The Mets have yet to win big at Citi Field, that is the reason why everybody hates Citifield, WINNING plain and simple, I guess people seem to forget all the lousy Met teams that played at Shea. Wait until the Mets have a pennant contender at Citi Field and it will rock just as loud as Shea maybe even louder. We all as Mets fans have to be patient.
@dave32725 I agree that there hasn't been a good team on the field since the move. But, Citi Field is also much smaller than Shea so it is hard to believe it will ever get as loud or have the energy Shea did. I honestly loved being packed into the Mezzanine or Loge levels at Shea watching the deck above you literally bouncing up and down. I don't need leg room and cup holders (which are on an angle and don't even hold a full beer with out some spilling out).
@JTMcG5688 that is true but citi field is more of a closed stadium than shea, so the noise will stay i9n the staium more than shea..although we will never feel the upper deck rocking again at citi
@dave32725 Well said. People love to bring up game 6 and all such, but where were they in the Art Howe years? The great collapse? JERRYBALL? Citi Field will be home when Ike Davis and Lucas Duda hit 60+ longballs each, Matt Harvey pitches 30 consecutive perfectos and our Mets win 5 consecutive world champtionships
first of all wtf is that supposed to mean...what are you trying to say tristen539...anyway, i remember this game, i was there sitting in the loge section, and remember hearing the crack of the bat looking up and seeing that ball soar through the air and landing in the seats to win the game...quite possibly the best sporting event i ever went to, in any sport...what a game, and will never forget this.
first of all wtf is that supposed to mean...what are you trying to say tristen539...anyway, i remember this game, i was there sitting in the loge section, and remember hearing the crack of the bat looking up and seeing that ball soar through the air and landing in the seats to win the game...quite possibly the best sporting event i ever went to, in any sport...what a game, and will never forget this.
first of all wtf is that supposed to mean...what are you trying to say tristen539...anyway, i remember this game, i was there sitting in the loge section, and remember hearing the crack of the bat looking up and seeing that ball soar through the air and landing in the seats to win the game...quite possibly the best sporting event i ever went to, in any sport...what a game, and will never forget this.
first of all wtf is that supposed to mean...what are you trying to say tristen539...anyway, i remember this game, i was there sitting in the loge section, and remember hearing the crack of the bat looking up and seeing that ball soar through the air and landing in the seats to win the game...quite possibly the best sporting event i ever went to, in any sport...what a game, and will never forget this.
BENNY! Huge Mets fan...lost it when Agbayani hit that one...then bobby Jones pitched a 1 hitter the next day...then got past St. Louis in 5...then, well, I'd rather not discuss that
Shea Stadium may have been outdated, the plumbing may have leaked, the inside may have looked like a run down factory... but when stuff like this went down, the place shook... the place bellowed... it roared. CitiField, named after a faceless corporation, isn't even a shadow of what Shea was. For me, Shea WAS the Mets. I can't bear to go to games these days. That being said, Agbayani was awesome. I have an autographed ball of his. Guy was a homerun machine for a while.
@MalnourishedGoat i cannot agree with you more...i despise citi field everything about it...i desperately miss shea...i was there for this and many others
@ThePass1967 a lot of things wrong with Citi Field, not just the dimensions, 1) why Citi Field, why not Shea 2 or Payson-Hodges Field, 2) I respect and admire Jackie Robinson but what does he have to do with the Mets franchise, 3) the views in the Upper Deck or the Promenade level are terrible at least in big Shea you got a great view of the field...Citi Field is a Stadium, Shea was home
@jotero83 shea was a special place..no stadium ever shook like shea...been to 2 games at citifield...hate it..just hate it..think ill become a sox fan...can still hate yankees and their"fans"
@MalnourishedGoat I wish we could resurect The Great Shea!!! I was there in '86 at game 6, with The Mook, and I was there in 2000, when they hit 5 doubles in a row, in the NLCS. I will forever hold a special place in my heart for Shea!!
