As of right now the Mets are still planning on opening Corporate Field with a night game on April 16th. And as discussed earlier, they still don’t have a National Anthem singer.
Really not ideal.
But what would an ideal – a PERFECT – Opening Day be like? Here’s how I see it (at least things I could control)
- Opening DAY – This is the easy one. The game would be played with a 1 pm start time. No late nights, no freezing temperatures. Day baseball. Period.
- Seaver Statue – During the Opening Ceremonies the Mets would unveil a statue honoring the man that will always be known as The Franchise to be placed outside the ballpark in
- William A. Shea Plaza – Bill Shea is responsible for the Mets existence. He no longer has a ballpark named after him – at least honor him by naming the plaza for him
- Sey Hey Seats – The Wilpons have gone head over heals in honoring the Brooklyn Dodgers, but as has been mentioned here many times before, where’s the love for that other NY NL team? Announce that the bleacher seats would be named in honor of a Giant that actually played for the Mets
- A Good National Anthem – Little 8 yr old Betsy is cute and is fine on May 12th – but not for Opening Day. Give me Billy Joel (or someone similar)
- First Pitch – Open the new ballpark the same way you closed the old one, with Tome Seaver throwing the first pitch to Mike Piazza
- Blue Hats – Start the year right – start the new ballpark right. Blue hats and pinstripes.
Are there other things I’d like to see? Of course – friendly ushers, a Mets win- but these are things that cannot be controlled.
With 2 1/2 weeks to go, all of these except the Seaver statue are still possible. Come on Jeff and Fred, let’s make this one really memorable.
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