Author Topic: mid-summer night baseball: reds at mets (Read 4506 times)

mrnyc · « **on:** July 15, 2007, 09:53:12 AM »

we went to shea to see the reds-mets game saturday night. enjoy some baseball!

the #7 train ride to shea

not many reds fans - a few tho

i peeked thru a barrier -- new citibank stadium going up right next to shea

it was ralph kiner nite, voice of the mets & ex-tiger (and tribe too)

so there was lots of old kiner's korner interview reminiscing before the game
pete rose, eric davis and daryl strawberry

also, guests too like bob feller, yogi berra, tom seaver, & keith hernandez

more construction pics

old scoreboard

sideview -- looks like an old tv set or computer monitor

some views from the stadium

manhattan skyline

the sound

world's fair unisphere & us open stadium

blue & orange sunset....portends doom for the reds

mr met

station ramp to shea

citibank stadium site at night

heading out after the game

waitin on a train home

*** sorry to say glavine out-dueled belisle & the reds lost 2-1 (attendence was 51,742)
but there it is ---- mid-summer night baseball ***

BallHatGuy · « **Reply #1 on:** July 15, 2007, 10:06:29 AM »

Cool. Never been to Shea. Only Yankee Stadium in New York and that was years ago. The attendance numbers sound good . . . is that good or bad attendance for the Mets?

MyTwoSense · « **Reply #2 on:** July 15, 2007, 10:26:10 AM »

some parts of shea put me in the frame of mind of CMS.

Florida Guy · « **Reply #3 on:** July 15, 2007, 11:23:58 AM »

mrnyc · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2007, 07:18:30 AM »

^ lol! now why am i not surprized a flaguy likes that sunset?

Quote from: BallHatGuy on July 15, 2007, 10:06:29 AM

Cool. Never been to Shea. Only Yankee Stadium in New York and that was years ago. The attendance numbers sound good . . . is that good or bad attendance for the Mets?

above ave and prob typical for a sat night -- i see the mets are third in mlb 2007 attendance so far:

2007 - Attendance Home Road Overall
RNK TEAM GMS TOTAL AVG PCT GMS AVG PCT GMS AVG PCT
1 NY Yankees 44 2,279,507 51,806 90.1 44 36,667 81.5 88 44,237 86.4
2 LA Dodgers 46 2,131,588 46,338 82.7 46 29,754 67.4 92 38,046 76.0
3 NY Mets 46 2,064,972 44,890 78.2 45 37,335 81.1 91 41,154 79.5

ps -- go see the mets in shea while you can, the new citi field will open for the 2009 season. more info:
http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/ballpark/citifield_overview.jsp

ColDayMan · « **Reply #5 on:** July 16, 2007, 07:42:16 AM »

Crackhead.

UncleRando · « **Reply #6 on:** July 18, 2007, 08:19:54 AM »

Looks like fun, but I have no motivation to make it to Shea before it's bulldozed. I say good riddance.

mrnyc · « **Reply #7 on:** July 18, 2007, 10:29:43 AM »

^ had enough of the cookie cutter stadium style, eh? you prob know but shea was the original inspiration for those.

it's terriblely designed inside, ridiculously steep stairs and narrow walkways inside, etc., but to be fair they did not know what they were doing yet. no one will miss it...or yankee stadium either, which is another kind of mish-mash mess of its own. both of these new local stadiums are long overdue.

Robert Pence · « **Reply #8 on:** July 18, 2007, 12:26:50 PM »

Fun times!

Florida Guy · « **Reply #9 on:** July 18, 2007, 02:09:36 PM »

had enough of the cookie cutter stadium style, eh? you prob know but shea was the original inspiration for those.

R.I.P.

Three Rivers
Riverfront
Bush

I'm sure there are more but these I have visited.

Florida Guy · « **Reply #10 on:** July 18, 2007, 02:14:15 PM »

Oh.. and here are two:

KStay2 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 18, 2007, 02:15:37 PM »

How can you even compare Yankee Stadium to Shea? Besides the fact that New York teams play at both, that's where comparison ends.

Florida Guy · « **Reply #12 on:** July 18, 2007, 02:25:55 PM »

How can you even compare Yankee Stadium to Shea? Besides the fact that New York teams play at both, that's where comparison ends.

What people will miss is the historical significance of Yankee Stadium and probably not much else. Remember CMS?

thomasbw · « **Reply #13 on:** July 18, 2007, 03:56:10 PM »

Quote from: mrnyc on July 16, 2007, 07:18:30 AM

^ lol! now why am i not surprized a flaguy likes that sunset?

