The Mets Police

One final post for the night, the team history timeline.

Take a look at that picture on the left.

They skipped quite a few years.

I kinda remember June 15, 1977 as being a big day but I can’t recall why.

Oh well, I don’t want to nitpick the museum.  Let’s just enjoy how cool it is.

As always..click on the pics to make them bigger and if you are seeing this on the main page click “continue reading”

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I’m on a big time Seaver kick.  One of the most fun things in the museum is the Seaver exhibit.

The photo on the left is Tom’s Sportsman of the Year award.  Interesting design!

As you’ll see I was fighting a lot of glare in these, but click on them to make them bigger.

There are other Seaver items throughout the museum, but these are all grouped on the exterior wall over by the “Ebbetts Field” style windows.

Today’s Quiz: April 5, 1983…what happened?  Pics ahead…

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If you head down the stairs that lead to where Shea’s Apple was hidden in 2009 (wow in retrospect, what were they thinking) – right under Shea Bridge, you’ll get a great view of the reconfigured bullpens at Citi Field.  This is an interesting little nook of the ballpark that’s unfortunately out of the way and has little purpose other than watching guys arm up, or maybe having a fight with your girlfriend.  Click on the pictures for much bigger views.

I had a great time today at Citi Field, the first Opening DAY in Citi Field history.  Last year those dopey Padres made the Mets have Opening Night in Dodger Stadium East….but a year later wow is everything great at the home of the New York Mets!

It was a perfect day to be outside, Santana on the mound, Wright homered, the Mets won.

The Blue Cap Army was a little smaller than I expected, but enthusiastic nonetheless.  I met several fellow bloggers and throughout the day had a few readers come up and introduce themselves to me.  It was great to meet all of you.

As I have been saying, the place really feels like the home of the Mets.  The franchise seems to have reconsidered blue and orange.  It appears in the marketing, and the use of black anything seems eliminated (until Charlie Samuels suits them up – and who were the people cheering Charlie in the intros?  The black cap navy?)

If you booed Ollie Perez in the introductions you are not my kind of fan.  I couldn’t believe it.  A perfect day and we’re going to boo this guy for lining up along first?   Come on fans.

I’m still jazzed on the Mets.   I’m going again on Wednesday and will do some, um, research at McFadden’s.  I never made it out there today.  They opened at 11 and were rumored to be overflowing with fans around 12:30.  If there’s a way to patronize the bar once you have formally entered Citi Field by scanning your ticket I was unable to find it.  I don’t think it exists.

I’m out on the deck and will be posting pictures for the next few hours – and will save some for tomorrow (back to the real job).   Check back regularly.

As I have been doing, if you are reading this on the main page you’ll have to click “continue reading” to see the pictures.  The folks who subscribe to the free daily email will just see them below.   Here’s some random shots taken on an iphone from way upstairs and from my walk around the park.  More to come and yeah my photography is lousy but if you click on them they get a lot bigger and you can actually see things:

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