Archive for the ‘Citifield’ Category

BY MATTHEW FALKENBURY
EDITOR

UPDATE VIA AP: NEW YORK (AP) -New York Mets reliever Francisco Rodriguez is in custody after what police called a “physical assault” on his father-in-law at Citi Field.

Police say Rodriguez will be charged with third-degree assault. Police say the pitcher hasn’t been arrested.

Police say the incident occurred after the Mets’ 6-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night. Police say Rodriguez’s father-in-law is in the hospital with a scrape on his face and a bump on his head.

The Mets confirmed there was an incident between Rodriguez and his family, and referred all questions to the police.

According to Multiple Reports, Mets Closer Francisco Rodriguez was Arrested after getting into an Altercation with his Father-In-Law after tonight’s game against the Rockies.

He had been upset after not being used in tonight’s game in the 8th inning and was apparently not in the speaking mood with the media after the game in the clubhouse.

The Post says he has been charged with Assult, although ESPN’s Adam Rubin is reporting that it has not happened as of yet.

He had to be taken out of Citi Field by Security and according to the NY Daily News was cursing and screaming at people who were watching the scene.

Newsday is also reporting that K-Rod will be charged with 3rd Degree Assult.

In my opinion, K-Rod has just added a real life element to a sports team and when that happens, the line is always very blurry. The fact is that what he did is an absolute joke and just a disgusting thing to do to a family member.

The Mets have enough problems on the field of play, and when you add this off the field issue it just makes things that much worse. I dont care about his affect on the ball club as a player. He is a jerk and I wouldnt mind seeing him off the team for the rest of the season.

BY MATTHEW FALKENBURY
EDITOR

You really thought there was a chance they would do something. As you read this, I want you to think about how that no matter how negative you are about this, you thought there was a chance.

Mike Pelfrey was gonna turn it around, French was gonna keep going and have a Revolution and send the Braves to the gallows as the Mets escaped Atlanta with 2 out of 3. You are thinking about that moment when you thought they actually would do that.

Now your pissed off because it didnt happen at all, and lets face it, it never was gonna happen. The Mets are like the girl we all knew in high school, you heard the stories, you saw the looks and yet….nothing but a giant tease and left you alone and hurt.

The New York Mets have played two-thirds of the season and are 54-54, a .500 team. There is no need to try to explain well if they beat such and such team they would be this.

No need to waste time thinking about it. The New York Mets are a .500 ballclub which has little possibilty of really improving but could easily fall apart.

The team is on the brink and when you really think about it, its scary how troubled this team really is. After the jump, you can see how scary it is in written form.

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BY RANDY SHEMANSKI
STACHE WRITER

On the nearly three-hour drive to Citi Field on Friday afternoon, my friend and I talked about what kind of reception Billy Wagner would get if he pitched that night. We both agreed that he’d be received positively. Apparently we felt that way only because we planned to cheer if he came in from the pen.

When Wagner sprinted in to pitch the bottom of the ninth with the Braves ahead, 4-2, my friend and I stood to clap for him while seemingly everyone else in attendance rained boos on the hard-throwing lefty. I looked around and didn’t see anyone else clapping, but there had to be someone else in the building not wearing a Braves jersey who showed their appreciation for Wagner, right?

Look, we’ll all remember Game 2 of the 2006 NLCS when Wagner gave up three runs in the top of the ninth for a 9-6 loss that turned out to be huge later in the series. And there were other moments in his Mets career – back spasms that sidelined him late in 2007 being one of them – that leave a sour taste in our mouths.
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FRANK GRAY
STACHE WRITER

The Major League Baseball trade deadline is just about a month away. Several teams have expressed needs and a desire to fill those needs through trades. When examining the potential for a trade, it comes down to one thing: desperation. Many will say that a team will make a transaction based upon need, but deals are only made when a team is so desperate that they give into the other team’s demands.

For example, if a seller is desperate enough to get rid of a particular player, they may be willing to obtain a less talented player and pay most of their player’s contract just to unload the problem. If a buyer is desperate enough for a certain position, they may be willing to offer multiple young players and a potential good future for the chance at present success.

One such team that will most likely be a buyer, is the New York Mets. The Mets have yet to truly determine their desperation. The needs are obvious to most fans. They need a starting pitcher and a reliever in the bullpen. The right move could bring them both, however, how desperate are they?

Are they willing to part with several young and promising players as they have in seasons past? That is the essential question. That may depend primarily on who is on the trade block. There have been several names thrown into the trade bonfire recently. The most prominent name is Cliff Lee.

With the possible exceptions of Stephen Strasburg and Armando Galarraga, he may be the most talked about pitcher in the league this season. A quick look at his recent stats may show us why. From May 5, to now, Lee has posted a 2.39 era with a 0.91 whip. Both are far below the league averages. He currently has a 6-3 record for a Seattle Mariners team that struggles to score in his starts.
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BY TOM GREENHALGH
STACHE WRITER

Between the left and right field foul poles at newly re-named “Yellow Book Park” a glaring 47 advertisements are aggregately littered from left to right. This is not an exact figure, but instead my best guess. It was a difficult task due to both the exhaustion and dizzyness that stupified my senses.

