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Tough times for small-market teams such as Marlins, A’s, Royals – Joe Posnanski
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So any reasonable human can understand that being stuck with a view such as this one in Section 504 is kind of lousy.

But what can be done about it?   The staircase is there – and there have to be safety precautions right?

Well, as I toured Citi Field the other night, the solution was staring me right in the face.

As I walked around the Promenade, I noticed the seats behind home plate.

Look where the staircases are!

The people in the first few rows can probably actually see the game!

So I went down to the “underneath” of the Promenade…

And look at this, a good old fashioned traditional stadium staircase.

The solution has been at Citi Field the entire time, I just never paid attention when I was in the uppers behind home plate!

Here’s some shots of the stadium staircase design as seen from the seats side of things.

This is the view as you walk out of the tunnel.  Standard stadium view.

So I sat down in 512.   Yeah there’s still some plexiglass.  I assume it’s a state law or something, and it is annoying that it’s by the hitter – but I think your brain could tune that out a lot easier than what some other folks are dealing with.

Someone sitting a few rows closer might deal with something like this.  Still annoying, but much less so than what we often see.

So here’s my proposed solution.  It’s not cheap and I’m not an engineer.

Switch all sections in the uppers to this design.

The Mets will need to widen the aisles, which will cost seats.   Get rid of the “90 degree turn” staircases and go back to this Shea-esque design.

They will need more space underneath, and that space is going to come at the expense of the Sausage stands, the nacho stands and the kosher stands.

Make the upper deck (and can we just call it upper deck, stop with the “Promenade” nonsense – that word is tainted by plexiglass) – make the upper deck have this design all the way around.  If it can be done in the 5-teens, I bet it can be done all the way around.

Cheap?  No.

The alternative is 50+ years of fans paying for games they can’t see.

Do the right thing, because doing this to people just isn’t cool.

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Sorry Mets.  I can’t hang with you.

Am I the only person who realizes Livan needs to throw about 60 pitches in the pen about half an hour before the game?  Oh wait, Ron Darling and Gary Cohen do.  They are talking about it right now and saying Schilling used to warm up 40 minutes before, and Darling says he did it too.

I’m not giving up sleep for this.  Good night everyone.

In the morning I have some ideas for how to fix the obstructed views at Citi Field.  That goes live at 6am.  When you get to work I have some fan reactions to my Bobby Valentine 2010 theory, then at lunch time we’ll visit the Wrigley Field shops….plus whatever is in the papers and some comments about whoever winds up getting injured tonight.

2-0 end of one.  I’m out.  

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Watching the Yankees.   The Mets broadcasts TV & radio are so much better than their counterparts.

Parnell will get the start Saturday.

Random thought:  when the 40 man rosters come, is there anyone else to bring up?   I guess Nick Evans joins the 26 man roster?  

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That’s what Mets.com says…let’s go inside!

I kinda dug this shirt, but couldn’t easily take a picture of it (one hand to hold the shirt, one on the camera.)

I like this poster if you are looking for something to buy me for Christmas.

Kinda retro-80’s civilian ware.

As you can see, lots of caps.

I didn’t stay long (it’s not big) but it’s nice enough.

I enjoy browsing the stores.

For tomorrow, something a little different – we’ll tour the stores by Wrigley Field.

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