Stars in the Citi?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Just in time for the HOF groundbreaking and in the wake of the 2nd straight Wally Backman-led Mets WS win...

]The next two All-Star Games are set, Anaheim next season and Arizona in 2011. Then it shifts back to an AL club the following year, most likely in Kansas City. That leaves 2013 all set for Citi Field and the Mets. "That's the way it's looking," a source told The Post yesterday. "That also gives Citi Field time to get everything set. The Mets deserve to have an All-Star Game."

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07152009/sports/mets/source__stars_to_storm_citi_in_2013_179376.htm

[metirish]

This has been known unofficially for a year now I think , IIRC when they announced MFYSlll as the site for 08 word came that CF would be 2013.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Met fans deserve to have three.

[bmfc1]

As noted by G-FAFIF elsewhere, a HR contest in CF will be quite a test.

I laughed that you figure the Mets won't even break ground on the team HOF for four years. It wouldn't be surprising.

Some people in DC are annoyed at CF getting the game because their park opened last year and no All-Star game is planned. Here's a chart showing how fast new parks have gotten to host an All-Star game:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2009/07/15/GR2009071500174.html?sid=ST2009071500008

[Frayed Knot]

Parks older than Citi but yet to host an ASG:

- Chase Field Phoenix (1998) - though sched for 2011
- GAB Cincinnati (2003)
- PETCO SD (2004)
- CBP Philly (2004)
- Nationals Park Wash (2008)


It would be nice to get one in Queens prior to them awarding a 3rd one in the Bronx since Shea's 1964 game. Of course that was partly based on the fact that the Mets never really wanted one while still at Shea but the size of the gap between hostings still should shove them at least towards the head of the line.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

="bmfc1":1no9k9n4] Some people in DC are annoyed at CF getting the game because their park opened last year and no All-Star game is planned.[/quote:1no9k9n4] Nationals Park is finished? Petco/San Diego does seem like a gorgeous place-- with the views of Balboa Park and San Diego Bay in the background, the CF landscaping, and the Western Metal Supply building-- to catch a game. (Seo-- concur?)

Frayed Knot Jul 15 2009 12:18 PM

The park is, but word on the street is they need to fix up the area around the park before anyone wants to bring a party there. Amazing huh? A new ballpark is built with public money and the promised business boom didn't automatically appear around it! Whoda thunk it?!?

Edgy DC Jul 15 2009 12:18 PM

The park isn't finished. And the team has been kinda pissy about it.

bmfc1 Jul 15 2009 12:21 PM

For baseball purposes, Nationals Park is done. But there were, and still may be, numerous, "punch list" items that ownership wants fixed (and ownership is in the commercial real estate business). The big thing is the area: where you hoped to see bars and restaurants is... nothing. The headquarters of the DOT is nearby but that's not a hotspot after a game.