@MalnourishedGoat I couldn't agree more with you man, and I feel the same way about giants stadium vs. metlife stadium... I remember game 2 of the 2006 nlcs, after delgado hit his second home run the lower level was bouncing up and down and i thought it was gonna collapse... i'll never forget shea and i'm happy that im old enough to remember going there
@MalnourishedGoat i was a season ticket holder in 1999 and 2000.no stadium ever rocked like shea...it shook literally and i miss is so bad they never shudve gotten rid of it for this ridiculous cavern they have now...so many memories and such a homey feeling when you were there everyone was interactive with each other...citifield is a joke
@MalnourishedGoat I WAS THERE FOR THIS ONE AND ALL THE REST AS I WAS BRIGHT ENUFF TO HAVE SEASON TIX IN 1999 AND 2000...citified is a disgrace and will never rock like this...i miss shea so badly
@MalnourishedGoat Citi Field will roar just fine when the Mets put a contending team in it. It's a beautiful park, the Mets have just had three shitty seasons since opening it.
Shea has a zillion memories for me too, and I miss it, but it was a dump.
@terracottapie Shea was a dump but it was baseballcentric. Hell, there wasn't anything to do BUT watch the game- ya had no reason to walk around. You sat, ate a hotdog, and got into the game. And you had 15000 more seats in the cheapies. Citi is an amusement-park type stadium where people wander around. It was designed to be more exclusive & cater to the wealthy. Citi = monument to the Wilpon's favorite team, the BK Dodgers. When the Dodgers play at Citi, the Mets should wear their away jerseys
@MalnourishedGoat No, part of the problem was that Shea was NOT baseball centric. It was a multi-purpose stadium just like many old parks, designed for baseball, football and accommodating concerts etc. That was largely why it was uncomfortable. Many seats didn't even face home plate.
I really don't understand the Dodgers bullshit. There is Mets stuff all over the stadium. The only thing that has anything to do with the Dodgers is a very nice memorial to Jackie in one part of the stadium.
@terracottapie I'm aware it was a multipurpose stadium. It was SPORTScentric because of the reasons I stated: there were no other attractions save for what occurred on the field. I sat everywhere in Shea, the only seats that sucked were the ones in the far back of the mezzanine because you couldn't really see fly balls. There is more Mets stuff all over Citi now than there was in the opening year because fans complained. The stadium itself was built to resemble Ebetts field!
@MalnourishedGoat There was always tons of Mets stuff and only one small part of the stadium featured anything remotely related to the Dodgers (one entrance with a nice memorial to a beloved player). They put EVEN MORE Mets stuff, because idiot fans repeat everything that idiot WFAN hosts hear on the radio, and complained.
Citi looks nothing like Ebbets Field, except for one small part of it (the front facade) as a tribute to a great player everyone loves (except neurotic Mets fans).
@terracottapie The monument to Jackie Robinson as the centerpiece to the ballpark makes no sense either. Yes, he was both a baseball hero and an American hero. That is why every team retired his number. He played in Brooklyn though... a monument to him at MCU park makes sense... or at Dodger Stadium. Not at the Mets home park. The Mets have a rich enough history to not have to latch on to another teams'. But when Gooden signs a wall at a bar, the organization wants it removed?? Shea > Citi
@MalnourishedGoat Only neurotic, insecure Mets fans would shit on a memorial to a universally loved player.
If the Mets had three playoff seasons inside Citi, rather than three crappy teams, no one would be whining and bitching about the Jackie Robinson Rotunda.
@terracottapie Hey, let's not argue. Let's just go our separate ways. I'll continue to feel nostalgic for Shea and you can continue to visit a ballpark that has twenty-seven different names for seating sections, has guards standing at the entrances to each level so you can't move down a section even after an hour rain delay in the eighth inning during a blowout, has two large team stores yet many fewer seats, and one where you can't see plays that occur down the foul lines.
@MalnourishedGoat I have moved down almost every game of 2010 and 2011. They only did that the opening season.
The fewer seats put you closer to the action which is the point of a baseball game.
There are only a handful of seats where you can't see the entire field; as opposed to the entire back rows of the Loge and Upper deck where you had to lean down under your seat to see the scoreboard.
