Shea exterior from 1965 (Squares!)

Most of you don’t remember the squares on the outside of Shea.  I liked it.  I never understood them but I missed then when they were gone.  This is one of the best shots of the squares that I have seen.  From Mike and from 1965.  Click on it for a bigger view.

Notice none of the squares are black.

Wrecking Ball Looming for Flushing

Wait. I hope I didn’t scare you guys with that headline. It has nothing to do with destroying Citi Field or the Mets. It is the first steps of getting rid of the Iron Triangle on 126th street.

Ceetar of OptimisticMetsFan, sent this over to us here. Ceetar also pointed out that during the meet up the guys had last week that they actually talked about the Iron Triangle. (Note: I wasn’t there. Real job actually had me work the weekend.)

This is a quote from Ceetar from that meetup:

I hope they could at least clear the street outside the bullpen gate by july 2013 , for an all star village.

And, here is a snippet from the site that has the whole story:

The EDC now controls 88% of the property within the 20-acre first phase of Willets Point, a 980,000-square-foot chunk that will include 2,000 apartments and possibly a hotel. TheJournal reports that next week Team Bloomberg will initiate eminent domain proceedings against nine holdouts, with more to come in the future.

You can read the whole story here.

And again thanks to Ceetar. Click OptimisticMetsFan to get to his site.

Mets Group Tickets Go On Sale

The Mets Group Tickets went on sale today.

GROUP TICKET DEPOSITS

Share your Citi Field experience with family, friends or co-workers.

Group inventory will be available starting Monday. Secure your deposit today to get early access and the best seats.


GROUP HOSPITALITY AREAS

Citi Field offers a variety of hospitality areas for groups of 24 to 850 people, featuring fine food and beverage packages.

Choose from one of our seven great hospitality areas!


Homer the beagle was at 1967 Old Timers’ Game

I was watching Mets Yearbook 1967 and as usual laughed as the film made a big deal out of Old Timers’ Night (I thought the ‘night’ was interesting.)  I was happy to see that the original Mets mascot Homer The Beagle attended the game.

It’s hard to find pics of Homer.  That’s him in black and white and in color is my dog who as you can tell didn’t want to pose for the picture. Perhaps I’ll bring him by Bark in the Park.