Fallen facade
title updated 2/17/08 at 10:15am on the advice of carm
Last August I thought I’d be sad to see the last pieces of Shea Stadium hit the ground. A part of me thought that watching my favorite baseball team in some other stadium just wouldn’t be the same without that old rusty bowl - it wasn’t much, but it was ours. Then I saw video of it:
No tears, no sadness…nothing, really. Probably a culmination of the beatings that I’ve taken by that same favorite team over the last couple of years. I’ve been disappointed by them before of course - ‘91-’96 was pretty bad, as was ‘02-’04. A spattering of playoff appearances, the ‘99 NLCS and the ‘00 World Series are basically all I have to hang my hat on. I guess that’s why the last few years have been so tough - 177 wins but not a single playoff game. Brutal. And Shea Stadium has been home to it all.
So I guess I’m a bit soured on the whole thing and I want to start fresh. I want Citi Field to be a place of renewal and a place where the Mets play the kind of baseball that I think they’re capable of playing. I want to believe that using a pretty box will somehow turn a mediocre present into a great one.
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