New Shit at Shea 16

[Edgy MD]

That's just it, though. They're taking their lead from what works elsewhere, instead of embracing and nurturing their own traditions.

[Guest cooby classic]

Yeah but pierogies are pretty Pittsburghy so it still works out.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, and Ford automobiles are pretty... St. Paul, Minnesota.

It's like the black uniforms, or the retropark. Take somebody else's idea and do it last and worst*, pretend it's cool and authentic, slap a corporate sponsor on it, and fool nobody.

#MetsMarketing!

* I don't actually think (or know enough to think) that Citifield is the "worst," but the execution of retroness (relaunching Ebbets, putting a street corner design in a giant parking lot) certainly wasn't fully thought out.