CitiField gets all Metty n' shit

[Guest Edgy DC]

I hope they try to contact the Mets with this information, and not merely embarass them publickly.

[G-Fafif]

Thing is Fernandez really did "earn" the team win, more than McDowell did at any rate.

[Frayed Knot]

There are apparently going to be a dozen such historical plaques like the above - at least that's what it looks like according to the 'brick locator map' I just received from them.


In chronological order going from left field towards behind the plate
1 - Seaver's Imperfect Game
2 - Black Cat game vs Cubs
3 - Mets win 1969 WS
4 - Seaver strikes out 19
5 - Dykstra's HR wins Game 3 NLCS
6 - 1986 WS Game 6 comeback ^^
and then from the RF side of the plate towards the RF corner
7 - Mets win 1985 WS
8 - Pratt's walk-off HR vs DBacks
9 - Ventura's Grand Slam single
10 - Mets score 10 in 8th to beat Atlanta
11 - Piazza's post-9/11 HR
12 - Endy's NLCS catch



Gotta like the groupings here:
- nothing noteworthy happened in the first 7 years of the franchise
- then the first 3 come in a six-month span
- then nothing for the next fifteen years
- then 3 occurring over a two-week span
- then nothing for three years
- then two incidents 8 days apart
- and then one the following year, one the year after that, and finally one more covering the eight seasons since then

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Somewhere, Lenny Harris demands his brick for setting the pinch-hit record, Glavine and Sheffield want some polished rock for their milestones, Todd Hundley would like some love for his setting the record for homers by a catcher, Willie Mays says, "Say Hey, how about my farewell or first-game homer?" Ron Hunt points out he started an All-Star Game in 1964.

Anthony Young is happy that his achievement is not highlighted.

[ashie62]

I was at two of these, but the imperfect game is my personal number one. I can remember where everyone in the house was. As a kid it seemed like life and death. The 1986 World Series year was great. You always had hope, and assumed they would come back when behind, and mostly they did.

Thanks for the list.

[soupcan]

Stole all these from baseballfever.com


Fixed:




Awesome:

[Benjamin Grimm]

soupcan wrote:

That's what I'M talkin' about!

[bmfc1]

Someone spent the money on a brick and all they wrote was "MOO"?

[metsmarathon]

i love that its dead center under the 86 world series win.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I like that they included the detail that Ray Knight's "clutch hit" left the ballpark.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Love it!

Wonder why the didn't set the apple so the background is the stadium and not the parking lot?

The Tigers have a big statue of a tiger at the front gate, and it's a natural meeting spot/posing for photos area. I see the apple being the same kind of thing.

[Guest Edgy DC]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Wonder why the didn't set the apple so the background is the stadium and not the parking lot?

Facing the subway stop, maybe?

metsguyinmichigan wrote: The Tigers have a big statue of a tiger at the front gate, and it's a natural meeting spot/posing for photos area. I see the apple being the same kind of thing.

It's clear that it was re-conceived as a meetup spot.

[soupcan]

Yeah I think its facing the stairs coming down from the 7 train.

What I wonder is why that main planter isn't directly in front of the rotunda to begin with.

[G-Fafif]

Chris Swann's latest photo album here, including awesome shots of what appears to be an awesome Mets HOF & Museum.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Weather looks great for an opener on Monday too. I got wood!

[HahnSolo]

G-Fafif wrote: Chris Swann's latest photo album here, including awesome shots of what appears to be an awesome Mets HOF & Museum.

Thanks, Greg. Awesome HOF, indeed. Can't wait to check it out.

[G-Fafif]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Weather looks great for an opener on Monday too. I got wood!

Let's hope Angel Pagan has the same when he leads off.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I know pornography when I see it and that link to the Mets Hall of Fame is PORN.

[metirish]

It's just beautiful can't wait to see it in person.

Now can the boss looking guy in the apple pictures please do something , move at least for fecks sake.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Well, that explains my trousers' getting tighter.

Not getting out there until May, either (LWYoungerPooper's first trip, the Saturday against the Giants).

[G-Fafif]

A friend who lives in Flushing adds this delightful tidbit:

There's one pretty nifty thing about the Apple's placement that's not captured by those pictures, though. As you approach Citi Field on the Flushing-Bound 7, the Top Hat ended up being angled in such a way that the word "HOME"--and only the word "HOME"--is visible. It's pretty cool.

[soupcan]

How awesome is this...?

[batmagadanleadoff]

How awesome is this...?

You already said that:

They did this part right at Target - Wish the Mets had something Metly like that in the outfield. They should have taken the skyline from Shea and put it atop the new scoreboard rather than on top of the Shake Shack.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13210&p=325056&hilit=scoreboard#p325056

[soupcan]

I know, I was referring to how it looks all lit up.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Well, I'm not nearly the only one who thinks this ....

The Mets said the rotunda was intended to honor Robinson's contributions as a civil-rights pioneer, an important figure in New York's social history and a symbol of American diversity. "Yeah," said former Mets catcher Mike Piazza, when asked about the team's decision, "but he didn't play for the team."

Do the Mets Need a History Lesson?
As the Mets Work to Repair Relations With Former Players, Some Say the Team Doesn't Do Enough to Honor the Past

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703465204575208272455919744.html

[Gwreck]

Couple of inaccuracies there: Jackie Robinson statue; the implication that the '69 reunion was put together after the opening of the park (it was a planned promotion before the park opened) but an interesting article.

I personally never picked up on a problem with alumni relations but I suppose part of that perception is skewed by the constant presence of Keith, Ron, Bobby Ojeda, Darryl, et al. on the telecasts.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yup.

[Fman99]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Well, I'm not nearly the only one who thinks this .... The Mets said the rotunda was intended to honor Robinson's contributions as a civil-rights pioneer, an important figure in New York's social history and a symbol of American diversity. "Yeah," said former Mets catcher Mike Piazza, when asked about the team's decision, "but he didn't play for the team."

I said it the first time I saw it and I stand by my opinion.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

So, if I'm reading that correctly, a newsletter and a Facebook page would make everything OK?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

We've known the Mets have been terrible stewards of their own history for years now and also that they have had issues with some alumni in the past.


It's a little odd that this story would come out now only after that'd more or less been acknowledged by the Mets.