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Before the season I suggested some new traditions for Citi Field. For my Monday column on Flushing University I thought I would take a look back at the suggestions and see how I did.


With the season in ruins I thought I’d take a look back to when hope sprung eternal. Back then on The Mets Police I called for some new traditions for Citi Field. New rituals for a new building. Let’s see what has happened.1. Bring back Old Timer’s Day. Well, David Howard has told us it is a poor investment, so this list is off to a rotten start.2. Bring back banner day. This one boggles the mind. Perhaps the Mets are afraid of being criticized. Wait until they discover the internet.3. Rusty’s Ribs. I had forgotten about this one. A “homegrown” food place would be more fun and blue collar than some of the stores at Citi. I’ll give the Mets a pass.4. “Meet Me At The Apple.” – well I didn’t know they were going to hid the apple under the stairs of the least used gate. They might as well have placed it in the actual junkyard across the street. I will change this request to “meet me at the Seaver statue” which should be in front of the rotunda entrance.5. Seaver Always Throws Out Opening Day. They are 1 for 1 and this list is 1 for 5.6. Hang a 17 on the fence. Even way back in March my spidey sense was tingling that the new place could use some more Mets.7. Wear pinstripes and blue hats 6 days a week. Charlie Samuels seem to disagree, but I think I could drive cross-country with Howie and not run out of things to talk about.8. Bullpen cars with cap-tops. Like in the 70’s at Shea. I think at this point I’d settle for bullpens we could see.9. The new sign man. I keep hoping someone will take up the tradition, but I don’t think any self respecting sign man could afford seats on the main level.10. No wave. So far so good. I haven’t seen that many waves this year. Have you?11. Organ music. The season started promising and then the noise idiots started getting carried away again. This will be an easy fix once I buy the team.12. The traditional Take Me Out To The Ballgame recording using the PA announcer from the 80’s. Ding, winner!13. The Curly Shuffle. They went for Meet the Mets in the 8th so I will just smile and wave nicely at Jeff Wilpon and be glad we didn’t get stuck with Sweet Caroline (it olnly took two months for them to figure that one out.)14. Lady Met returns. Not a chance.15. The traditional booing of Luis Castillo. It took a Subway Series for this to take root, but hey at least we have a tradition to call our own!


Any suggestions out there?

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Thanks to Laura for catching this one!  Note you get a “Mets ballpark” tin not a Citi Field tin.  Interesting.

From today’s mets.com mass-email:

The first 25,000 fansthrough the gates on Citi Field on Sunday, August 16, get a Mets ballpark tinand great Sunday afternoon of Mets baseball!

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Off a reader tip I took my camera to check out some construction in the right field corner of Citi Field.

Next to the 47 shop (someone asked about the name – yeah I guess that is a Jackie Robinson reference.  That or Jesse Orosco owns the store.  More on that tomorrow.) you will see some construction.

The space does not look very big from the front.  My initial reaction was that if it is a museum, it would be small.

That’s what the square says.   Since 40,000 people a night can see the sign the number isn’t a secret.

Here’s the space from the side.   As you can see, lot’s of windows.

So, I don’t know what the space is.   Time will tell.

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Last week I commented on the Los Mets jerseys and some people said that if the Mets showed up in Irish attire I would support it.

I assure you that if the Mets ever take the field in these I will lose my mind.  

Also, note to New Era, no self-respecting Irishman would wear this either.  A green but otherwise standard design cap maybe, and not while actually playing, but not this.

Note to the fellas – green Met hats don’t attract chicks.   I have a friend who did extensive research.

I’m thinking of buying this for Fred Wilpon.  It’s a Brooklyn hat in case you’re thinking maybe it is soemthng else.  I think I found it at Fitted Hawaii but I’m not sure.

This is not a hat but it is from Fitted Hawaii.

I’m convinced everyone on the internet is 24 and has no sense of Mets history because the Mets don’t educate.   So, old guys take your hands off the mouse.  Young guys – who is this and why is Fitted Hawaii selling it?

This actually looks better than the blue/black hybrid.  Replace the Ford Pinto blue with Mets blue..and maybe the solution is not having the orange shadow and just have white.

Or you could just wear blue and orange.

If SNY decides to televise games in black and white, this might look good.

Well, at least it’s orange.   Might look good on a golf course in Port St. Lucie

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