What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Here’s the “today’s lineup” from yesterday’s first game. This picture is from left field.
This one from right field.
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I have never ordered player banners but do they really take that long to order?
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Good read: The Big Lead
It’s a list of players with alleged ties to trainer Angel Presinal. There are some interesting names dropped in the article. At least two will catch your eye.
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Was on Pro Baseball Central for an hour last night. Tons of fun!
We talked about the stadium, uniforms, trades, Wilpons.
As I toured Citi Field yesterday I didn’t see much, if any, new “Mets stuff.” There definitely weren’t player banners hanging in the halls, and I probably would have noticed a giant statue of Seaver…but something did catch my eye.
If you squint, look above the blue Citi Field sign and look through the windows.
Look on the walls – there are baseball card type posters (?) on the walls of whatever is above the Rotunda.
As I said last night, I don’t have super command of Citi the way I did Shea. I guess we’re looking at the Caesar’s Club? I’ve never been to this space so I’m not sure, and I’m sure the first person to comment will correct my mistake.
I never noticed them before Thursday afternoon.
If you take the main escalator in the Rotunda and look up you’ll see these.
The baseball cards aren’t new; they are on the Empire Suite Level (200’s) and have been there all season. I know because I sat in a suite in May.
What I did notice about the cards, though, walking down the hallways, was something really cool. I saw a blowup of a card that was from Topps ’93 (around the end of my collecting days), then next to it was a Topps ’92, then a ’91, etc. Basically, every Topps set from 62-08 is represented, in order, with no Met appearing on the wall more than once. Excellent job on that.
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With the Ortiz/Ramirez revelations coming out, I can’t help but think of steroids this morning.
I find myself thinking of other players on the 2003 Red Sox and how some players with alleged steroid ties such as Clemens or Bonds were already good before they started taking. I think about how many players who allegedly took steroids were awesome for a few years and then broke down.
I think about what numbers the Mets might retire and I encourage them to be careful about one particular number. At least with 16 and 17 we know what their sins were, and they’ve payed their penance. Not everyone has.
I think about the column I’m going to write some day asking Mets fans if deep down they were really shocked that player x was on the list. It’s going to be a sad day for the franchise. That’s just one man’s opinion, and who I think it is I will keep to myself, but to quote Darth Vader, “Search your feelings. You know it to be true.”
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