Author: Shannon Shark @metspolice

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21 Pictures of the outside of Citi Field includes Seaver and Hodges gates

As I have been saying all day, Citi Field now feels like the home of the Mets.  It’s all the little touches that add up.

Renaming the gates goes a long way – here’s the Hodges entrance on the first base side.  You’ll find Seaver on the right hand side.   Also on the first base side are new colorful banners including one of a retro Mr. Met.  I apparently didn’t take any good photos off that – will work on that for you.

The Apple looks fantastic in the new place – very bright and red and seems somehow bigger.

Various photos including the apple and the Seaver gate and just a general walk around, definitely click on them to make them bigger so you can see better…

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Citi Field: Home of the New York Mets

Hello friends – I am back from Citi Field and I am VERY happy.

Citi Field is clearly the home of the New York Mets.

When you walk in you feel like the Mets play there.

All the little touches add up – driving in and seeing the parking guys wearing blue and blue caps (orange NY outlined in white).  Meet the Mets (including the second verse) on the PA!   The gate being labeled Seaver.  Now the Dodgers stuff seems minor and very cool, contextualized in history rather than dominant.

I noticed the color black has been downplayed – you’ll see the museum is blue and orange.  I noticed blue retro jerseys on sale in the store ($140 for a blue Seaver).  At times I thought I had bought the team.  That good.

And then there’s the museum….WOW.

I took over 250 pictures (my usual blurry ill-framed type), and Media Goon who is with me and is a much better photographer took more.

It’s one of the 10 nicest days we’ll have all year so I want to go outside and enjoy it, but I will post pictures tonight.  I want to break them into sections and different posts.

Overall, fantastic job by the Mets.  I’m not here to talk about the past or mistakes that have been made.  Great job by whoever called the shots this season.  Media Goon and I paused to try to come up with something to complain about (just for sport) – nothing.   Great great job.

Since I know everyone is chomping at the bit – here’s a few pictures (click “continue reading” if you are on the main Mets Police page) and I will have more tonight.

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Pictures from Philadelphia of the McFadden’s in Philadelphia

These are from the McFadden’s in Philadelphia.  Philadelphia.  Not from anywhere near a rotunda.  Clear?

This is not meant to be a trick you post.  I went to the game in Philly today and when I walked in I thought “oh yeah, McFadden’s, I should take some pictures.”

Does the McFadden’s at a certain ballpark look this way?  I don’t know.

If you’re a new reader you may be surprised to learn I have a 15 game Phillies plan.  This was the first time in 2 seasons that I have used it.  Last year I went 15 for 15 on stubhub making nice small profits to offset my Mets tickets and never sat in my own seats not even once.   Then, I made a killing on the playoffs.  Those World Series tickets paid for everything Mets in 2009 and then some.  As Omar says, “You know what I’m sayin’?”

Today the weather outweighed the three bucks in Stubhub I could have made, so I decided to hit the road with Junior.  I took 200 pictures and will be rolling them out as the weeks go along – yep, there’s no better way to chase away an audience then by combining my awful photography with Phillies stuff.

The Philly McFadden’s is nice and roomy, seemed easy to get a bartender’s attention, and had a nice outdoor patio area that was popular on this fine sunny day.  There’s nothing remarkably awesome about it, but if you’re looking to hang out with some Phillies fans, this seems a good spot.  Whereas the McFadden’s websites make the places out to be bimbos and booze, I felt this one had more of a vibe of Cheers meets sports bar.

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Some McFadden’s Opening Day info

McFadden’s asked to be my friend on Facebook (and now we are), so I visited their site and noticed this which I thought my interest y’all:

OPENING DAY 2010!
Come play with us Opening Day! Grand Opening festivities include a VIP reception, complete with batting cages and celebrity guests! To RSVP: [email protected]

Media Goon emailed me around dinner time last night and said that if they are to open on-time, it looked to him as if the construction crews would be making some serious overtime.  I bet they make it.

Today I’m going to head down to Philly.  I have tickets to their exhibition game, and it’s nice out – so I figured I’d take a drive and walk around the ballpark.  In the morning I’m going to visit Citi Field.  I’ll be the guy in the 1983 Seaver jersey if you want to say hi.  I think yesterday I said it was blue.  It isn’t.  It is early 80’s pullover white.

If you’re a new reader, I tend to post just a little less on Saturday, but Sunday it usually close to the normal weekday volume.  It’s nice out there, I suggest logging off the Mets Police and catching some sun.   If you sign up for the free daily email you won’t miss a thing, and can get a tan.  I’m still psyched that real Mr. Met is back!