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Obstructed Views In New York Mets Citi Field Section 512

The following was sent to me at [email protected]

I’m very appreciative when you guys send stuff in – I think it helps build a community here at Mets Police, adds a sense of fairness that it’s not just me complaining, and hey being honest it’s great when I can let my brain take a morning off.

I turn it off to someone who wishes to remain anonymous, who had the chance to sit in Promenade 512 Row 9.  I think his point about “box seats” is excellent, and one I hadn’t heard previously, and didn’t notice until he brought it up but he’s sure right….

I finally made it for my first visit to Citi Field for Wednesday’s matinee against the Braves, along with my son, one of his classmates, and his classmate’s father.

We ended up in section 512, row 9, in four seats that were right above the walkway entry between sections 511 and 512.

These seats were the perfect way to address one of my big criticisms of both new ballparks, which is the absence of true box seats. As a father who likes to take his young children to ballgames, I loved being able to get box seats, where the kids were literally corralled in, and you never had to worry about anyone climbing over your seats to get out of their seats. Somehow, “box seats” is now a euphemism for seats near the front of a level, which ignores what I always thought was one of the big benefits of box seats.

Well, with two adults and two kids, these four seats were perfect. There was an aisle on either side of us, and the kids could stand right at the railing without there being anyone directly behind them whose view they could block.

The seats on the end might be described as obstructed by some, but when I’m watching the game with a 3 year old, I’m going to spend most of the time leaning forward to explain stuff to him whether or not I need to lean forward to see.

I’ve included two photos, one of the view when leaning forward slightly, and one of the view if I lean back. I’d highly recommend these seats to anyone who misses the old box seats for the purposes of keeping kids contained.

Mt two cents – he’s being very generous.  That top photo is scary bad.  Thanks for sending it in!

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Sure Is Annoying To Listen To The New York Yankees On The Radio

Now that you’ve read the headline, don’t jump on me as a Yankee hater yet.  I enjoy them.  There are 6 games a year (and one World Series every 50) where I hope they lose.  Other than that I wish them well.  I buy tickets to their games, have written about Why I Don’t Hate Them  and I used to really enjoy Sterling and Kay because they would weave a sports talk show around the pitches.  However….

I gotta tell you they are becoming really annoying to listen to.   Suzyn Waldman complains every night about how long the game is and seems annoyed to even be there.   I loved her work on WFAN, but she’s just wrong for this role.  I’ve yet to meet a Yankees fan who enjoys her in the booth.

Then there is John Sterling.  I won’t break any ground here, but you all know the issues.   Corny forced home run calls (a fun game on the internet is “make up John Sterling calls for the Mets”) and rose colored glasses.  This afternoon I learned about winning runs on first – why not say the winning run is on deck, or in the hole – and how the Twins were “lucky” on plays.  

Good play by play announcers (like Howie Rose) lead you with their voice, so you have a sense of the play without seeing it.   Sterling will get you all pumped up for what seems to be the most incredible play in the history of baseball before he chooses to mention that the right fielder is under Teixeira’s ball.   Awful.

I guess I can’t be surprised with all the other terrible decisions that the Yankees have made that they choose to have this man as the “voice” of the Yankees.   The radio booth is just another example of something the Mets do better, and why this will become Mets town for good.

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Mean Ushers At Yakee Stadium (Albany Times Union)

Interesting tid-bits from a writer for the Albany Times Union, writing about the moat.

When I tried to ask one of the employees about this lack of access, I found out a very interesting thing. All employees had been asked to sign a statement that they would not talk to the media, and he didn’t want to do it because he had already had one friend whose supervisor had threatened to “write him up” for doing so on Opening Day.

At this point, the employee sounded more scared than evil, which got me to thinking: Is the mean usher really mean, or just afraid of losing his job if he doesn’t enforce some awful policy?

The full article is here.


I too have found the ushers to be ridiculous.  When I went to the Cubs exhibition my seats were in 405.  As I carried a tray of dogs and beer the usher (who I had said hi to earlier) asked to see my ticket.   I asked him if he really thought I was trying to sneak into the last section of the upper deck with a 50 mile an hour wind in my face.

Two hours before a game if you try to take a picture of a five year old up close to the seats (and I mean the back of a field level section, not up against the moat) they chase you behind the yellow line.   I have found some nice guys who get it, but I’ve also found some sticklers.

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New York Mets Mookie Wilson Sad About Lack Of 1986 Stuff At Citi Field (Mets)

The survey suggests that someone in Flushing is starting to get it…but until the stuff is up there, lets keep pounding away.   Today it’s Mookie Wilson’s turn in the Daily News.

“I was a little surprised I didn’t see anything inside,” he added. “To not put that in there would be denying part of your past – part of your rich past. We’ll have to wait and see. I think the ’86 team would like to be known as the signature of the Mets … you’d have to talk to upper management to see what they want to portray the team as. That’s my hope. I have no hard feelings at this point.”
On Friday, Wilson appeared on the Mets’ network, SNY, and was shown signing his name on a studio wall, the same wayDoc Goodenrecently signed an interior wall at Citi Field.


Read more: “Mookie Wilson disappointed that history of 1986 Mets not better displayed at Citi Field” –http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2009/05/16/2009-05-16_not_mookies_citi.html#ixzz0FlrgNiKN&A

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