I tried, I really did, but trying to figure out the most logical way to sort through the levels of advertisements, along with trying not to get sidetracked by their various appeals was a total mind f***. It’s really a wonderful aesthetic though, so long as you like or have interest in Modells, Wise snacks, Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, another kind of pepsi I can’t remember, IZod, Chevrolet, Budweiser, Dunkin Donuts, Geico, Nikon, or even if you just want to re-decorate your home with Bob’s furniture.

*deep breath*
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BY DANIEL KRIEG
STACHE WRITER

I had hoped to serve as your intrepid reporter in Baltimore this weekend, recounting tales of a perfectly executed three-game beat down and the humorous events that made the romp so sweep. It turned out, however, that there were more Mets fans at Camden Yards on Saturday and Sunday than there has been at Citi Field since Opening Day. Most of you were probably there. It was a surreal experience for a young lad that has seen his teams play all over the continent, in cities where English isn’t even the first language.

What made this weekend’s festivities even more unusual was the paucity of Orioles fans in the ballpark. In reality, there were no more Mets fans in the Charm City (talk about a misnomer!) than there will be at Yankee Stadium next weekend, but the fact the beautiful facility was engulfed in Orange and Blue, not Black, made for a bizarre atmosphere. The Saturday night crowd, announced at 42,248, was the Oriole’s second-largest crowd of the season. Sunday’s crowd of 24,848, lacked the Family of Four Going to a Saturday Night Baseball Game element, and as a result, Mets fans were in the majority. If you watched the game, or even better, listened to it on the radio, you know exactly what I mean. It was awesomely strange.

The entire experience forced me to examine the phenomena that make road trips so much fun. Here are my top three…
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BY AARON YORKE
STACHE WRITER

I was a big critic of Citi Field’s lack of team spirit during the inaugural 2009 season. From the Jackie Robinson Rotunda to the outfield walls that aren’t blue, Citi felt like a generic ballpark that the Mets happened to be playing in that season. Even if the Shake Shack was incredible, the Mets’ new home just didn’t feel enough like home.

However, thanks to some exciting changes, it looks like year two of Citi Field will be a lot better than the first one. Even if the baseball is still cringe-worthy.
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BY ANDREW CAVAGNARO
STACHE WRITER

During Saturday’s season ticket holder tour of Citi Field I was able to reaffirm why I won’t be renewing my package for the upcoming season.

As beautiful a ballpark as Citi Field is, I just can’t come to grips with the message it sends the “regular fans.” Corporate America has infested our home and Saturday I was finally able to see how bad it truly is. Down in the suite levels I was able to see a bar and restaurant area where Mets’ emblems were absent and upscale Manhattan decor dominated. The Mets representative who guided our tour stated, “We feel the same way too, I don’t know why this has not been corrected.”

As we proceeded past the Jackie Robinson rotunda, the rep proclaimed that “the rotunda has been one of the biggest complaints from fans.” I’ve touched on this particular subject many times and will not discuss it anymore. However, as the tour guide pointed to the newly painted stairwells that featured orange and blue, I couldn’t help but laugh. That alone will definitely make me want to renew tickets for next season(insert sarcasm).
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BY MATTHEW FALKENBURY
ASSISTANT EDITOR

The 2009 Season was something was that most people would consider “Thankless”. It was something that Mets fans saw in nightmares and in discussions of “worst case scenarios” at the local sports bar. Then of course it happened and we didn’t know how to react and who to blame first. Many blogs spent time and effort, including this one, trying answer the many questions the Mets Franchise gave us.

The 2010 Season much like the season’s past and in the future has hope attached to it and what happens in the off season will certainly shape how much hope the fan base decides to invests. I was thinking that it was time to show the fan base that maybe its time to finally move on from the negative thoughts the media and our fellow fans have shown us. I felt it was time to give the people who bleed Orange and Blue a few things to be thankful for.

So here they are, after the jump, the Five things that all Mets fans should be thankful for on this Thanksgiving of 2009.

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BY DANNY KRIEGER
DANNYBASEBALL.BLOGSPOT.COM

The Mets’ inaugural season at Citifield is coming to an end. Three more games remain, this weekend against the Astros. It has been quite a mixed bag at the new Citifield. The stadium is one thing and the performance of the Mets at their new home is a story of its own.

The Mets home opener at their spanking new ball park was on Monday April 13th. I sold my tickets as I didn’t want to deal with traffic, ceremonies and all the hype. I just wanted to watch baseball. The Mets were behind when Wright hit a game tying three run HR. The Mets eventually lost 6 to 5. Who would have guessed that David’s HR would account for 10 percent of his total for the season? I was at the next two games: a win on Wednesday and a loss 6 to 5 on Thursday. Remember Delgado’s first inning three run HR on a 3-0 pitch from Jake Peavy? One month later Delgado was gone for the season. The baseball gods were frowning upon the Mets.
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