Quote from: BallHatGuy on July 15, 2007, 10:06:29 AM
Cool. Never been to Shea. Only Yankee Stadium in New York and that was years ago. The attendance numbers sound good . . . is that good or bad attendance for the Mets?

above ave and prob typical for a sat night -- i see the mets are third in mlb 2007 attendance so far:

2007 - Attendance Home Road Overall
RNK TEAM GMS TOTAL AVG PCT GMS AVG PCT GMS AVG PCT
1 NY Yankees 44 2,279,507 51,806 90.1 44 36,667 81.5 88 44,237 86.4
2 LA Dodgers 46 2,131,588 46,338 82.7 46 29,754 67.4 92 38,046 76.0
3 NY Mets 46 2,064,972 44,890 78.2 45 37,335 81.1 91 41,154 79.5

ps -- go see the mets in shea while you can, the new citi field will open for the 2009 season. more info:
http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/ballpark/citifield_overview.jsp

largest city, second largest city, largest city,

mrnyc · « **Reply #14 on:** July 19, 2007, 02:50:23 AM »

Quote from: Florida Guy on July 18, 2007, 02:25:55 PM

How can you even compare Yankee Stadium to Shea? Besides the fact that New York teams play at both, that's where comparison ends.

What people will miss is the historical significance of Yankee Stadium and probably not much else. Remember CMS?

exactly, they are quite alike in that they are both crappy old stadiums that are long overdue for being replaced. the terrible mid-70's overhaul ruined the old classic era yankee stadium for good.

Cincinnatus · « **Reply #15 on:** July 22, 2007, 08:37:39 AM »

I've heard some pretty bad things about Shea too. The new ballpark is going to be very nice! If anyone has a second go online and check it out -it's def worth it!

I'm not a big fan of big-money teams, but for some reason I love watching Mets games. I think it's the combonation of players, a completely different feel versus watching a Yankees game -to me.

By the way, I just love how NY ripped off Mr. Redlegs with bootleg-ass Mr. Met. Irks me everytime ...

buildingcincinnati · « **Reply #16 on:** July 23, 2007, 10:48:01 AM »

Cool shots. I wish the Reds season wasn't already over. It would be great to be excited about baseball again.

KStay2 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 23, 2007, 10:56:10 AM »

You mean the Cincinnati Deads?

Florida Guy · « **Reply #18 on:** July 23, 2007, 01:17:44 PM »

I'm not a big fan of big-money teams, but for some reason I love watching Mets games.

I like watching just to see the Mets steal the yanks thunder.

Some Indians fans may remember "I hate the Yankees” hankies that were handed out at CMS. I was too young but I wish I would have held onto that damn hankie from back then.

mrnyc · « **Reply #19 on:** July 29, 2007, 08:27:11 PM »

^hells yeah i wish i still had one of those.

Quote from: Cincy-Rise on July 22, 2007, 08:37:39 AM

By the way, I just love how NY ripped off Mr. Redlegs with bootleg-ass Mr. Met. Irks me everytime ...

actually, the reds also ripped off mr. met as mr. crackhead met was the first mlb mascot (meaning walking around the stadium in a suit mascot, not the graphic image -- that was of course mr. redlegs). also, there is a lady met and three little mets too for reds fans to fume about.

funny, but mr. redlegs himself must not mind too much, he attended mr. mets birthday party with the other mlb mascots in 2002.

ColDayMan · « **Reply #20 on:** July 30, 2007, 06:45:36 AM »

actually, the reds also ripped off mr. met as mr. crackhead met was the first mlb mascot (meaning walking around the stadium in a suit mascot, not the graphic image -- that was of course mr. redlegs).

So really, Mr. Met did rip off Mr. Redlegs and simply "came to life" first at games. Damn those Mets!

mrnyc · « **Reply #21 on:** July 30, 2007, 07:30:41 AM »

nope, that means when mr. redlegs "came to life" he ripped off mr. crackhead.

KStay2 · « **Reply #22 on:** July 30, 2007, 07:33:50 AM »

The Mets do have the catchiest song though..

ColDayMan · « **Reply #23 on:** July 30, 2007, 08:09:25 AM »

Quote from: mrnyc on July 30, 2007, 07:30:41 AM

nope, that means when mr. redlegs "came to life" he ripped off mr. crackhead.

No. He just followed suit

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Cincinnatus · « **Reply #24 on:** July 30, 2007, 05:31:32 PM »

mrnyc, re-read what you wrote in post #19 ... does that really make any sense? That still makes them rip-offs whether or not the statement is historically correct.

mrnyc · « **Reply #25 on:** July 31, 2007, 03:35:53 AM »

^ techincally it makes sense as mr met is the first "live" mascot. the image of him is rip off of mr. redlegs no question.

hey it must be true i got it off wiki!

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