Shea has great memories, and I miss it. But Citi is gorgeous, and will eventually have memories too.
Miss those days.
galcala731 6 days ago
:cry:
tim55lincecum 2 months ago
benny and the mets!
sabreyow 3 months ago
i havnt heard mets fans that loud since that season
frenchiejr00 3 months ago
@frenchiejr00 2006 until Beltran struck out
JTozen 3 months ago
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Fuck Kenny Rodgers
Maxxor08 3 months ago
citi field was built more for the corporate type instead of being built for the true Met fan,
the seats, even the color of the stadium outside has nothing to do with the Mets
REPQNZ 3 months ago
@REPQNZ They're painting the walls blue and orange FINALLY. Hate the stupid Giants colors
vantageIIx 3 months ago
citi field would be better if the seats or something was mets colors, instead of that crappy dark green/blue color or whatever tht crap is
BigBluenym 4 months ago
The Mets have yet to win big at Citi Field, that is the reason why everybody hates Citifield, WINNING plain and simple, I guess people seem to forget all the lousy Met teams that played at Shea. Wait until the Mets have a pennant contender at Citi Field and it will rock just as loud as Shea maybe even louder. We all as Mets fans have to be patient.
dave32725 4 months ago
@dave32725 I agree that there hasn't been a good team on the field since the move. But, Citi Field is also much smaller than Shea so it is hard to believe it will ever get as loud or have the energy Shea did. I honestly loved being packed into the Mezzanine or Loge levels at Shea watching the deck above you literally bouncing up and down. I don't need leg room and cup holders (which are on an angle and don't even hold a full beer with out some spilling out).
JTMcG5688 4 months ago
@JTMcG5688 that is true but citi field is more of a closed stadium than shea, so the noise will stay i9n the staium more than shea..although we will never feel the upper deck rocking again at citi
BigBluenym 4 months ago
@dave32725 Well said. People love to bring up game 6 and all such, but where were they in the Art Howe years? The great collapse? JERRYBALL? Citi Field will be home when Ike Davis and Lucas Duda hit 60+ longballs each, Matt Harvey pitches 30 consecutive perfectos and our Mets win 5 consecutive world champtionships
vantageIIx 4 months ago
fly-ball out at shitty field :(
KillaKRS1988 5 months ago
first of all wtf is that supposed to mean...what are you trying to say tristen539...anyway, i remember this game, i was there sitting in the loge section, and remember hearing the crack of the bat looking up and seeing that ball soar through the air and landing in the seats to win the game...quite possibly the best sporting event i ever went to, in any sport...what a game, and will never forget this.
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first of all wtf is that supposed to mean...what are you trying to say tristen539...anyway, i remember this game, i was there sitting in the loge section, and remember hearing the crack of the bat looking up and seeing that ball soar through the air and landing in the seats to win the game...quite possibly the best sporting event i ever went to, in any sport...what a game, and will never forget this.
HouseDaddyHouse 5 months ago
first of all wtf is that supposed to mean...what are you trying to say tristen539...anyway, i remember this game, i was there sitting in the loge section, and remember hearing the crack of the bat looking up and seeing that ball soar through the air and landing in the seats to win the game...quite possibly the best sporting event i ever went to, in any sport...what a game, and will never forget this.
HouseDaddyHouse 5 months ago
first of all wtf is that supposed to mean...what are you trying to say tristen539...anyway, i remember this game, i was there sitting in the loge section, and remember hearing the crack of the bat looking up and seeing that ball soar through the air and landing in the seats to win the game...quite possibly the best sporting event i ever went to, in any sport...what a game, and will never forget this.
HouseDaddyHouse 5 months ago
Amazing how ny sports were before 9/11 ehh ?
tristen539 5 months ago
Even the security guard was excited!
alexm5488 5 months ago
Mets had they chance in 2000 and in 06.. Now we suck!!!
flyguyny1 6 months ago
Shea sucked, there was a banner for "1999 Wild Card Winner," you gotta be kidding me.
Sender126 6 months ago
i fucking hated the year 2000 sports wise.
