Just skimmed through a couple of the posts this morning, and with the Mets finishing up on Moises Alou, I thought it might be a good time to chime in myself on a few subjects.
Jason, you've got to be kidding me about Shea Stadium. I don't know how many ballparks you've been to around the league, but Shea's antiquated facilities, along with so much pointless noise from the PA system, put that place at the very bottom of the list. Fenway Park? Yankee Stadium? You're talking about two of the most historic stadiums in any sport, and you can't compare the experience with attending a game at Shea. Be serious. With so many new ballparks popping up in places like Pittsburgh, San Diego and even Philadelphia, Citi Field is long overdue.
For the record, I grew up going to Schaefer-Sullivan-Foxboro Stadium because my father had season tickets to the Patriots. Sure, I had great memories sitting inside that building, but I never said it was a good stadium. It was a dump and everyone was happy to see it finally replaced.
As for the Glavine posts, I'm starting to agree with simbone and Robert Cintron. When the season ended, I thought Glavine coming back was a slam-dunk, and he definitely made it sound that way. I understand his conflicted feelings about wanting to stay home in Atlanta, but the Mets will be the better team, and certainly will pay him more. If Glavine does decide to return to the Braves, he could at least do the Mets the favor of deciding sooner rather than later.
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The truth is the whole Glavine story up to here is nothing more than media confabulation. Everyone knew that unless Glavine signed before individual decisions were made about options, we would wait until today, so it is really hard to say that there has been any hard news in any shape or form whatsoever.
If he does not give the Mets a sense of what he is thinking by the beginning of next week, the Mets should (and we) should perhaps gets antsy.
I like Glavine and would love to see him come back, but his upside is not such that the Mets cannot do better through the trade market or about the same level through free agency.
David Lennon, you see guy....you are predictable. Doesn't that bother you?
I can read your stuff, and know you are not a Met fan.
What does that say about your writings here?
How's the pay David?
How is the pay David?
We don't require an admition of your loyalties...we can smell it off the pages already.
Dave, I've been to Yankee Stadium, Fenway, and Wrigley. They are all special places to be sure and have a lot of history and tradition. The Mets history and tradition is all wrapped up in Shea. It has the name of a man who fought to bring National League baseball back to NY. It is where I went as a boy in 1964 to parade around on Banner Day back when they scheduled double headers. It is where my late father showed me how to score a game. It is where I watched Seaver go to war against Gibson, Marichal, and Carlton. It is where I saw a black cat walk in front of the Cubs dugout and where I saw Agee make two catches that are now standard elements in World Series highlight reels. It is where Willie played in his last Series, where Mookie tormented you, where Robin hit the Grand Slam single, and where Endie made one of the great catches in post season history. It is every bit as identified with the Mets as Ebbets was with the old Dodgers and the Polo Grounds was with the Giants. We are replacing it with something called CitiField. We are tearing the heart out of Mets history so that Wilpon can charge who knows how much more for tickets. That was quite a dance he did when he was asked about increased ticket prices. If half the money that is being spent to build CitiField were spent on refurbishing Shea, it would more than take care of any problems there might be. But as the old pop song went..."Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got 'til its gone...they paid Paradise and put up a parking lot."