What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
The other day I had some questions about Yankee Stadium “pre-paid” parking. The fine folks over at New Stadium Insider have educated me about this site. Who knew?
There’s nothing exiting to share with you, except maybe paying in advance will help get you into the new lot.
Check out http://baseball-parking.com/
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When I was at the Yankee game on Saturday a friend asked me to check out his seats in section 308. I think he is going to be sad.
That blockage is the front of the wheelchair section in 309.
In 308 there is a 9th row, from where this picture is taken. In 309 that row is replaced by a wheelchair landing (and obstruction grating thingy).
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While this is not as offensive to me as some of the views from the Citi Field Promenade, here are some still shots and a short video from section 406.
The main issue is that you cannot see the right fielder. That tiny speck on the right is the center fielder.
This sort of thing doesn’t really bother me, but I know it bothers others. You can’t really see the giant video screen from right field.
I also was looking for out of town scores and didn’t see any. The Saturday game was at 1pm, and with FOX involved maybe it was the only 1pm game being played.
Below is a short video from the seat.
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New Yankee Stadium gets mixed reviews – BostonHerald.com
Just yesterday afternoon, walking into the Yankees’ new palace for the first time, I bumped into Bill Madden, longtime baseball writer for the New York Daily News. For 20 minutes, Madden told me how much he hates the place.
They have totally, tragically gummed up Monument Park. The monuments and plaques have been moved behind the fence in dead center, where they can barely be seen. It looks like somebody left them there for the night with the promise of moving them tomorrow. This is a spectacular blunder.
Ditto with the retired uniform numbers. They have been tossed on a brick wall behind the left field bleachers, and, again, it looks as though somebody showed up on Opening Day and said, ‘Hey, what should we do with all these retired numbers?’
Madden believes a child’s greatest joy when entering a big league park is getting to the front railing in search of autographs. Here, only ticket-holders can venture into the rich people’s seats, even long before the game.
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So on days like these the Mets Police can’t help but wonder how Metro NYC built not one, not two, but three new stadiums (stadia?) without a retractable roof.
The Times wrote about that today…but what catches my eye is Jeff Wilpon, as he often does.
Jeff Wilpon, the Mets’ chief operating officer, said his team studied retractable roof ideas for Citi Field that might have cost $150 million. Moreover, he said, “the look and feel of the place would have changed dramatically.â€
Wilpon also said that the support system for a retractable roof would have eliminated too many parking spaces and that the high-water table in Flushing would have been a complicating factor.
But what if the Yankees and the Mets had shared a new stadium at a location between the Yankees’ base in the Bronx and the Mets’ base in Queens?
Wilpon recalled discussions during the Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani administration about building such a stadium in Manhattan.
That sort of stadium might have included a retractable roof for less than the combined cost of the two new stadiums, and it could have been used for other purposes during the off-season.
The “AppleDome” would have made tons of sense, especially now that Yankee Stadium is yankee stadium in name only.
As for Jeff’s comment about changing the look…I really don’t see anyone at all excited about Ebbetts Field. That would have been a better idea for the Cyclones. I’d rather be comfortable.
I bet some Yankee fans wouldn’t have minded the AppleDome last night.
Good stuff here.
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