SteveJRogers Jul 15 2009 01:00 PM

="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":3kj82syh] ="bmfc1":3kj82syh] Petco/San Diego does seem like a gorgeous place-- with the views of Balboa Park and San Diego Bay in the background, the CF landscaping, and the Western Metal Supply building-- to catch a game. (Seo-- concur?)[/quote:3kj82syh][/quote:3kj82syh] I was there last year. And yes it was a great experience. SteveJRogers Jul 15 2009 01:01 PM Oh, and the Pads did have their own small "San Diego Baseball Museum" tucked in the restaurant area of the Western Metal Supply building! G-Fafif Jul 15 2009 01:25 PM In the last few years, we've seen Willie Mays, Yogi Berra and Stan Musial serve, to some degree, as the focal points of AS pregame ceremonies where particularly appropriate. Will the Mets put one and one together and bring out Tom Terrific, who will be 68 that summer, in a big way? Or will it become another platform for the Mets and MLB to celebrate the legacy of Jackie Robinson? The international strides the game has taken? The approaching 40th anniversary of the birth of Derek Jeter? You get one of these approximately every fifty years, Mets. Don't blow it. dgwphotography Jul 15 2009 01:27 PM ="G-Fafif":260iyfrt] You get one of these approximately every fifty years, Mets. Don't blow it.[/quote:260iyfrt] If a Wilpon still owns the team, they probably will. metirish Jul 15 2009 01:30 PM Gary Carter will be available , he'll even use his own car to drive around the warning track . seawolf17 Jul 15 2009 01:36 PM Fuck, I didn't even think of that. You know the Wilpons will fucking screw it up and celebrate the fucking Dodgers. DAMMIT, Fred, I'm mad at you already and this hasn't even happened. Edgy DC Jul 15 2009 01:39 PM Never stopped anybody before. Gwreck Jul 16 2009 06:39 AM ="Frayed Knot":2i7vdtlm]Parks older than Citi but yet to host an ASG: - Chase Field Phoenix (1998) - though sched for 2011 - GAB Cincinnati (2003) - PETCO SD (2004) - CBP Philly (2004) - Nationals Park Wash (2008)[/quote:2i7vdtlm] Cincy had it in '88, SD in '92 and Philly in '96 (?) so they're all at the back of the line anyway. One would think that the Nationals would be the obvious choice for 2015 but I guess the Marlins' new stadium might be chosen instead. One problem is that with fewer AL teams, there are also fewer left with new parks that haven't had the game yet. There's Anaheim in 2010 and KC in 2012 (both parks were heavily renovated) and then presumably Minnesota in 2014. In '06 and '07 the ASG was held in NL parks; they could presumably do another repeat sometime soon to get more of the newer NL parks in on the action. Benjamin Grimm Jul 16 2009 06:46 AM They might as well cancel the All-Star game and give the AL team permanent home field advantage in the World Series. metsguyinmichigan Jul 16 2009 07:27 AM I think MLB -- hell, probably FOX, too -- has a very heavy hand in the goings-on at the All-Star Game as opposed to letting the host team do that planning and screw it up. Gwreck Jul 16 2009 10:08 AM ="Benjamin Grimm":4umwzr82]They might as well cancel the All-Star game and give the AL team permanent home field advantage in the World Series.[/quote:4umwzr82] Yawn. Frayed Knot Jul 16 2009 10:39 AM The odd thing about this stretch of AL ASG "dominance" is that all the recent games have been by one run (4 straight including 1 xtra inn and 5 of 7) even though this is the era where the AL has dominated IL play. But if you go back to the beginning of their run they were winning ASG big during the time where the NL was getting the better of the IL series. Nymr83 Jul 16 2009 02:31 PM ]Will the Mets put one and one together and bring out Tom Terrific, who will be 68 that summer, in a big way? Or will it become another platform for the Mets and MLB to celebrate the legacy of Jackie Robinson? i think we both know the answer to that where Wilpon is involved.

[Frayed Knot]

The park is, but word on the street is they need to fix up the area around the park before anyone wants to bring a party there.
Amazing huh? A new ballpark is built with public money and the promised business boom didn't automatically appear around it! Whoda thunk it?!?

[Guest Edgy DC]

The park isn't finished. And the team has been kinda pissy about it.

[bmfc1]

For baseball purposes, Nationals Park is done. But there were, and still may be, numerous, "punch list" items that ownership wants fixed (and ownership is in the commercial real estate business). The big thing is the area: where you hoped to see bars and restaurants is... nothing. The headquarters of the DOT is nearby but that's not a hotspot after a game.

[stevejrogers]

="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":3kj82syh] ="bmfc1":3kj82syh] Petco/San Diego does seem like a gorgeous place-- with the views of Balboa Park and San Diego Bay in the background, the CF landscaping, and the Western Metal Supply building-- to catch a game. (Seo-- concur?)[/quote:3kj82syh][/quote:3kj82syh] I was there last year. And yes it was a great experience. SteveJRogers Jul 15 2009 01:01 PM Oh, and the Pads did have their own small "San Diego Baseball Museum" tucked in the restaurant area of the Western Metal Supply building! G-Fafif Jul 15 2009 01:25 PM In the last few years, we've seen Willie Mays, Yogi Berra and Stan Musial serve, to some degree, as the focal points of AS pregame ceremonies where particularly appropriate. Will the Mets put one and one together and bring out Tom Terrific, who will be 68 that summer, in a big way? Or will it become another platform for the Mets and MLB to celebrate the legacy of Jackie Robinson? The international strides the game has taken? The approaching 40th anniversary of the birth of Derek Jeter? You get one of these approximately every fifty years, Mets. Don't blow it. dgwphotography Jul 15 2009 01:27 PM ="G-Fafif":260iyfrt] You get one of these approximately every fifty years, Mets. Don't blow it.[/quote:260iyfrt] If a Wilpon still owns the team, they probably will. metirish Jul 15 2009 01:30 PM Gary Carter will be available , he'll even use his own car to drive around the warning track . seawolf17 Jul 15 2009 01:36 PM Fuck, I didn't even think of that. You know the Wilpons will fucking screw it up and celebrate the fucking Dodgers. DAMMIT, Fred, I'm mad at you already and this hasn't even happened. Edgy DC Jul 15 2009 01:39 PM Never stopped anybody before. Gwreck Jul 16 2009 06:39 AM ="Frayed Knot":2i7vdtlm]Parks older than Citi but yet to host an ASG: - Chase Field Phoenix (1998) - though sched for 2011 - GAB Cincinnati (2003) - PETCO SD (2004) - CBP Philly (2004) - Nationals Park Wash (2008)[/quote:2i7vdtlm] Cincy had it in '88, SD in '92 and Philly in '96 (?) so they're all at the back of the line anyway. One would think that the Nationals would be the obvious choice for 2015 but I guess the Marlins' new stadium might be chosen instead. One problem is that with fewer AL teams, there are also fewer left with new parks that haven't had the game yet. There's Anaheim in 2010 and KC in 2012 (both parks were heavily renovated) and then presumably Minnesota in 2014. In '06 and '07 the ASG was held in NL parks; they could presumably do another repeat sometime soon to get more of the newer NL parks in on the action. Benjamin Grimm Jul 16 2009 06:46 AM They might as well cancel the All-Star game and give the AL team permanent home field advantage in the World Series. metsguyinmichigan Jul 16 2009 07:27 AM I think MLB -- hell, probably FOX, too -- has a very heavy hand in the goings-on at the All-Star Game as opposed to letting the host team do that planning and screw it up. Gwreck Jul 16 2009 10:08 AM ="Benjamin Grimm":4umwzr82]They might as well cancel the All-Star game and give the AL team permanent home field advantage in the World Series.[/quote:4umwzr82] Yawn. Frayed Knot Jul 16 2009 10:39 AM The odd thing about this stretch of AL ASG "dominance" is that all the recent games have been by one run (4 straight including 1 xtra inn and 5 of 7) even though this is the era where the AL has dominated IL play. But if you go back to the beginning of their run they were winning ASG big during the time where the NL was getting the better of the IL series. Nymr83 Jul 16 2009 02:31 PM ]Will the Mets put one and one together and bring out Tom Terrific, who will be 68 that summer, in a big way? Or will it become another platform for the Mets and MLB to celebrate the legacy of Jackie Robinson? i think we both know the answer to that where Wilpon is involved.

