Citi Field First Game 3/29/09

[KING5TORM1418]

That guy who got into the picture was a dick..

[MROSEN62]

Just for the record ... I attended the first game ever played at Shea. I sat in the last row in the upper deck and had a good view of the first home run at Shea: Wille Stargell hit it into the right field stands, right down the line.

[MROSEN62]

Shea was a terrible baseball venue due to the fact that it was built for both baseball and football. The fact that it was round meant that most sideline sections were too far from the field. It also looked like it was put together on a budget.

[jcjr87]

@MROSEN62

Agreed...multi-purpose stadiums are terrible. Thank god Rogers Centre and Oakland Coliseum are the last ones left.

[ikvsabre]

@MROSEN62

Shea was great.

" It also looked like it was put together on a budget. "

It was state of the art when it opened. Your comparing 40 years difference in technology

[sheafaithfull]

what song is this? never heard it before lol

[ikvsabre]

@sheafaithfull

The song is by Terry Cashman.

[jxlr8]

This is a dump. Never be as good as Shea.

[Fergit3]

And what was good about Shea?

[jxlr8]

The games, The space to move around, The Mets Blue on the walls, The memories, The fact that you could get an affordable ticket and parking, you could see the entire field.... If you didn't know Citi Field was the Mets home - you would think you are seeing a Dodgers game, the park plays too big to attract free agents, the outfield wall is stupid, it is an amusement park, you can't walk through the place because it is too tight.

[jxlr8]

Citi Field - Has no tradition, Looks like a home for the Dodgers, Ticket Prices suck, less room, less seats, can't see the entire field, can't walk through the walk ways, poorly put together, plays too large, wont be able to attract free agent hitters, outfield wall is stupid, it is an amusement park not a ball field. At Shea you watched Baseball (The Mets) and you knew it was their home.

[lustfolife]

The big apple that comes out is tacky in a 1970's cheap kind of way..Stadiums like this truly make me appreciate real baseball stadiums like wrigley field and fenway park..now its just a big restaurant, hotel, digital vacuuming your cash into the jew's fat greedy pockets.

[Hbmets69]

Good video I was there!!!!! Citi field is nice but u don't have the Shea feeling u no ! I much rather have Shea

[Title27GT]

you'd much rather have shae? You'd much rather have an old, unsafe, nausea-inducing piece of shit than a 800 million dollar masterpiece? I'm a yankee fan and Citi Field stands right up there with the new Yankee Stadium as the best park in baseball...Shae didnt have a "feeling"..that must have been the odor you were smelling

[jericho360]

I much rather have Shea Stadium back. But that is just me.

[ticket2]

Cool video very well done FIVE stars!

Awesome stadium! Medicore team sorry Met fans right now today that is painfully true. And i'm a mega Met fan too.

[Cancelx34]

hashahahahaha tool

[dadeee108333]

does da new stadium still hav da apple going up afta a home run

[Sawtooth22]

The exterior of the park reminds me a lot of the SF Giants' stadium. Very retro - nice!

[dreyfus54]

nice song

citi field looks nice...way nice

[1114lkf]

loved the video and the song.

i was there too on sunday and could not stop smiling from the time i walked in.

[SpeedDemon88X]

Only thing negative I heard was that there wasnt alot of Mets related things hanging inside the stadium such as banners and pictures. Is this true?

[nymets7516]

nice song, i got it on my ipod because of this vid

[bulleyes80]

nice song

[newfjhbearsfan23]

you can't help but get pumped up watching this

[NYMetsfilms]

wow, how'd you get this up already!? i was there today and for now, im just working on my video, but damn.

[rudi1966]

I had no problem parking but was very early. The song is the 2007 version of talkin baseball by terry cashman

[rudi1966]

Video was shot and mixed with the flip video recorder. It is a great easy to use camera...they just released a high def version as well

[gregnugget]

I didn't know he updated it again. This must be the third version - 1983 (he sang it at old timers day) and 2000.

Thanks for the video inside the new joint.

[nymets7516]

NICE

[nymdsa1]

AWESOME video great job hope it was fun what song is that i love it

[metsofficalpage]

nice video! was it hard to find parking? or was shea a parking lot now?

[NYMetsfilms]

i went and shea wasnt completely gone yet. there was about 200 square feet of rubble left but it will be gone and paved over by the april 3rd series with the resox.