TheUltimatePhillyFan 7 months ago
F**k Hawaiian punch. One at-bat wonder.
xaqshuna2003 7 months ago
Shea Stadium was so much better.
verizon20051 7 months ago
Thank you, thank you, thank you for not using that completely retarded phrase "walk-off" to describe this home run.
trendon 8 months ago
These are shitty pixels, but its OUR shitty pixels!
SmallHiCnoicePlz 8 months ago 17
@SmallHiCnoicePlz icwutudidthere and frankly i like it.
DYLAV8R 1 month ago
Bring Bobby V back please. Jeff Van Gundy too for the Knicks.
NegativeX83 8 months ago
i was at all games in 1999 and 2000 had awesome season tix...some of the most dramatic wins ever...i miss shea so much...
ThePass1967 9 months ago
stupid call by joe buck
Angelslover9 10 months ago
I miss these Mets, they were tough and had grit. Shea was fine, Citi field is not a home for a real Mets fan
nwbronx7 11 months ago
Ah, the days when I was young, Piazza was my hero, and the Mets always seemed to win it LATE into the night!
LET'S GO METS!
obiwanobiwan13 1 year ago
BENNY! Huge Mets fan...lost it when Agbayani hit that one...then bobby Jones pitched a 1 hitter the next day...then got past St. Louis in 5...then, well, I'd rather not discuss that
MrBoogieMATT 1 year ago
Do you happen to have footage of JT Snow's 9th inning homerun in game 2? Ive been looking for that clip for years.
leones08 1 year ago
2000 was a great year for new york city sports
DaAmericanWanksta 1 year ago 6
Shea Stadium may have been outdated, the plumbing may have leaked, the inside may have looked like a run down factory... but when stuff like this went down, the place shook... the place bellowed... it roared. CitiField, named after a faceless corporation, isn't even a shadow of what Shea was. For me, Shea WAS the Mets. I can't bear to go to games these days. That being said, Agbayani was awesome. I have an autographed ball of his. Guy was a homerun machine for a while.
MalnourishedGoat 1 year ago 44
@MalnourishedGoat i cannot agree with you more...i despise citi field everything about it...i desperately miss shea...i was there for this and many others
ThePass1967 9 months ago
@ThePass1967 a lot of things wrong with Citi Field, not just the dimensions, 1) why Citi Field, why not Shea 2 or Payson-Hodges Field, 2) I respect and admire Jackie Robinson but what does he have to do with the Mets franchise, 3) the views in the Upper Deck or the Promenade level are terrible at least in big Shea you got a great view of the field...Citi Field is a Stadium, Shea was home
jotero83 8 months ago
@jotero83 shea was a special place..no stadium ever shook like shea...been to 2 games at citifield...hate it..just hate it..think ill become a sox fan...can still hate yankees and their"fans"
ThePass1967 8 months ago
@MalnourishedGoat i was there.. that night. the stadium shook. all you heard was benny benny..
Russ5point0 5 months ago
@MalnourishedGoat I wish we could resurect The Great Shea!!! I was there in '86 at game 6, with The Mook, and I was there in 2000, when they hit 5 doubles in a row, in the NLCS. I will forever hold a special place in my heart for Shea!!
TheDirtball524 5 months ago
@MalnourishedGoat I couldn't agree more with you man, and I feel the same way about giants stadium vs. metlife stadium... I remember game 2 of the 2006 nlcs, after delgado hit his second home run the lower level was bouncing up and down and i thought it was gonna collapse... i'll never forget shea and i'm happy that im old enough to remember going there
rangerfreak616 4 months ago
@MalnourishedGoat i was a season ticket holder in 1999 and 2000.no stadium ever rocked like shea...it shook literally and i miss is so bad they never shudve gotten rid of it for this ridiculous cavern they have now...so many memories and such a homey feeling when you were there everyone was interactive with each other...citifield is a joke
ThePass1967 4 months ago
@MalnourishedGoat, I agree completely. Went to my first Citi Field game this year and while I enjoyed it, it's nothing compared to Shea.
