12:32pm Tarp on field.
Lineup:
Reyes
Murphy
Wright
Delgado
Beltran
Church
Schneider
Castillo (booo)
Santana
Jerry, don’t let Santana throw long in 38 degrees. It’s a long season. Longer if your ace is out.
New Stadium Insider’s Guide To Obstructed View Seats At Yankee Stadium
Every single day, New Stadium Insider brings it with an amazing post. Today he’s got the
Guide To Obstructed View Seats At Yankee Stadium
If I didn’t have a real job I’d do one for Citi.
I also think the description of “rapey areas” at New Yankee while scary and an interesting choice of words is accurate. There’s a lot of lonely areas on ramps with nothing around but cinderblocks. I don’t know how many people get mugged in the middle of baseball games, but some of these ramps are lonesome.
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Interactive Citi Field
From the Daily News, an Interactive Citi Field. Pretty cool.
Mets – Reds Opening Day Weather Update
The tarp is on the field and there is a mix of rain and snow.
They expect 38 degrees and rain at 1pm, a small window at 2, then more rain.
Jerry should watch tape of Gooden and Tim Leary throwing 140 pitches in the cold in Chicago. Make sure it’s a short day for Mr. Santana. 90 pitches and go get him.
Opening Day Commentary: Two New Parks and One Hole in the Ground
This is truly an amazing year in New York.
Never before in any city have two ballparks the size and scope of what we are seeing in the Bronx and Flushing opened at the same time.
Never before has over $2 BILLION been spent on sports facilities in one city opening at the same time.
Six and a half years ago a nightmare descended upon this city. At the time both the Mets and Yankees had been discussing new stadia with the city. Following 9/11 those discussions were put on hold so that the city could recover and rebuild.
Recover we did – rebuild we have not.
Six and a half years later, two structures designed for a game have been designed, constructed, and now opened. Several hundred million dollars in city and state “assistance” has helped in getting these structures built.
Yet just over 9 miles away from each site there remains a big hole in the ground where two office towers once stood.
Think about that for a moment.
6 1/2 years
$2+ Billion
2 new, state-of-the-art ballparks
0 towers
I’m not trying to be holier-than-though. I have been to Citi Field and will go to the new Yankee Stadium.
But something in our collective make-up just seems a bit screwed up when more importance and a higher priority is placed on making sure that our teams have the best stadiums they can have, while even a simple memorial to those who were killed on 9/11 remains unbuilt.
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