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Wallace Matthews brings it in today’s Newsday.

Sunday, the Yankees hosted the Indians and the Mets hosted the Brewers. Neither place came within 5,000 seats of being sold out. Most teams would be overjoyed playing to 85-percent capacity in April, but these are not most teams and this is not any other city.

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But when Opening Day at the new Yankee Stadium draws only 48,000 paid admissions, and the Mets, after nearly filling the 42,000 seats in their opener but then can’t draw much above 36,000, you know that the geniuses in the business offices who decided to Mel Brooks the baseball fans of this town made a serious error in judgment.

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Yes, there is always a drop-off after the opener and before the kids get out of school, but last year on this very weekend, 54,000-plus saw Johan Santana pitch against the Brewers. On Saturday, with the same pitcher, same opponent and a 75-degree day, only 36,312 showed up.

As I speak on behalf of all Mets fans, Citi is such a step-up from Shea that we’re willing to eat bad sight-lines, or not being able to see all nine position players from left field.   Yankee fans, I think you would take your old park back if you could.   Either way, maybe one of the teams will get it right when they move into their new parks around 2085.

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The Mets Police encourage all to support the Mets, and to buy tickets at what is really a wonderful ballpark.

However, if you have a choice there are spots you may want to avoid.

We’ve invited fans to send us photos of “obstructed views” at [email protected] and as far as obstructions go, this one is on the low end.

David Howard the Mets VP is on record as saying there are no obstructed views so this is just another in our series of random photos from the promenade.  These are from  Section 525 Row 4.     I assume there’s a left fielder somewhere down there.

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Let me say this first.   I think Citi Field is really great.   Yankee Stadium is OK, although I continue to think it was a mistake to move across the street.

One thing that has made my blood boil this week is when I hear “the media” whether it sports-talk hosts, play by play guys or newspaper columnists telling us to stop complaining about the views.

I invite any of these fine folks to spend a day with me in the Promenade.  I’ll pay for the tickets.

You’ll have to skip the media buffet and wait on line with me.  We can hope the credit card wi-fi systen is working when we do.  

You guys with your lower level seats that you get from the team will find a different experience where Joe Public sits.    You’ll know the joys of not being able to see all nine players.

Before you write one more column about whiny Mets fans, before you hang up one one more caller – come sit upstairs.  The park is great unless you’re in the first three rows.  It’s even better when you’re eating food in the heated press box.

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I saved this for tonight because I didn’t want to turn the blog into NY Post.com , but they did have some great stuff on Sunday.

Phil Mushnick, take it away!

No matter what blocks your view of a game — a wall, an overhang, a ceiling, a blind spot seat, Mr. Met seated right in front of you — remember: Citi Field has no obstructed view seats. None.

Howard additionally explained that nothing took the Mets by surprise. They were well aware that they had seats, and apparently lots of them, that presented “blind spot” views.

Of course, at that point most naturally curious folks would have asked why those who purchased “blind spot” tickets weren’t forewarned. But on this day Francesa had done quite enough on behalf of the little people. Hey, that’s just the geometry of things.

Read the rest here.

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The Mets are 5 games out.

You can start writing me now with “it’s early” which it is, and “it’s just the Marlins” which it is.

Those pesky Marlins which nobody takes seriously are 11 and 1, scored 4 in the 9th to win their seventh straight and have won two World Series since 1987 which is two more than the Mets.

It gets late early, which we learned from Bobby Valentine, and while there’s nothing wrong with this team it just isn’t winning games.  

5 out on April 19th.   That’s a lot.

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