I know my blog is dumb…but it’s always fun to read other opinions. This one from Deadspin.
Citi Field has been a monument to the Mets’ modern futility and clumsiness.
First there was the sightlines problem. (Well, I should start even earlier: There was the problem with the stadium’s naming rights, purchased for $400 million, belonging to a federally bailed-out corporation.) Then there was the broken home run apple. There were all the Dodgers tributes sprinkled throughout the place, with few Mets counterparts. And there were the weird outfield walls. The team had nearly a billion dollars to spend, and they got most everything wrong.
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Said chief executive and owner-spawn Jeff Wilpon, who would have been born on third base thinking he hit a triple if Citi weren’t being rejiggered to stifle triples: “We can make a lot more money if Jason Bay and David Wright hit a lot more home runs.”
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The Mets are swapping one marketing theory for another. Fans were supposed to be drawn to the wacky ballpark, but that didn’t work. So now they’re supposed to be drawn by 359-foot home runs.
via The Mets Are Moving The Fences To Distract Themselves From The Fact They’re The Mets.
people actually read deadspin? everytime I see a link it seems worse than the Post.
What broken home run apple?
The apple broke one time for one homerun, so you know, that’s a MAJOR issue
never mind that it broke because they were hitting home runs too fast. hah.
surprised they left out the ’08 Rick Rolling.
If its the time I am thinking of, then it didn’t even break. The second home run was too close to the one right before it so the machine needed a certain amount of time in between uses. Of all the things they could go after, that’s what they choose. What a joke
I hope this stupid wall isn’t going to be the biggest news of the winter!
@Mr. Rich, well aside from losing Reyes I’m sorry to say that it probably will be.