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Pictures of Mets Hall of Fame and Museum: The Plaques

When you first walk into the Mets Hall of Fame and Museum you will see a wall of plaques on the left hand side.

The plaques are reminiscent at what you might see at Cooperstown, and the Mets wisely left room to enshrine more heroes.

Here are some more photos of the various Hall of Fame members.  Click any picture to make it larger.

As a first impression, these go a long way.  If you’re wondering about the busts that used to be in the Diamond Club at Shea, I was told those would be displayed at a later date.  In the back of the museum there’s a section of weird modern art things that doesn’t work so well, I wouldn’t have even mentioned it and I am not complaining, but I can imagine the busts going in that display case.  More pics…

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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.

For those of you on the main page click continue reading (big pictures slow down the site) and everyone else should see the pictures below.  Click the pictures for bigger versions.

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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: mcfaddenscf@gmail.com

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!

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The 2010 Mets Police Guide to being cheap about parking near Citi Field

I’m cheap.   I park in Corona.  It’s not scary and it’s not far.

Park somewhere in the one-teens as close to 34th avenue as you can.   This shot is from 114th street between 34th and Northern.  Remember, the far side of Citi Field is 126th, so at the worst you’re walking 12 blocks and it’s more like nine.

At the end of 34th avenue look for this walkway.   The people on the opposite side are waiting for highway-speed traffic to clear.  You do have to hustle across an entrance ramp to the Grand Central.  It’s not that scary.

Now that you’ve dashed across, you will find yourself on this walkway along the Whitestone Expressway.  It’s loud, but that’s a nice high barrier so you are in no likely danger of being hit by a car.

To your right you can enjoy the beautiful wildflowers of Queens.

Keep walking, keep walking.

Keep walking, keep walking.

You can look down at the Grand Central Parkway.

From here you can follow your eyes.

The walkway ends and you will have to cross across an exit ramp (from the GCP to the Whitestone).   On the other side is the Citi Field parking lot.   The NYPD is often stationed at this point and will hold up traffic for you, otherwise you’ll have to play Freeway against highway speed traffic.   Not so bad.

Now that you’ve made it safely walk down this sidewalk.  Again, you can see Citi Field so it’s not like you’ll get lost.

Parking has gone up by a dollar since I took this photo, but take a minute to laugh about the people who paid $19 while you got 7 blocks worth of exercise.

This is what their $18 got them in 2009.  After the game you’ll be over by the highway entrances and they’ll be fighting 20,000 other people to get out of the lot.

And you’ve made it to The Street That I Think Needs A Cool Name.

If you can’t make it from here you need greater help than I can provide.

As always I encourage you to financially support the Mets and their sponsors, so why not take the $19 you have saved and buy a ticket to another game, or buy a blue Mets cap!

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