Author: Shannon Shark @metspolice

Yuck!

I’ll be in the park tonight and I’m going to check this out for myself.  This is the biew from section 532.

The promenade sure is ugly.

Tomorrow I will have some pics that are much worse (Section 504) and then on Wednesday the view from better seats.

If you’re new to Mets Police click here for links to all kinds of obstructed views.

Thanks to V for sending these over with this comment:

Hi this is MY view of Shea..oops Citifield. I can see NOTHING going on in left field and center aren’t I lucky I bought the Sunday plan in Janurary when I THOUGHT EVERY SEAT had a GREAT  view of the field. Joke was on me! p.s. I do have to say my seats are better than sec 503 row1:(

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I was writing about something else and wondered if Jeff Wilpon has any children, so I googled his bio.

On the bio it says:

A former catcher, he was drafted by the Montreal Expos in 1983 and played part of that season with Jamestown (A) of the NY-Penn League.




I thought that was helpful since a few people had emailed me this week asking about his pro career – so there’s the answer.

I was curious to see how he did.

I googled “1983 ny penn league stats” and found this.   I clicked on Jamestown.  This page does not list any stats for Jeff Wilpon, but the stat page does look incomplete to me, for example I assume they had more than one pitcher.

Some more digging:   This page lists Jeff being drafted.  Click on Jeff’s name and you’ll see:

Born: 
Height:    Weight:    Bats:    Throws: 
High School:  Roslyn Heights,NY (-)
College:  Palm Beach Community College

Drafted:  Selected by Montreal Expos in 4th Round (64th overall) of 1983 amateur entry draft (Jan-Sec)  




No game logs are mentioned.

Does this mean Jeff is a liar?  No.   Does it mean Jeff “sucks?”  Of course not.  I sure didn’t get drafted by a major league team, did you?   Does having a short minor league career make you a bad owner?  No.

Mets Today apparently did some similar digging, and have a very good article that makes a more cynical conclusion.  Worth a read for sure.

I’d be curious if anyone has any more information.

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HowFresh EATS: HowFresh Eats Citi Field aka the Shea-k Shack.

I don’t do enough of this during the season – I thought I’d pop around the blogoverse and see what everyone else is up to.

Loge 13 has some suggestions for Citi Field that the Mets could borrow from Dodger Stadium.

Dave Kingman Appreciation Day from Faith & Fear.

I linked this the other day but Mets Walk-Off’s talks about the Royals Hall of Fame and the need for a Mets version.

Centerfield Maz is one of my favorite blogs, and once again Maz remembers the NY Giants!

Remembering Shea has the best coverage of the recent auction of Shea merchandise/memorabilia.

On the north side of town – Demolition of Yankee Stadium does a great job with pics of one of the great shames of NY sports.   I think the replacememt of Yankee Stadium will go down as being as dopey as replacing Penn Station was.

I enjoy when It Is High, It Is Far, it Is Caught makes fun of John Sterling.

Enjoy the rain everyone.

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