[stevejrogers]

Oh, and the Pads did have their own small "San Diego Baseball Museum" tucked in the restaurant area of the Western Metal Supply building!

[G-Fafif]

In the last few years, we've seen Willie Mays, Yogi Berra and Stan Musial serve, to some degree, as the focal points of AS pregame ceremonies where particularly appropriate. Will the Mets put one and one together and bring out Tom Terrific, who will be 68 that summer, in a big way? Or will it become another platform for the Mets and MLB to celebrate the legacy of Jackie Robinson? The international strides the game has taken? The approaching 40th anniversary of the birth of Derek Jeter?

You get one of these approximately every fifty years, Mets. Don't blow it.

[dgwphotography]

="G-Fafif":260iyfrt] You get one of these approximately every fifty years, Mets. Don't blow it.[/quote:260iyfrt] If a Wilpon still owns the team, they probably will.

metirish Jul 15 2009 01:30 PM

Gary Carter will be available , he'll even use his own car to drive around the warning track .

seawolf17 Jul 15 2009 01:36 PM

Fuck, I didn't even think of that. You know the Wilpons will fucking screw it up and celebrate the fucking Dodgers. DAMMIT, Fred, I'm mad at you already and this hasn't even happened.

Edgy DC Jul 15 2009 01:39 PM

Never stopped anybody before.

Gwreck Jul 16 2009 06:39 AM

="Frayed Knot":2i7vdtlm]Parks older than Citi but yet to host an ASG: - Chase Field Phoenix (1998) - though sched for 2011 - GAB Cincinnati (2003) - PETCO SD (2004) - CBP Philly (2004) - Nationals Park Wash (2008)[/quote:2i7vdtlm] Cincy had it in '88, SD in '92 and Philly in '96 (?) so they're all at the back of the line anyway. One would think that the Nationals would be the obvious choice for 2015 but I guess the Marlins' new stadium might be chosen instead. One problem is that with fewer AL teams, there are also fewer left with new parks that haven't had the game yet. There's Anaheim in 2010 and KC in 2012 (both parks were heavily renovated) and then presumably Minnesota in 2014. In '06 and '07 the ASG was held in NL parks; they could presumably do another repeat sometime soon to get more of the newer NL parks in on the action. Benjamin Grimm Jul 16 2009 06:46 AM They might as well cancel the All-Star game and give the AL team permanent home field advantage in the World Series. metsguyinmichigan Jul 16 2009 07:27 AM I think MLB -- hell, probably FOX, too -- has a very heavy hand in the goings-on at the All-Star Game as opposed to letting the host team do that planning and screw it up. Gwreck Jul 16 2009 10:08 AM ="Benjamin Grimm":4umwzr82]They might as well cancel the All-Star game and give the AL team permanent home field advantage in the World Series.[/quote:4umwzr82] Yawn. Frayed Knot Jul 16 2009 10:39 AM The odd thing about this stretch of AL ASG "dominance" is that all the recent games have been by one run (4 straight including 1 xtra inn and 5 of 7) even though this is the era where the AL has dominated IL play. But if you go back to the beginning of their run they were winning ASG big during the time where the NL was getting the better of the IL series. Nymr83 Jul 16 2009 02:31 PM ]Will the Mets put one and one together and bring out Tom Terrific, who will be 68 that summer, in a big way? Or will it become another platform for the Mets and MLB to celebrate the legacy of Jackie Robinson? i think we both know the answer to that where Wilpon is involved.

