Showing posts with label shea markings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shea markings. Show all posts
Friday, May 29, 2009
Are the Shea markings in the wrong place?
I saw this item over on MetsPolice.com, based on an email from a reader, who thinks that the base markings from Shea, now in the parking lot, are misplaced. I don't exactly disagree with that sentiment. More to come.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Running Bases
In addition to attending a game inside Chez Amazin' last night, I had a chance to walk out to the parking lot to see where Shea Stadium's bases and pitcher's mound were located.
Go to the 3B side of the Promenade, where the ticket windows are. Go to the outfield side (left if you're looking at the ballpark) to where you see one of the staircases and gates (if you've hit the VIP entrance, you've gone too far). get even with the staircase that's on the home plate side, just next to the Citi Field map and ticket windows. Walk straight away from the ballpark to the parking lot. About 400 feet away is second base, and the rest are in line from there.
When I found the markings, two things seemed wrong to me. It's probably just my perception and inability to judge distance. The bases seemed less than 90 feet apart from each other. But I'm looking in an open parking lot and not in the context of a baseball field/stadium (which I haven't been on an MLB size diamond on the diamond itself in a long time). They diamond as a whole seemed too close to Citi Field. Again, same perception or lack thereof. I know that the batter's eye from Shea almost bumped up against Citi Field, on what is now the big sidewalk outside the ticket windows. I need to find aerial shots of them together and Citi by itself to judge better. The one thing I wouldn't want to see, but would help greatly with the perception would be a chalk outline of Shea, marking the playing surface features and the exterior wall of the stadium. I could have walked 410 feet from home plate through second base towards the new ballpark (where it's a perfect 90 degree angle with the outside wall), but I stopped counting at 14 paces and got on line to go inside. I did exit from the stairwell that lets out right in that line, probably 450 feed from Shea's home plate.
I have pictures of it on my camera, but nothing that you haven't already seen elsewhere.
Go to the 3B side of the Promenade, where the ticket windows are. Go to the outfield side (left if you're looking at the ballpark) to where you see one of the staircases and gates (if you've hit the VIP entrance, you've gone too far). get even with the staircase that's on the home plate side, just next to the Citi Field map and ticket windows. Walk straight away from the ballpark to the parking lot. About 400 feet away is second base, and the rest are in line from there.
When I found the markings, two things seemed wrong to me. It's probably just my perception and inability to judge distance. The bases seemed less than 90 feet apart from each other. But I'm looking in an open parking lot and not in the context of a baseball field/stadium (which I haven't been on an MLB size diamond on the diamond itself in a long time). They diamond as a whole seemed too close to Citi Field. Again, same perception or lack thereof. I know that the batter's eye from Shea almost bumped up against Citi Field, on what is now the big sidewalk outside the ticket windows. I need to find aerial shots of them together and Citi by itself to judge better. The one thing I wouldn't want to see, but would help greatly with the perception would be a chalk outline of Shea, marking the playing surface features and the exterior wall of the stadium. I could have walked 410 feet from home plate through second base towards the new ballpark (where it's a perfect 90 degree angle with the outside wall), but I stopped counting at 14 paces and got on line to go inside. I did exit from the stairwell that lets out right in that line, probably 450 feed from Shea's home plate.
I have pictures of it on my camera, but nothing that you haven't already seen elsewhere.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Going Home
I saw this on a couple of Mets blogs today. I'll link to them both, as they show different pictures. First, from The 'Ropolitans, and second from Metsblog.com.
Update - 5:04pm:
Check out Mets Merized Online for more pictures of each marker. Of course, they came from StadiumPage.
The Mets have marked the site of Home Plate from Shea Stadium somewhere in the parking lot. I'll be heading to the game tomorrow and I can try to check it out on my own.
Update - 5:04pm:
Check out Mets Merized Online for more pictures of each marker. Of course, they came from StadiumPage.
The Mets have marked the site of Home Plate from Shea Stadium somewhere in the parking lot. I'll be heading to the game tomorrow and I can try to check it out on my own.
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