What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
One thing many parks have, that I wish the Mets would have are statues. There’s no need to go crazy with them, and the Cubs are by no means the only team that does that (I just happened to have a camera with me last week.)
I think a statue of Tom Seaver somewhere between the 7 train and the Rotunda would go along way. “Meet you at Seaver.”
I guess it would be uncool to have one of Buckner…but man would that be awesome.
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Caught this on Uni Watch. The Mets are tracking their performance by what they wear. Check out this picture showing the numbers on the scoreboard at New Shea.
Through the first 67 games, here is how it breaks out for caps:
The Mets Police preferred blue cap: 9-5 (wow, that’s only 20% of the games played)
The despised all-black caps: 7-7
The hideous blue brim/black cap: 17-21
The 1-day MLB promoted red cap: 1-0
Forgetting for a moment the Memorial Day cap, the Mets have a winning record only when they wear the traditional blue caps!
As for the uniforms:
Pinstripes: 2-3 (really? Only 5 times this year?)
All White: 14-8
Home Black: 4-1
Road Black: 3-6 (I derived these from the overall black uni record of 7-7)
Road Gray: 12-14
Wish I could report that the black jerseys were bad at home. Of course this is a small sample… (yeah I’m looking for a reason to discount that winning record).
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Matt writes…
As a Mets fan stuck here in Connecticut, I’ve come to despise all
things Red Sox, especially their fans.
However, unlike Sweet Caroline, here is something we need to rip-off from them.
http://www.soxstickers.com/
There are a ton of creative & cool stickers there. I’m hoping you can
put the call out to your readers to find someone much more creative &
artistic than I that can pull something like this off.
Thanks! Matt
Seems cool. I could see a few 41s and 57s on some local vehicles. Maybe this exists and we just don’t know about it.
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Tom was kind enough to send over some pics he took at the Delta Club at Citi Field. The gallery is here. I’m off to the day game with Mets Police Junior, camera in hand.
If you have pictures you’d like to share, drop me a note at [email protected]
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One thing I am more convinced of than ever since my return from Wrigley Field is that 126th street and east needs to be redeveloped. At Shea and now Citi there has never been anywhere to hang out before or after a game. I would imagine a mixed use neightborhood – some neo-brownstones (with a quick express ride on the 7 to jobs in Manhattan), some hotels (there’s this airport nearby, you may have noticed the planes) and some bars and restaurants would go along way to making the Citi experience even better.
Here’s beautiful 126th street as it stands today (well as it stood a month ago). Need a tire changed or a replacement window? You’re in good hands!
Here’s another view. Right across from the bullpen gate. At least the place in the middle has chosen to remember Bill Shea’s legacy.
Here is the bullpen gate. Of all the places you might enter the stadium, this is the least likely. Therefore, it is where the Mets honor the history of the Mets by displaying their previous championships.
Ironically, 50 years from now the Brooklyn Marlins will honor the Mets with a giant rotunda. (The Mets have previously announced their intentions to move to Mercury don’t forget. Mercury, Nevada is an hour away from Vegas, and although currently a nuclear test site, I could see the Mets getting a favorable development deal similar to the one in Port St. Lucie)
Here’s what the neighborhood looks like by Wrigley.
Not a place to get a tire fixed.
You tell me which you’d prefer.
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