Comments on: See: Dan’s New Photos of Citi Field http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/ MetsBlog.com features the latest Mets rumors, player movement, and news circulating around the Internet, as well as Mets related insights and opinions by Matthew Cerrone and his team of guest bloggers. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:48:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: mk http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-94244 mk Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:01:23 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-94244 All that said, it’s the name that gets me. You can bet that <i>other<i> stadium will never have a corporate sponsor name. All that said, it’s the name that gets me. You can bet that other stadium will never have a corporate sponsor name.

]]> By: JNGordon http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-94215 JNGordon Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:40:09 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-94215 I remember my first games at the Polo Grounds. We usually caught the second half of the first game and the first half of the second game of a twi-night doubleheader. I remember going to Gil Hodge's night and seeing Choo Choo Colemen hit a 270 foot homerun into the right field overhang. I remember in 1963 seeing Jim Hickman hit a natural cycle against the Cardinals, the first Met to hit for the cycle. Plus there were many memories at Shea as well. The point is, you root for the uniform and absorb the history. We have memories of the Polo Grounds, Shea and will have new memories at Citi-Field. For those of us wgho never saw Ebbetts Field, who cares what Citi-Field is modeled after. At least we will have enough, and hopefully clean bathrooms...... I remember my first games at the Polo Grounds. We usually caught the second half of the first game and the first half of the second game of a twi-night doubleheader. I remember going to Gil Hodge’s night and seeing Choo Choo Colemen hit a 270 foot homerun into the right field overhang. I remember in 1963 seeing Jim Hickman hit a natural cycle against the Cardinals, the first Met to hit for the cycle. Plus there were many memories at Shea as well. The point is, you root for the uniform and absorb the history. We have memories of the Polo Grounds, Shea and will have new memories at Citi-Field. For those of us wgho never saw Ebbetts Field, who cares what Citi-Field is modeled after. At least we will have enough, and hopefully clean bathrooms……

]]> By: Mitch45 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-94150 Mitch45 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:03:52 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-94150 I grew up in Kew Gardens Hills, about 2 miles south of Shea on the Grand Central, and used to pass the stadium every day on the school bus. When I was a kid, Shea to me was all things good like spring, summer, baseball cards, green grass, no school, et al. My uncle lived in Jackson Heights in the '70s and used to take my brother and I to a game every year. I'm 42 now and I have a million great memories of Shea. But its day is long over. The Mets deserve a new place to play and we fans deserve a stadium that we can be proud of. I grew up in Kew Gardens Hills, about 2 miles south of Shea on the Grand Central, and used to pass the stadium every day on the school bus. When I was a kid, Shea to me was all things good like spring, summer, baseball cards, green grass, no school, et al.

My uncle lived in Jackson Heights in the ’70s and used to take my brother and I to a game every year.

I’m 42 now and I have a million great memories of Shea. But its day is long over. The Mets deserve a new place to play and we fans deserve a stadium that we can be proud of.

]]> By: JarvisJanesAddiction http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-94146 JarvisJanesAddiction Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:02:33 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-94146 The Wright House! The Wright House!

]]> By: ScottN http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-94117 ScottN Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:32:44 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-94117 Well, I'm obviously in the minority, at least among these posts. Just for the record, I never said I wanted them to halt construction and stay in Shea. Just relating the very mixed feelings about when I walk into that new ballpark, it won't have the same feeling of history. I won't immediately see the grand slam single, the Pratt game winner, Benny's blast against the Giants, or eating grapes with my Grandpa in the Mezz as he explains to me how Dave Winfield is about to light up Neil Allen to win it for the Padres--and then promptly did it. I'm all for new memories--I'm just sad that the place that holds so many old wonderful ones is going, as needed as that might be. It might be a dump--a terrible dump--but it's my dump, and I will miss it. Well, I’m obviously in the minority, at least among these posts. Just for the record, I never said I wanted them to halt construction and stay in Shea. Just relating the very mixed feelings about when I walk into that new ballpark, it won’t have the same feeling of history. I won’t immediately see the grand slam single, the Pratt game winner, Benny’s blast against the Giants, or eating grapes with my Grandpa in the Mezz as he explains to me how Dave Winfield is about to light up Neil Allen to win it for the Padres–and then promptly did it.

I’m all for new memories–I’m just sad that the place that holds so many old wonderful ones is going, as needed as that might be. It might be a dump–a terrible dump–but it’s my dump, and I will miss it.

]]> By: NotSure http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-94097 NotSure Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:20:20 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-94097 Well I agree but I want a new Shea not some sort of Ebbets Field paying tribute to some team that left 50 years ago. Heck, if they were going to that, they should have done the Polo Grounds instead since the Mets actually played there! Well I agree but I want a new Shea not some sort of Ebbets Field paying tribute to some team that left 50 years ago. Heck, if they were going to that, they should have done the Polo Grounds instead since the Mets actually played there!

