Second Class Citizens (From Flushing University)

Strong words here…Flushing University and a taste below.

For the record, I don’t think being pro-Mets makes you a racist.

I was disappointed to find out that the main entrance to the new stadium that I’ve for so long to enter has been made into a tribute to a player that never even wore a Mets uniform – and to a team that left town over 50 years ago.
A tribute to a Brooklyn Dodger.
Mets fans enter their team’s new stadium – a stadium that from the outside is also supposed to evoke memories of that long-dead team from the Borough of Churches – and are inundated with images of a man who played the game at a time where the home team did not even exist.
What other Major League Baseball team would ever build a shrine to a player that never even wore their uniform?
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Is this franchise’s history of so little importance to the Wilpon family that they thought it more important to build a monument to the Brooklyn Dodgers and their heroes? Perhaps instead of a gigantic outdoor food court, it would’ve been nice to see something celebrating the 48 seasons that the Mets have played National League Baseball. Apparently that was too much to ask.

The rest is here.

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Mets VP David Howard’s Interview With Francesca Will Make You Very Mad

The Mets Today blog broke down this David Howard interview really well.   I see no reason to mimic what they did.  Go read their breakdown.

I’ll just give you a taste to get your blood boiling.

The way we characterize “obstructed” is if you have an obstruction, something in front of you — a beam, a pillar, something that’s blocking your view. That’s not the case here. It is a function of the geometry of the building.

Really David?  I invite you to check out some of those pics over there on the right hand of the blog.

Dave Howard
Tuesday April 14th – Dave Howard Executive Vice President of Business Operations for the New York Mets addresses some concerns about Citifield

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New Stadium Insider reports Yankees to hang photos…maybe the Mets will learn.

So head on over to New Stadium Insider for some Yankee Stadium updates…
 
 
The interesting (to me) tidbit is that the Yankees are going to hang photos around their new industrial cinderblock palace.  It’s nice to know the Yankees read the blogs.
 
Perhaps the Mets could learn from this.  
 
I was imagining an alternate reality where the Mets take me up on my offer to be a consultant.
 
Shannon (last winter):  Hey Jeff, we really oughta hang us some Mets stuff.
 
Jeff Wilpon:  yeah price it out!
 
Shannon (an hour later):  Jeff it will cost X thousand to get Y things.   Would be 6 weeks delivery or for an extra grand we can have them in two.
 
Jeff:   spend the grand!
 
    Jeff and I could have all kinds of discussions….
 
Shannon:  Hey Jeff, since Gooden are here tonight, we should have them come on the field and wave.
 
    or
 
Shannon:  Hey Jeff, we should probably ask MLB to give us the Dodgers on April 15th…and to work the schedule so we don’t have a night opener.
 
Jeff:  Great idea…make that call today.  Imagine we had to open against the Padres or someone…
 
    or
 
Shannon:  I was thinking.  For the opening of the new stadium we should probably wear the traditional blue caps with the pinstripes.
 
    or
 
Shannon:  I noticed we have a ton of room on the fence for retired numbers…and we still have a lot of tickets unsold for April 28th against the Marlins.  What if we have a night for Keith and retire #17? 
 
I have lots of ideas like this, but I digress.  The Mets will find me eventually.   I don’t even want money, just run all this crap past me.
 
Anyways…check out New Stadium Insider today.