i agree caryn btw hows the weather out there
i am under the impression that there will be statues and other metscentrric atractions one the stadium opens - the banners will allegedly fly on the the poles in the pepsi porch - i just cant see the wilpons having no foresight - especially after how vocal the fanbase has been - not to include more mets related history - i even think there will be a number retired by seasons end - call me crazy

I agree in some respects but I will also be pretty patient to judge…

One thing I learned from working at GABP for the first 5 years of its existence is that new stadiums take a while to grow in to their full potential. And representation of the teams history is one of the slower things to grow. I think teams and the entity’s that run their facilities are more focused on the business aspect of things at first. Essentially asking the question: How are we going to make sure this place is not a disastrous money pit?

I know from the fan perspective it seems like the amount of money we spend to enjoy the facility should be enough to keep that from happening. But sports more than any other business has a large amount of risk management involved. And if (bite my tongue) an awful injury bug sweeps a team and they lose 30-40 games in the first two months suddenly your faced with a tremendous stadium bill and less revenue coming in to supplant it. Because unless your the Bronx Nazis or the Cubs, if you stop winning, then people stop showing up and yes that includes the Mets and Red Sox look at both teams attendance numbers in the early 90s.

So in short. I trust that the history representation will come. As evidence of this a short list of things that were not part of GABP when it opened:

The Reds Hall of Fame
Statues/Mock Field at the main gate
The time on the third base line outside the stadium
The boat in center field

I’d rather them get some statues like other parks do. It’s sort of weird all the Jackie Robinson stuff as he was a Dodger. I feel like the Wilpons have been hijacking Dodger history for too long now. First Ebbots, not Jackie Robinson.

Anyway, A Tom Seaver Statue would be cool, no? Maybe tributes to the 69 and 86 Mets? I’d rather that int he rotunda than another teams legend.

As far as Shea goes, man I was so happy when they tore it down. There was always a lack of passion or something with it and all the cookie cutter stadiums of that era. But admittedly I’m not sentimental.

I just sometimes wish the Wilpons would have bought the Dodgers and let someone passionate about the MEts own them and forge their future.

Am I alone in this?

Who knows? Maybe I’m more aware of it having grown up in Vero Beach around the Dodgers my whole life (and yes I’ve been a Mets fan since 84). I just think Jackie Robinson doesn’t belong to the default NL NY team, which no matter how you cut it the Mets were started for. Why don’t we have Willie Mays tributes then? He actually played for the Mets too.

It just seems to feed into the whole Yankee-inferiority complex so many claim the Mets have.

i agree with u dave - it kinda irks me that wensdays game is jackie robinson nite - no offence to the robinson family - i have great respect for the man and his family - but we had a day for him 10 years ago and another one in 07 like i said in a previous post i hope the completion of citi field on monday will have some more metscentric touches that weren’t there last week but i for some reason not getting my hopes up

Rusty, there is a Jackie Robinson Day EVERY YEAR, and we are not the only team who does this. There’s a difference between marking the fact that Major League Baseball were racists and exclusionary and the rotunda.

You’re bordering on an attitude that does not fly here. There are sites where you can go have that attitude. Not here.

caryn - first off let me apologize to you im sorry if you think i was making a racist statement - i can sincerly say that i am not one - but maybe the comment i wrote was not the exact thought that i was trying to convey i respect jackie robinson and his contribution to society immensely and he is one of the most important men of the last century - i also respect his wife and the charity she represents all i was trying to say was i am disapointed in the lack of mets tradition being instilled at the park and yes i have been to jackie robinson days in the past - i just felt that mr wilpons love of the brooklyn dodgers was being shoved down our throats - should i have worded what i wrote diferently? sure - but please dont construe me as having racist views - i have been on this site for a while and you have reprimanded me once before and i have apologized for my sometimes childish behavior - as alot of us do sometimes . and if u feel i was out of line i am sorry
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I’d like the entire outline of the external façade painted out there.

I’d like the entire outline of the internal walls painted out there.

I’d like the basepaths painted out there.

I’d like the arch of the infield dirt painted out there.

I’d like a raised pile of tarmac connoting the mound.

It seems to me that we don’t need to wait for the Mets to do these things.

For we are the people.  And paint is available at your local Sherwin-Williams.  Tarmac is only a little tougher to come by and transport.

Edgy, I am honored by the visit.

I think of the Grassy Knoll in Dallas - there are spraypainted markings on the tarmac where the bullets hit. You know the City of Dallas didn’t do those, and at some point they stopped trying to fight the people who were doing it.

Not that this is the same. Or that we are creepy conspiracy theorists. Or that I would endorse vandalism of private property.

But there are enough cranky curmudgeons out there. I salute them.

Well, I’m not asking for a lot of anarchy, just a little.  The sort implied by the nomiker “metsgrrl.”

But rather than get you in trouble, I’ll round up my posse over at the Crane Pool.

Great blog.  Long-time reader.

I am down with current planning, FWIW. Tell you other Greenpoint representative to keep me in the loop offline.