LeeHoo2 3 months ago
@MalnourishedGoat I WAS THERE FOR THIS ONE AND ALL THE REST AS I WAS BRIGHT ENUFF TO HAVE SEASON TIX IN 1999 AND 2000...citified is a disgrace and will never rock like this...i miss shea so badly
execatty 3 months ago
@MalnourishedGoat Citi Field will roar just fine when the Mets put a contending team in it. It's a beautiful park, the Mets have just had three shitty seasons since opening it.
Shea has a zillion memories for me too, and I miss it, but it was a dump.
terracottapie 2 months ago
@terracottapie Shea was a dump but it was baseballcentric. Hell, there wasn't anything to do BUT watch the game- ya had no reason to walk around. You sat, ate a hotdog, and got into the game. And you had 15000 more seats in the cheapies. Citi is an amusement-park type stadium where people wander around. It was designed to be more exclusive & cater to the wealthy. Citi = monument to the Wilpon's favorite team, the BK Dodgers. When the Dodgers play at Citi, the Mets should wear their away jerseys
MalnourishedGoat 1 month ago
@MalnourishedGoat No, part of the problem was that Shea was NOT baseball centric. It was a multi-purpose stadium just like many old parks, designed for baseball, football and accommodating concerts etc. That was largely why it was uncomfortable. Many seats didn't even face home plate.
I really don't understand the Dodgers bullshit. There is Mets stuff all over the stadium. The only thing that has anything to do with the Dodgers is a very nice memorial to Jackie in one part of the stadium.
terracottapie 1 month ago
@terracottapie I'm aware it was a multipurpose stadium. It was SPORTScentric because of the reasons I stated: there were no other attractions save for what occurred on the field. I sat everywhere in Shea, the only seats that sucked were the ones in the far back of the mezzanine because you couldn't really see fly balls. There is more Mets stuff all over Citi now than there was in the opening year because fans complained. The stadium itself was built to resemble Ebetts field!
MalnourishedGoat 1 month ago
@MalnourishedGoat There was always tons of Mets stuff and only one small part of the stadium featured anything remotely related to the Dodgers (one entrance with a nice memorial to a beloved player). They put EVEN MORE Mets stuff, because idiot fans repeat everything that idiot WFAN hosts hear on the radio, and complained.
Citi looks nothing like Ebbets Field, except for one small part of it (the front facade) as a tribute to a great player everyone loves (except neurotic Mets fans).
terracottapie 1 month ago
@terracottapie The monument to Jackie Robinson as the centerpiece to the ballpark makes no sense either. Yes, he was both a baseball hero and an American hero. That is why every team retired his number. He played in Brooklyn though... a monument to him at MCU park makes sense... or at Dodger Stadium. Not at the Mets home park. The Mets have a rich enough history to not have to latch on to another teams'. But when Gooden signs a wall at a bar, the organization wants it removed?? Shea > Citi
MalnourishedGoat 1 month ago
@MalnourishedGoat Only neurotic, insecure Mets fans would shit on a memorial to a universally loved player.
If the Mets had three playoff seasons inside Citi, rather than three crappy teams, no one would be whining and bitching about the Jackie Robinson Rotunda.
terracottapie 1 month ago
@terracottapie Hey, let's not argue. Let's just go our separate ways. I'll continue to feel nostalgic for Shea and you can continue to visit a ballpark that has twenty-seven different names for seating sections, has guards standing at the entrances to each level so you can't move down a section even after an hour rain delay in the eighth inning during a blowout, has two large team stores yet many fewer seats, and one where you can't see plays that occur down the foul lines.
MalnourishedGoat 1 month ago
@MalnourishedGoat I have moved down almost every game of 2010 and 2011. They only did that the opening season.
The fewer seats put you closer to the action which is the point of a baseball game.
There are only a handful of seats where you can't see the entire field; as opposed to the entire back rows of the Loge and Upper deck where you had to lean down under your seat to see the scoreboard.
Shea has great memories, and I miss it. But Citi is gorgeous, and will eventually have memories too.
terracottapie 1 month ago
Agbayani means heroic in Filipino...and he sure was a hero back then
bennyfifty 1 year ago