[metirish]

Gary Carter will be available , he'll even use his own car to drive around the warning track .

[seawolf17]

Fuck, I didn't even think of that. You know the Wilpons will fucking screw it up and celebrate the fucking Dodgers.

DAMMIT, Fred, I'm mad at you already and this hasn't even happened.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Never stopped anybody before.

[Gwreck]

="Frayed Knot":2i7vdtlm]Parks older than Citi but yet to host an ASG: - Chase Field Phoenix (1998) - though sched for 2011 - GAB Cincinnati (2003) - PETCO SD (2004) - CBP Philly (2004) - Nationals Park Wash (2008)[/quote:2i7vdtlm] Cincy had it in '88, SD in '92 and Philly in '96 (?) so they're all at the back of the line anyway. One would think that the Nationals would be the obvious choice for 2015 but I guess the Marlins' new stadium might be chosen instead. One problem is that with fewer AL teams, there are also fewer left with new parks that haven't had the game yet. There's Anaheim in 2010 and KC in 2012 (both parks were heavily renovated) and then presumably Minnesota in 2014. In '06 and '07 the ASG was held in NL parks; they could presumably do another repeat sometime soon to get more of the newer NL parks in on the action.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 16 2009 06:46 AM

They might as well cancel the All-Star game and give the AL team permanent home field advantage in the World Series.

metsguyinmichigan Jul 16 2009 07:27 AM

I think MLB -- hell, probably FOX, too -- has a very heavy hand in the goings-on at the All-Star Game as opposed to letting the host team do that planning and screw it up.

Gwreck Jul 16 2009 10:08 AM

="Benjamin Grimm":4umwzr82]They might as well cancel the All-Star game and give the AL team permanent home field advantage in the World Series.[/quote:4umwzr82] Yawn. Frayed Knot Jul 16 2009 10:39 AM The odd thing about this stretch of AL ASG "dominance" is that all the recent games have been by one run (4 straight including 1 xtra inn and 5 of 7) even though this is the era where the AL has dominated IL play. But if you go back to the beginning of their run they were winning ASG big during the time where the NL was getting the better of the IL series. Nymr83 Jul 16 2009 02:31 PM ]Will the Mets put one and one together and bring out Tom Terrific, who will be 68 that summer, in a big way? Or will it become another platform for the Mets and MLB to celebrate the legacy of Jackie Robinson? i think we both know the answer to that where Wilpon is involved.

[Benjamin Grimm]

They might as well cancel the All-Star game and give the AL team permanent home field advantage in the World Series.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

I think MLB -- hell, probably FOX, too -- has a very heavy hand in the goings-on at the All-Star Game as opposed to letting the host team do that planning and screw it up.

[Gwreck]

="Benjamin Grimm":4umwzr82]They might as well cancel the All-Star game and give the AL team permanent home field advantage in the World Series.[/quote:4umwzr82] Yawn.

Frayed Knot Jul 16 2009 10:39 AM

The odd thing about this stretch of AL ASG "dominance" is that all the recent games have been by one run (4 straight including 1 xtra inn and 5 of 7) even though this is the era where the AL has dominated IL play. But if you go back to the beginning of their run they were winning ASG big during the time where the NL was getting the better of the IL series.

Nymr83 Jul 16 2009 02:31 PM

]Will the Mets put one and one together and bring out Tom Terrific, who will be 68 that summer, in a big way? Or will it become another platform for the Mets and MLB to celebrate the legacy of Jackie Robinson? i think we both know the answer to that where Wilpon is involved.

[Frayed Knot]

The odd thing about this stretch of AL ASG "dominance" is that all the recent games have been by one run (4 straight including 1 xtra inn and 5 of 7) even though this is the era where the AL has dominated IL play.
But if you go back to the beginning of their run they were winning ASG big during the time where the NL was getting the better of the IL series.

[nymr83]

]Will the Mets put one and one together and bring out Tom Terrific, who will be 68 that summer, in a big way? Or will it become another platform for the Mets and MLB to celebrate the legacy of Jackie Robinson?

i think we both know the answer to that where Wilpon is involved.