The Mets Police

@elifrombrooklyn (on twitter, and I’m @metspolice by the way) sent this over.

Seems someone at a Canadian newspaper is visiting all 30 parks.   On Monday he went to Citi Field.  Shall we…

The sightlines all over the park are great, and $40 will get you a chair 12 rows behind Jason Bay in left field, but without a full view of the massive scoreboard in centre field. In what I found to be a nice touch, Citi Field’s foul poles are painted orange, instead of baseball’s customary yellow.

One more thing: the ushers in New York, at both Citi Field and Yankee Stadium, are serious about their jobs. It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve already shown your usher your ticket stub, you’ve got to flash it again. Every time. Mr. or Ms. Usher will even kindly hold your food and drinks while you fish the blasted stub out of your pocket. Ridiculous.

I guess Mr. Vaswani was able to avoid the plexiglass.  As for the usher comment, I agree.  It gets annoying.

To read the rest of the review from an outsider’s perspective, and Citi did well, read here.

Filip Bondy refers to knuckleheads in the stands and says this about the booing of David Wright:

Is it possible that Met fans are so tired of losing, they can no longer appreciate the bright spot burning from within the toxic haze? Have these spectators at Citi Field become as jaded and dumb-numb as Knick fans at the Garden?

You can read the entire article in The News.

I spoke my piece yesterday, and I know some folks want to defend their right to boo – guest columns are always welcome and encouraged.

Lots of Seaver in the papers today…let’s start with his quote about the museum and how it’s important to honor team history (from the Daily News):

“I’ve mentioned that long before they even got to this building. The point being, it doesn’t make me feel any better, but the thing that makes me feel better is that they’re doing this to share with baseball fans,” Seaver said. “If you’re a baseball fan, you’re a history fan. This is history, and that’s the best part of being a baseball fan. It brings back the memories you have when you first fell in love with the game.”

That first sentence is interesting.

The News article shares Tom’s thoughts about Pelfrey and lack of thoughts about Ike Davis.

In the New York Post, Seaver talks about Gil Hodges, and there’s a cool picture of Tom looking at his plaque. Vaccaro also tells us that Tom will be part of an official dedication of the Seaver and Hodges gates today. (I had missed that announcement, was this known?)

In the Times, Seaver talks about being a Marine.

Yes I actually have a Lee Mazzilli Google alert – I was very excited about this first paragraph of a story:

Freshman infielder LJ Mazzilli had a unique childhood that ranged from meeting Derek Jeter to playing video games in the clubhouse at Fenway Park with Sal Fasano. In his first season at UConn, however, Mazzilli is just one of the guys.

But then this sentence ticked me off.

Perhaps what the elder Mazzilli is most known for is his role with the Yankees. Lee was New York’s first base coach in the 2000 championship season that culminated with a 4-1 Subway Series win over the Mets

I’m off to go throw rotten eggs at the author’s car..but if you want to read more about LJ Mazzilli, here ya go.

Since this is from a college paper I bet the author doesn’t realize Lee is best known for a walk in the All-Star Game.  This is what happens when your baseball team blows off its history until April 2010, kids associate Lee with the Yankees.  I bet he thinks Gooden is that no-hitter guy.