]]> By: Saltzy23 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-94051 Saltzy23 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:33:15 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-94051 I think the 1st time any of you nastalgic people see Johan come running onto Citi Field, Shea will be the furthest thing from your mind.... Its time for a new era of Mets baseball. I know those of you that have been around since '62 still have that warm cuddly feeling. Win or lose they're still our Mets kinda sentiment..... Screw that sentiment. I want a winner. I want a state of the art stadium, with the best pitcher on the planet playing for us....I want to be a 1st class organization, and you cant have that paying at Shea..... I think the 1st time any of you nastalgic people see Johan come running onto Citi Field, Shea will be the furthest thing from your mind….

Its time for a new era of Mets baseball. I know those of you that have been around since ‘62 still have that warm cuddly feeling. Win or lose they’re still our Mets kinda sentiment…..

Screw that sentiment. I want a winner. I want a state of the art stadium, with the best pitcher on the planet playing for us….I want to be a 1st class organization, and you cant have that paying at Shea…..

]]> By: rM teM http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-94041 rM teM Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:14:47 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-94041 My father brought me to my first major league game in 1964, at Shea. I was 9 years old. I remember a lot about that game. Seeing Casey, and drinking my first Yoo-Hoo are the 2 that I remember most.I still like Casey and Yoo-Hoo, but I can't wait for the new stadium. I won't miss Shea. I hope they don't spoil the atmosphere of the new stadium by blasting that irritating music and other noise. Let there be quiet between batters and innings so that Mom's and Dad's can talk to their kid's and explain the game. Let the fan's chat with each other too. This pointless loud noise that's taking over has got to go. My father brought me to my first major league game in 1964, at Shea. I was 9 years old. I remember a lot about that game. Seeing Casey, and drinking my first Yoo-Hoo are the 2 that I remember
most.I still like Casey and Yoo-Hoo, but I can’t wait for the new
stadium. I won’t miss Shea.
I hope they don’t spoil the atmosphere of the new stadium by
blasting that irritating music and other noise. Let there be quiet
between batters and innings so that Mom’s and Dad’s can talk to
their kid’s and explain the game. Let the fan’s chat with each
other too. This pointless loud noise that’s taking over has got to go.

]]> By: NotSure http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-93962 NotSure Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:16:54 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-93962 I am sure I will like CitiField but when I am at that last regular season game this year, I am sure I will be bawling like a baby. Shea is a dump....but it was our dump where so many amazing memories happened...and not just the obvious ones like the WS wins but the personal ones that we all have....my first baseball game in 1972 when Joe Ferguson of the Dodgers hit a homerun...ten years ago when my three year old son did the Dynamets dash...in 1986 when I missed a game winning hit since I was in the bathroom and I ran back to the stands and asked some drunken guy who was whooping it up what happened and he turned to me with a crazed look and yelled in my face 'F**ing Mitchell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' (my friends and I still laugh at this) I just wish that it wasn't an homage to Ebbets Field...sorry I am 43 years old and the Dodgers played their last home game in Brooklyn 6 years before I was born...we have our OWN history and I wish CitiField was a tribute to that. Heck and modern Shea with all the amenities of a new Stadium maybe done in a retro-future 1964 Worlds Fair motif would have been fantastic...and yes WITH the blue and orange tiles (I DESPISED them growing up and would do anything to have them back now) I am sure I will like CitiField but when I am at that last regular season game this year, I am sure I will be bawling like a baby. Shea is a dump….but it was our dump where so many amazing memories happened…and not just the obvious ones like the WS wins but the personal ones that we all have….my first baseball game in 1972 when Joe Ferguson of the Dodgers hit a homerun…ten years ago when my three year old son did the Dynamets dash…in 1986 when I missed a game winning hit since I was in the bathroom and I ran back to the stands and asked some drunken guy who was whooping it up what happened and he turned to me with a crazed look and yelled in my face ‘F**ing Mitchell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!’ (my friends and I still laugh at this)

I just wish that it wasn’t an homage to Ebbets Field…sorry I am 43 years old and the Dodgers played their last home game in Brooklyn 6 years before I was born…we have our OWN history and I wish CitiField was a tribute to that. Heck and modern Shea with all the amenities of a new Stadium maybe done in a retro-future 1964 Worlds Fair motif would have been fantastic…and yes WITH the blue and orange tiles (I DESPISED them growing up and would do anything to have them back now)

]]> By: ScottN http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-93859 ScottN Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:03:34 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/02/04/see-dans-new-photos-of-citi-field/#comment-93859 I come to Shea every year. You can say anything you want about what a dump it is--all true. I almost killed myself in '99 going up those upper deck "stairs" at the end of the horseshoe for the NLDS game 4 thriller. That said, what you say takes NOTHING away from my sentiments above. You certainly don't have to agree with my sentiments, but for all its many warts, this part is intertwined in my life in a way no other single place is, and I'll miss it. Not sure how old you are, or if you have kids, but I've definitely found that has made a profound difference in my perception of Shea and its demise. I come to Shea every year. You can say anything you want about what a dump it is–all true. I almost killed myself in ‘99 going up those upper deck “stairs” at the end of the horseshoe for the NLDS game 4 thriller.

That said, what you say takes NOTHING away from my sentiments above. You certainly don’t have to agree with my sentiments, but for all its many warts, this part is intertwined in my life in a way no other single place is, and I’ll miss it.

Not sure how old you are, or if you have kids, but I’ve definitely found that has made a profound difference in my perception of Shea and its demise.

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