You’re being serious? Uhh yea….I know hes very dead…

Do you have any idea what he looks(ed) like? Be honest….no way….

i thought he looked like one of those neon baseball characters on the outside of the stadium, no?

Don’t count on Darling going national… there are very few nationally broadcasted games, and I would think Darling would want to work more than that.

Didn’t Darling already go national, doing the nlds on tbs (d’backs/cubs)?

I am glad he came over from the Nats, as I hope most fans are; Darling is almost always on point (funny and knowledgable).

you’re right that not too many games are nationally broadcast. when they are, it is morgan and miller, or buck and maccarver. i would love to see darling replace one (and all) of them. but even if he does one day, don’t you think it’d be like doc emerick or john davidson when hockey used to be nationally televised (on major networks, sorry versus); that is, they have a team that they cover for most of the season, and cover a few nationally televised games when called for.

but maybe ronny’s making enough bank with those sovereign ads that he won’t do national except in the postseason (and we can hope those’ll be mets games)

What does that have to do with Citi Field specifically?

You guys maybe right about the Press Box…

Either way, I have no issues with them honoring him. I’m just sayin while theyre at it….

You gotta learn the history my friend. Shea is the ONLY reason we have the Mets in NY. He was the one who got the MLB to consider NY.

I know my history. Man, I cannot say boo without people tearing in. For the THIRD TIME…Go ahead and Honor him….sheesh….Im just sayin a statue of Seaver would be a nice touch too….

BTW….to all of you that are saying he was the ‘Saving Grace of all things Mets’…..do you really think we wouldnt have had a NL team in this city by now? Rrrrright…..Im certain they would have left this huge vaccuum open forever with our 3.8 Mil tix sold last year…

He may have been behind the ‘Mets’ specifiically….but one way or another there would be a NL team in this city playing in 2008 with or without Bill Shea….dont be ridiculous….

Look, I wasn’t jumping all over you - I was just trying to have some sort of discussion with you about what you had brought up. Although, perhaps your comment was meant for someone else.

I agree with you 100000000% on honoring one of our OWN players before we go off and have a Jackie Robinson rotunda…….I don’t mind having the rotunda, as it is a part of NY history……..but call it something else. Anything from the Polo Grounds where we actually played? And you’re right……The statue of Jackie Robinson is way overboard…IMO

But to say that nothing has been done for the other guys when there has been, and mentioning that all of those guys should have additional things before Shea is honored……is where I disagree with you.

well, technically Walter O’Malley and Horace Stoneham are the only reason we have the Mets in NY

I don’t understand why the United States puts so much energy into honoring our Founding Fathers, wasn’t it inevitable that we would earn our independence at some point anyway?

I kiiiiinda see your point. But its not the same. Im saying there is an enormous appitite for baseball in this city, and with or without him there would be an NL team here, if not the ‘Mets’ specifically…

Cant compare that with the establishment of a government….

Look, they should honor Bill Shea - he was the catalyst for even having teh Mets in the first place.

ALSO, at Citi, they should do more to recognize Mets history and less to recognize NY 9baseball) Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers history. I have no issue with teh Jackie rotunda - he transcends team uniforms and is particularly appropriate for the home of the NYC NL club.

But, why not name things at Citi after Mets names and history? Why all the “Ebbets Club” and “The Orchard” an “Coogan’s Landing” stuff? Why noit name stuff after Seaver, Agee, Koos, Tug, Keith, Mookie, Bill freakin Shea, and so forth.

To somebody’s question: yes, the radio booth is called the Bob Murphy Radio Broadcast Booth. As it ought to be called

The TV Booth is named for Ralph Kiner. Yes Shea had the stadium named for him, because of his efforts to bring national league baseball back to NYC.
I think the Mets should have the ring of honor that many teams in different sports have around the stadium- example Pittsburgh Pirates, Dallas Cowboys. They could do that at Citi-Field- have Shea’s name their with retired player like Seaver etc. I think Jerry Koosman should have his number retired as well.

Exactly. The new stadium should also be called Shea. Instead it will be named after a bank. Completely soulless.

Still, that extra $20MM a year can buy some very effective middle relief.

Or a #1 lock down Left Handed SP for the next 5 years…

Name the thing C*ck Licker Stadium for all I care. Thats for the Mets to decide. Not us. Just win. Who CARES what the name of the stadium is so long as they keep getting quality players and having good teams year in year out…

I have been to a ton of baseball games in 12-15 different big league stadiums. I can not remember one time where the name of the stadium I was sitting in effected my enjoyment in any way, shape, or form. If the name of the stadium can help put $20 into the payroll, why on earth would anyone care?

Yeah, and I named my second born son Casey, so he’s double covered.

Very weird - they even snuick some Ny 9baseball) Giants names in there for some of Citi field’s features/amenities. What the heck? The mets have nearly a half century of history now - and the franchise should honor it!