{"id":447171,"date":"2024-03-04T18:31:56","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T18:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=447171"},"modified":"2024-03-04T18:31:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T18:31:56","slug":"what-brand-new-dance-did-mets-came-up-with-for-fans-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/what-brand-new-dance-did-mets-came-up-with-for-fans-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"What Brand New Dance Did Mets Came Up With For Fans This Season?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Mets will field a &#8220;hip-hop hype team&#8221; in 2024, believe it or not. Officially, it&#8217;s going by The Queens Crew. \u00a0It has been verified by one of The Queens Crew dancers that she will be at Citi Field for the next season.<\/p>\n<h2>What Brand New Dance Did Mets Came Up With For Fans This Season?<\/h2>\n<p>Introducing the Queens Crew, a 19-person coed dancing hype team that will perform before games and during action breaks. Of them, roughly 10 will be on display on game days.<\/p>\n<p>Vice president of brand marketing Trisha Donlin researched the formation of dance teams by the Braves, Astros, and Marlins and found that the Mets are not the first team in MLB to do so.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My guy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MYInfamousTake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MYInfamousTake<\/a> spitting \ud83d\udd25 on the Mets dance team! Everyone else is so quick to jump on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mets<\/a>! Good for you bro! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LGM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LGM<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AtVX9cmInX\">pic.twitter.com\/AtVX9cmInX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MetCast (@MetCastPod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MetCastPod\/status\/1764707087097958516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She posted on Instagram, saying, &#8220;BEYOND excited to announce I will be a part of the first ever NY Mets Dance Team.&#8221; &#8220;Looking forward to this new opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Mets forming a dance squad is an innovative move, but it&#8217;s clear that the fans don&#8217;t like the concept.<\/p>\n<p>Fans of the Mets have spent the last several hours imagining scenarios in which the dance team supports the players as they lose handily.<\/p>\n<p>Following approximately 250 male and female dancers competing in tryouts held at Citi Field in January, Donlin assisted in assembling what she hopes would be a distinctive squad that symbolizes Queens.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Mets are getting a dance team. <\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s go. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YZPcoPOsvR\">pic.twitter.com\/YZPcoPOsvR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Bartels (@DanBartels2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanBartels2\/status\/1763744094486933886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to think about what makes Queens, Queens and what makes New York, New York,\u201d Donlin said over the phone Sunday. \u201cThat\u2019s where I thought about diversity, different performance styles, street dancing. Looking at subway performers, looking at the fact that we have the greatest talent pool in the United States with Broadway. All of that played into the identity of this team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group will perform before games and in between innings, including during the T-shirt throw and seventh-inning stretch. Head coach Gina Mormando has over 20 years of experience as a choreographer and dance instructor on Long Island.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mets<\/a> walking around watching their dance team and praying they can get Soto after this year \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ioIPf0MhGJ\">pic.twitter.com\/ioIPf0MhGJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Last King Lou\ud83e\udd34\ud83c\udffe (@YankeesGhost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YankeesGhost\/status\/1764669081897074989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Baseball Prospectus&#8217; PECOTA forecasts, the Mets will finish the season with an 82.8-79.2 record. In the National League East, that places them behind the Philadelphia Phillies and the Atlanta Braves. There is just a 43.2% probability that New York will make it to the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>However, as the season goes on, Stearns anticipates that they will be in the running for the playoffs. If not, the team will need to respond to more pointed inquiries over first baseman Pete Alonso&#8217;s near future.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/genymets\/status\/1764524175048294532<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course you\u2019re going to have long-standing fans that don\u2019t want change,\u201d Donlin said. \u201cBut we\u2019re really optimistic that people are going to embrace this because the talent is really undeniable. This team sucks you in in a big way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to rally the crowd in a big way. \u2026 I think fans will see what we see.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mets\u2019 new dance team hopes to \u2018bring Queens to life\u2019 this season <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gDqbLW7EBf\">https:\/\/t.co\/gDqbLW7EBf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W289FRK6OC\">pic.twitter.com\/W289FRK6OC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1764637350049525791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When one fan complained on X, formerly Twitter, about the necessity of a dance team in a sport without halftimes, Mets owner Steve Cohen responded: \u201cExcellent point. I forgot how serious baseball is relative to other sports.\u201dDonlin said Cohen\u2019s tweet was symbolic of how supportive he has been throughout the process, saying Cohen has challenged \u201cus and the front office to think different, especially when it comes to the fan experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"EA Sports Has A Significant Update On College Football Video Game\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/ea-sports-has-a-significant-update-on-college-football-video-game\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">EA Sports Has A Significant Update On College Football Video Game<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Mets will field a &#8220;hip-hop hype team&#8221; in 2024, believe it or not. Officially, it&#8217;s going by The Queens Crew. \u00a0It has been verified by one of The Queens Crew dancers that she will be at Citi Field for the next season. 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