New Home Run Apple For CitiField

[metirish]

] New home run apple at core of Mets' new ballpark BY Anthony McCarron & Adam Rubin DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITERS It looks like it will be a fresh apple rising after the Mets belt home runs at Citi Field. The Mets had hoped to keep their intentions quiet for now about whether they would transfer the apple from Shea to their new stadium or commission a new one. But they inadvertently upstaged their own announcement. An official with ties to the team revealed on a late-night airing of a special about Citi Field on SNY that it will, in fact, be a new apple celebrating longballs. The apple is a nine-foot mass of fiberboard slathered in red paint that, whenever a Met blasts a homer, pops out of a 10-foot, upside-down black top hat made of plywood. The Mets logo on the apple lights up and blinks. The phrase "home run," which replaced the original "Mets Magic," an offshoot of the Mets' old "The Magic is Back" campaign, is visible on the top hat. The apple, all 582 pounds of it, appeared behind the fence, to the right of the 410-foot mark in center field, during the 1980 season.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Confession: I love the home run apple.

[Guest AG/DC]

You will have to bid against me, my friend.

[Guest cooby]

No way the new one will be as endearing

[metirish]

cooby wrote: No way the new one will be as endearing

The apple is a nine-foot mass of fiberboard slathered in red paint that, whenever a Met blasts a homer, pops out of a 10-foot, upside-down black top hat made of plywood.

I'm with Cooby.

[Guest cooby]

It's like something a dad would make

[Benjamin Grimm]

Overhead at Shea on Sunday afternoon, from a kid a box over.

"I heard that the home run apple at Citi Field is going to shoot real apples!"

An interesting concept. Imagine fans in the outfield seats getting suddenly pelted by flying apples.

My daughter suggested it spray a fountain of apple juice instead. I countered with a volcano of applesauce.

There's a lot you can do if you use your imagination!

[Guest AG/DC]

Word.

Word to your father, as a matter of fact.

I'm going to go home and make one tonight.

[soupcan]

] No home run apple at core of Mets' new ballpark BY Anthony McCarron & Adam Rubin DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITERS It looks like it will be a refreshing return to respectability after the Mets belt home runs at Citi Field. The Mets had hoped to keep their intentions quiet for now about whether they would transfer the apple from Shea to their new stadium or commission a new one. But they inadvertently upstaged their own announcement. An official with ties to the team revealed on a late-night airing of a special about Citi Field on SNY that they will, in fact, be loading up the old, nasty thing with dynamite and blowing the wormy piece of crap to the moon. 'New apple?' The official was quoted as saying 'Are you fucking kidding me? The only reason this big red piece of shit is still here is because Della Famina had some compromising pictures of Fred's wife.' The apple is a nine-foot mass of fiberboard slathered in red paint that, looks like an overripe tomato. When it works and a Met blasts a homer, it creaks slowly out of a 10-foot, upside-down black top hat - that looks more like a giant baby's potty-training seat - made of plywood. The Mets logo on the apple lights up and blinks (again - when it works). The phrase "home run," which replaced the original "Mets Magic," an offshoot of the Mets' old and tired "The Magic is Back" campaign, which attempted to lure people in to Shea by trying to fool them into thinking the Brooklyn Dodgers had returned to New York, is visible on the toddler toilet. The apple, all 582 pounds of it, appeared behind the fence, to the right of the 410-foot mark in center field, during the 1980 season. Reasonable Met fans can now rejoice.

I can dream can't I?

Edited September 9, 2008 by Guest

[G-Fafif]

As the article stated, the news was right there in the middle of that Citi Field special as if no one should have expected any different. "Well," I thought. "That answers that." I'd still like to see them drag the damn thing over there and display it in all its ratty glory.

In its place, I say take a different tack. This is New York. Have a middle finger rise up so when the opposing pitcher looks over his shoulder, he'll get the message. Have one rise up from behind home plate, too. Maybe a yellow taxi could drive around the track and splash him from a permanent puddle situated hard by the third base line so he knows for sure that he's having a crappy day.

[Guest AG/DC]

"The Magic Is Back" campaign didn't reference the Dodgers but the Mets champions of 1969 and 1973.

[soupcan]

You know what I really like?

The cityscape on top of the scoreboard. When that thing lights up after a homerun, it is totally cool.

I don't see that going over to the new place.

[soupcan]

AG/DC wrote: "The Magic Is Back" campaign didn't reference the Dodgers but the Mets champions of 1969 and 1973.

I didn't realize Jackie Robinson was on those teams.

[metirish]

They are building a new cityscape with cheap plywood, it will be slathered with green paint to signify all the money that will be generated.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

="soupcan"]You know what I really like? The cityscape on top of the scoreboard. When that thing lights up after a homerun, it is totally cool. I don't see that going over to the new place.

