Last night, the Mets had a viewing party at the Ziegfeld Theater in Manahattan. It was a surreal yet surprisingly fun scene which felt like a mix of an old-time movie house with kids yelling at the screen, and having 1,000 die hard Mets fans sit on my couch with me to watch a game.

There were merch vendors, hot dogs, popcorn, and beer, which I guess any game-movie hybrid should have. The Pepsi Party Patrol launched T-Shirts into the crowd and there were give-aways to boot. Buddy Harrelson, Chris Cotter and Lee Mazilli also addressed the crowd, and Mets PA Announcer, Alex Anthony, was the MC.

The game itself wound up leaving everyone discouraged and upset, but it was definitely an interesting experience that I won't soon forget. I'd be very surprised if the Mets don't ever have a similar event again as everyone seemed to have had a great time until Marlon Anderson took out Tadahito Iguchi. It was good to see that Carlos Delgado got the loudest cheers when coming to the plate...who says the fan base is negative lately.

Here's a quick slideshow, mostly of Mr. Met since taking pics inside a dark theater wasn't easy.

Terry Francona has been put on a watch list by MLB to ensure he wears his jersey under his jacket.

In an article for the Boston Globe, Nick Cafardo notes that the Red Sox manager was upset this morning that an MLB security person made him show that he was wearing his uniform top in the second inning of Wednesday night's game with Derek Jeter at second base.

MLB exec Bob Watson had asked Francona to start wearing his uniform top or at least have it on underneath a jacket or top.

"That was as embarrassed as I've been in a long time for baseball," Francona said at his pregame press conference today.

At one point Francona said he told the security person, "Can you wait a second?" The security person said, "No."

That's awful. Francona probably hasn't worn a jersey top in years and they couldn't wait a few minutes to bother him? Ridiculous. At least the Mets weren't the only team to get sweeped today, ugh.