I’m Reading: about Citi Field, Matsui, 2B & the Future
According to Stadium Journey, which toured 29 ballparks this summer, 21 other ballparks are better than Citi Field, including Camden Yards, Turner Field, the new Yankee Stadium and Citizen’s Bank Park.
Now that he won a World Series MVP, is 35 years old and a free agent who can’t play the field, Greg Pomes of Mets Fans Forever wonders if Hideki Matsui will end up on the Mets next season.
According to Lou Di Falco of Never Forget 69, the future can be bright.
Kevin McCarthy of Metsopolis lists five players who need to step up in 2010.
Mack, from Mack’s Mets, takes a look at how Reese Havens moving to second base will impact the team’s other infield prospects.
“Thank God it’s over,” says Matt Pignataro about the World Series, in a post for Seven Train to Shea.
Similarly, Kingman points out the following in a post to Loge 13:
“The Mets open a new stadium. We get a pandemic of injuries, a shirtless assistant GM who challenges minor leaguers to fist fights and a GM who accuses beat reporters of scheming for jobs. The Spankees open a new stadium and win a World Series.”
Lastly, in a post to his Twitter page, here, our friend Mike Nichols writes, “Next person that says the words True Yankee gets a punch in the face.”
…i hear ya, mike… but, this is important, in that, what does it mean to be a True Met… i never hear that expression, do you… but, i hear it all of the time with regards to the Yankees… why…
