Embarassing question

a new poll - vote here, on the "Polls" tab, or on facebook.





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Why cut back attending in 2010?

Since most readers have said (through my poll on the right side of the site) that they are planning on attending fewer games at Citi Field in 2010 than they did in 2009, let me pry a bit further and ask why.

1. low expectations for the team/poor play


2. tickets (in 2009) are over-priced


3. not falling for those ticket mislabeled packages again


4. dislike of the ballpark (aside from ticket prices/packages)


5. the bad economy (aside from ticket prices)


6. other - drop me a line as to why

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New Poll

I have added yet another new poll to the site.

How many games are you figuring on going to at Citi Field next year?
a) a lot more games than you went to in 2009,
b) a few more games,
c) the same number (if you go to a lot, give or take one or two),
d) a few less games, or
e) a lot less games (it's all relative to how many you went to in 2009).


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New Poll

While I'm at work and still want to pick through the video/audio from the press conferences and some of the reaction (part informative for a post, part for the entertainment value), I pose this question to the readers...

Which off the field incident is a bigger stain on Mets history?
* the whole Tony B and Adam Rubin thing (sorry Adam, it's not your problem necessarily)
* the firecrackers and bleach incidents of 1993
* something else (please explain)

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A new poll

By asking the question, I'm not saying that NOW is the time for a move. It's more of a case of WHEN.

Who would you like to see go first?
* Jerry Manuel
* Dan Warthen
* Howard Johnson
* Omar Minaya
* Tony Bernazard
* Jeff & Fred Wilpon (they're really a package deal)
* Leave it alone (nobody needs to go)

What do you think of Citi Field?

Over the past few days, I've been reading, and writing, my own reviews of Chez Amazin (a.k.a. Gil Hodges Memorial Park, a.k.a. Shea Stadium II, a.k.a. Debits Field, a.k.a. Citi Field). A lot of them have been pretty harsh. If you click over to my archive on the left side, as well as the links to the other blogs (you may need to go a couple days back to get various reviews from the Boston series and from this week), you can see what myself and others have thought (if you haven't already). As the games move on, more people will have had the chance to go and generate their own feedback. It may not get any better from there. Or we may warm up to it, finally, over a period of time. Who knows.

When the Mets can upstage the Yankees, that's usually a good thing. Especially when it comes at WFAN's live pre-game broadcast of the new Yankee Stadium (where you never expect to hear the word "Mets" uttered on air). But in a short piece I heard yesterday while out to find something to eat, I heard them bashing Citi Field. That's not the type of press the Mets needed.

So I ask a not-so-simple question to you, my loyal(?) reader(s). Are you surprised that the Mets built a ballpark that has received these bad reviews? Not so much asking if you're disappointed with it. I think a lot of the blogger community seems to be (maybe I'm not reading them right). Rather, I'm asking if you expected the Mets to build exactly this, with all the faults you find in it, or if the good and bad really did surprise you, and you honestly expected better from them (or maybe you had the bar so low that this is better than what you had expected). Comments are always welcome, but a simple "Yes", "No", "Not sure" response can be logged on the right-hand side of the page, as well as a 4th choice if you really don't think it's bad. I'll be fair and invite those answers as well.

new poll question

I posted a new poll-question on the right-hand side of the page.

In it, I ask what was your favorite place to sit and watch a game at Shea. You can choose multiple answers. Some people had many places they liked to sit. It also solicits answers on different levels (no pun intended):

• Field Level, Loge, Mezzanine, Upper Deck, Picnic Area
• Left Field, 3rd Base, Home Plate area, 1st Base, Right Field
• Box seats from Loge/Mezz/Upper, Front rows/boxes (behind the aisle in Loge/Mezz/Upper or the front half of the Field Boxes, closer to the dugout), Back rows/boxes (back rows under cover in Loge/Mezz, high up in the Upper Deck, or the back half of the Field Boxes, closer to the Loge)
• suites, pressbox, broadcast booth, dugout - if you answer this, please explain - give a story or background as to why you sat there and if you're a notable person, also indicate who you are

Name that Ballpark

I added a new poll to my site, asking what you'd rather see as the name of the new ballpark, in the case that the "Citi Field" name does not last.

As much as we like these names, the reality is that any name on this list is TEMPORARY until a new sponsor can be found. In that sense, the ballpark could be named almost anything (and I won't begin guessing).

• (the new) Shea Stadium (or "Shea Stadium II" in the parlance of how Wikipedia notes ballparks that seem to have moved to been rebuild, such as the Polo Grounds)


• Shea Field (because "Field" is already in the name of the ballpark's very large signs)


• Mets Field


• Sterling Field


• Jackie Robinson Field


• other

If there's another option, let's hear it...

Update: Check out the comments section for another very good sugestion.

Shea Stadium or Citi Field - calling all voters

A few days ago, I posted a poll asking fans to vote for Shea Stadium or Citi Field.

So far, a few people have found my blog and voted. And the numbers are overwhelming in favor of Shea Stadium. I'd like to hear from everyone (comments please) as to why they voted the way they did. Given the nature of the site, I'd expect to see more votes for Shea.

But I'd especially like to hear from the (so far) 2 people who voted for Citi Field.

Shea Stadium or Citi Field

I don't like to mention the name Citi Field here, but I'm going to take the pulse of my visitor(s).

There is a poll on the right side of the page entitled "Shea Stadium or Citi Field". Please vote.

Comments are certainly welcome.