That is really cool. I like when they do things that only a New York team can do, and that's one of them. No other city can boast a skyline like that.

Of course, it would have been better have the stadium positioned so you could actually see the the real skyline instead of the chop shops....

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I like the applesauce volcano idea.

[soupcan]

="metirish"]They are building a new cityscape with cheap plywood, it will be slathered with green paint to signify all the money that will be generated.

Sponsored by Subway.

And then, 20 years from now, when some kid asks why a big Italian sub gets launched out of the scoreboard everytime a Met hits a homerun, his dad will tell him 'Um, its an homage to...um....something.'

[Guest AG/DC]

Apple polishing:

http://www.savetheapple.com/interview.php

[Guest cooby]

soupcan wrote: ] No home run apple at core of Mets' new ballpark BY Anthony McCarron & Adam Rubin DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITERS It looks like it will be a refreshing return to respectability after the Mets belt home runs at Citi Field. The Mets had hoped to keep their intentions quiet for now about whether they would transfer the apple from Shea to their new stadium or commission a new one. But they inadvertently upstaged their own announcement. An official with ties to the team revealed on a late-night airing of a special about Citi Field on SNY that they will, in fact, be loading up the old, nasty thing with dynamite and blowing the wormy piece of crap to the moon. 'New apple?' The official was quoted as saying 'Are you fucking kidding me? The only reason this big red piece of shit is still here is because Della Famina had some compromising pictures of Fred's wife.' The apple is a nine-foot mass of fiberboard slathered in red paint that, looks like an overripe tomato. When it works and a Met blasts a homer, it creaks slowly out of a 10-foot, upside-down black top hat - that looks more like a giant baby's potty-training seat - made of plywood. The Mets logo on the apple lights up and blinks (again - when it works). The phrase "home run," which replaced the original "Mets Magic," an offshoot of the Mets' old and tired "The Magic is Back" campaign, which attempted to lure people in to Shea by trying to fool them into thinking the Brooklyn Dodgers had returned to New York, is visible on the toddler toilet. The apple, all 582 pounds of it, appeared behind the fence, to the right of the 410-foot mark in center field, during the 1980 season. Reasonable Met fans can now rejoice. I can dream can't I?

Where the hell did you lift that from? What's with all the bad words in a newspaper article?

[soupcan]

I know right? That's horrible. Shame on them.

[Guest cooby]

Never mind, you got me

[HahnSolo]

="soupcan"]You know what I really like? The cityscape on top of the scoreboard. When that thing lights up after a homerun, it is totally cool. I don't see that going over to the new place.

I will miss the scoreboard, particularly the OOTS, terribly.

[Farmer Ted]

Baseball is for Kids. Bring that sign back, along with the $75 seats, $8 beer, and $5 cotton candy that the kids can't friggin afford.

[Gwreck]

HahnSolo wrote: I will miss the scoreboard, particularly the OOTS, terribly.

SNY did a promo for the new park -- basically Kevin Burkhardt interviewing Jeff Wilpon. Wilpon revealed that there will be a full-time out of town scoreboard showing scores of all games, and will include the lights of how many outs there are and runners on base.

Additionally, the main scoreboard will have both team's full lineups, all the time.

[Gwreck]

As a kid, I remember thinking the apple was really neat.

As an adult, I am totally indifferent.

As a rational person, I of course recognize that what the Mets are doing is best -- they are keeping a home run apple, but using the *same exact* piece of crap that doesn't work right and is 27 years old would be a silly idea, no matter how many people argue until they are blue in the face about it.

*Exact Same* Home run apple from Shea : Citi Field :: *Exact Same* seats from Shea : Citi Field.

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I will also note that I was never consciously aware of the skyline at the top of the scoreboard being animated during a home run. Strange. Just a byproduct of how I watch, I guess. Will have to look for it tomorrow.

[Guest themetfairy]

I love the apple, but I understand the need for a new one in the new park.

At least they're going to have one.

[Guest holychicken]

cooby wrote: It's like something a dad would make

It always reminds me of a high school homing coming float.

And yes, I love it too. I am disappointed by Mets fans who don't love it. It is almost as hard to love as the endearing Mr Met himself.

[Centerfield]

I'm completely indifferent about the apple. If the new park didn't have one, I probably wouldn't have noticed.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

This was the worst kept secret ever. Its plain even in the renderings there was "room" left in CF for it.

I'm kinda "eh" about the apple but I suppose happier that its there than some new or different mechanical home-run gimmick.

And I'm tellin ya, I like the applesauce idea.

[Benjamin Grimm]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: And I'm tellin ya, I like the applesauce idea.

Maybe we can start a grassroots campaign. We'll need a website called www.applesaucevolcano.com.