticed us, it was the talk of the stadium and SNY.

Saturday rolled around and we got some mentions around the internet and on CBS radio 880. Reyes himself was interviewed by ESPN and he said he could hear us loud and clear.

On Sunday the sign hit the New York Post and I headed back to Citi for the final game against the Braves. Of course brought the sign with me for some hopeful round 2 exposure. I actually forgot it and had to back track to my apartment to pick it up on the way to Citi. Good thing I did... you know the rest... if you don't READ THIS.



That night ended with my removal/ejection/tossing from the stadium and resulted in an insane amount of coverage bringing even more attention to the fans perspective of the Don't Trade Reyes movement and The 7 Line.



Monday morning was ridiculous. I was woken up at around 6:45am by 1010 Wins radio calling for a few quotes, heard about the two page spread photo in the Daily News and followed that with Boomer & Carton talking about the incident for close to 10 minutes.

Check it out:
Boomer & Carton
Sports Illustrated Hot Clicks
New Yorker Magazine
CBS New York
NBC Sports
Mets Blog
Flopping Out
Yahoo Sports
Wall Street Journal

Those are a few of the ones that I remember. The story has been EVERYWHERE. It was never my intention to get kicked out of the stadium. Anyone who knows me can attest to my laid back attitude and easy going personality. Either way it happened and the Mets ended up giving me "more mileage" as Carton put it, by kicking me out. So I guess I have to say thank you to them for that.

I wrapped up today with a visit from SNY and Mets Weekly (who haven't Tweeted since SEPTEMBER?). The segment should air in about a week and I will of course keep you posted on that. Thanks for coming by guys, it was fun!

Thanks for all the support and I appreciate you checking out my website and tshirts. You can get more up to date posts about what's going on with us by following our TWITTER and liking our FACEBOOK page.

LGM!

Busy Busy!

What a crazy month this has been!

If you are a new fan of ours you may not know about all the press this brand was getting before the whole "kicked from the stadium" ridiculousness.

This past Sunday night and me getting ejected from Citi Field added to that media blitz ten fold.

Since the start I have been doing 99.9% of the daily tasks for this brand. Internet hype, Facebook/Twitter, print every shirt by hand, packaging every order, designing the artwork, promoting at the games..... it all adds up and I wish the day had 30 hours in it.

I had help with a few designs (Kings of Queens/Hernandez Mustache Rides, among others) from a friend of mine (Brian at EXC) and my friend Zee did some video stuff with me last season. A HUGE thank you to Diane for setting up my Facebook fan page and Twitter accounts too last April. Obviously that is a major part of any business these days! "JameRock" is on as the occasional blogger and "Roach" should be chiming in too from time to time. I also just set up another friend who should be putting his two cents in shortly. He is very outspoken so that should be a fun read.

The Daily News article came out May 12th and things haven't slowed down since. Every time I feel like I caught up something new pops up and I get jammed up with more and more work. I AM NOT COMPLAINING but things are now becoming way too much work for just one person. Starting tomorrow I will have one employee. She will mainly be packing orders all day while I print the shirts. I will prob send her on coffee runs too to the local bodega...

Not about to rattle off exact numbers but since Friday night hundreds of orders have came in and I know lots of you are eagerly waiting on your tshirts. I appreciate your business and it's an awesome feeling to know that so many of you are into what I am doing. This has and always will be a brand based around the true die hard fans. I am just doing my part to give the fans a voice through my tshirts and luckily you guys are behind me and that message.

Once we can get caught up on all these orders things should be running like a fine oiled machine. I think the addition of even one employee will help out tremendously. I will post an introduction about her tomorrow and of course she IS A MET fan. It will always be that way for The 7 Line.

So, I appreciate your support and patience. Your orders will be sent out asap. Catching up should only take a few more days.

This is starting to be noticed all around the baseball world and you are all a part of it. THANK YOU!

As always: For the fans, by the fans.
-Darren

Boomer & Carton

My side of the story minus the ending. I was kinda rambling on, but it was early and I was hungover from watching the end of the game at McFaddens instead of inside the stadium.

After talking with some security and supervisors they confiscated my ticket and said I would be arrested for trespassing if I didn't walk out on my own. Pretty ridiculous but someone from above made the final decision.

Glad Carton was on my side but I completely understand Boomer too. I never thought it would be this big of a news story and that was never my intention. It worked out for me though since the Mets felt I needed to be removed for the stadium. The power of social networking got my story out to everyone by the next morning. On Friday I was all over SNY, everyone loved it and I had no problems. That is why I brought the sign back thinking I would get the same welcomed treatment.

I agreed to take the sign down and promised to not show it anymore. What got me ejected was the business cards which fans asked for. I wasn't handing them out to random people on my way out or bothering people on the almost non existent concession or bathroom lines. Every one of them reached out and said "can I have one".

Either way as Carton said... I got extra mileage since I was in fact kicked out so I guess I can thank the Mets for that.

We love ya Kid.

We reached out to the Gary Carter Foundation about a week ago but I am sure they are extremelly busy right now. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Gary Carter and his family during this tough time. If they don't reply we are going to make the donation to the American Cancer Society. Either way money will be sent somewhere for a good cause in the name of a Met player we all loved seeing in the Orange and Blue.

If anyone out there can get us in contact with the right people please don't hesitate to email me. The7Line@gmail.com


Kerel from On The Black hit me up about a possible benefit shirt for Carter and we got the ball rolling. We both have rather large fan audiences and feel like we can try to help out.

100% of the profits (roughly $20) from each shirt sold will be donated to the Gary Carter Foundation OR the American Cancer Society.

Since we can't gauge how many of these to make they will be up as a pre-sale for the next two weeks BEFORE going to print. Keep that in mind if you are picking up one of our other shirts at the same time. In that case they will ship together.

The Mets haven't retired Gary's #8 yet but I hope they have something planned before the end of the season. I am sure it would mean a lot to Gary, his family and his fans around the world.

If you would like to order one and help out the cause you can get yours HERE. Available in both Mens and Womens. Click the appropriate option.

THANK YOU! We are all pulling for you Gary!