We Mets fans keep hearing about statue technology, which has not yet made it’s way to Flushing. Â ESPN tackled the subject today:
Of the 30 franchises, only 20 feature statues depicting actual players. And the Orioles’ only statue is Babe Ruth, who didn’t actually play for the franchise (of course the Babe was born in Baltimore and did play for the minor-league Orioles in 1914). Four stadiums have generic sort of players, with the Rockies sporting the best of those.
So six teams — the Rays, Twins, A’s, Mets, Marlins, and Dodgers — don’t have statues, and six more are without statues for their own players.
Ugh, a generic player sounds worse than no player at all. Â ESPN agrees with everyone except Dave Howard and the boys that there should be a Seaver statue at Citi Field. Â Well, I don’t actually know G.T. Seaver’s opinion on the subject, but it sure is odd to me they don’t add one. Â Some day they will and they will claim it was the plan all along.