citifield Stories - Raw Charge
A Report from the Subways
For the last few weeks, the tunnels leading out of the West 4th Street station have been lined with pictures of architectural marvels, in spots usually reserved for ads. I wasn't exactly sure why, since I zipped past them on my way to work at the appropriate urban commuter speed, much too fast to...
A Park Too Far
It appears that the Mets will finally acquiesce to Chipper Jones' demands and change the dimensions of CitiField, perhaps as early as next season. The complaints about its spacious contours bubbled up almost immediately after it opened in 2009, and have continued unabated ever since. Last week, the...
We're All Invited to the Mets Pity Party!
Let's destroy a sporting myth: It's not tough to be a fan. Really, it's not. Being a fan of any team is a choice. Even if your family has rooted for Team X since humankind first climbed from the primordial ooze, at some point in your adult life you make a decision--conscious or not--to be a fan of...
William A. Shea Stadium's drawn out end
Very much off topic... I grew up a Mets fan, living in a small village on Long Island in New York. I can remember, as a young kid, how everyone was going nutso for the Amazin's of 1986. I didn't truly grasp it, but in the following years I grew to love and cherish baseball -- in general and New...
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