{"id":194,"date":"2008-09-21T21:19:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-22T02:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=194"},"modified":"2008-09-21T21:19:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-22T02:19:00","slug":"good-bye-and-good-riddence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2008\/09\/21\/good-bye-and-good-riddence\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Bye and Good Riddence"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mets game was a disaster, all across the board.\u00a0 <\/span>Managing, situational hitting, bullpen.. So while we still have a lead in the wild card and a more than adequate chance to make the division title ours, I\u2019m going to talk about something else.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s hard to be a baseball fan without at least a little respect for Yankee Stadium (not necessarily the Yankees themselves).\u00a0 <\/span>The Stadium has been around for roughly 86 years, and housed some of the earlier stages of baseballs history.\u00a0 <\/span>If there is a baseball \u2018god\u2019, it\u2019s Babe Ruth, who made the first marks at the Stadium.\u00a0 <\/span>So my gut reaction is that they shouldn\u2019t be demolishing something full of so much baseball lore.<\/p>\n

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The Mets fan and Yankees hater side of me enjoys that they\u2019re knocking down something so historic.\u00a0 <\/span>You could argue that the Curse of the Bambino that supposedly stopped the Red Sox from winning was actually reversed when the Yankees went through the process of starting to dismantle the Bambino\u2019s house.\u00a0 <\/span>The Red Sox won twice, and the Yankees have gradually gotten worse and worse, until this season when they will miss the playoffs entirely.\u00a0 <\/span>Going into the final game ever at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees number for elimination is 1.\u00a0 <\/span>This means that if they lose, not only will it be the final regular season game in the building, but also clinches that it will be the last game, period.\u00a0 <\/span>They\u2019re currently up 5-3 in the 5th<\/sup>, but we\u2019ll see how it turns out.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Physically, Yankee stadium isn\u2019t very nice.\u00a0 <\/span>The concourses, specifically on the ground floor, are tight and feel cave like.\u00a0 <\/span>The seats aren\u2019t great, and the upper deck is tall and steep.\u00a0 <\/span>The entire place feels old, because it _is_ old.\u00a0 <\/span>Besides the \u2018magic\u2019 behind the historical place, I\u2019m glad they\u2019re knocking it down.\u00a0 <\/span>As a baseball fan in New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>, I do occasionally find myself at the place, whether randomly or for a Subway Series game, and my priorities when visiting are my own comfort and enjoyment.\u00a0 <\/span>I already have to deal with Yankee fans when I\u2019m there, so why add in small concourses, ancient bathrooms, long lines, broken seats and all the other things wrong with the place?\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Babe Ruth may miss the place, but I won\u2019t.\u00a0 <\/span>May the Yankees live to regret this decision and be doomed to decades of failure.<\/p>\n

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Back to the Mets, I\u2019m sick and tired of Mets fans acting like Luis Castillo is beating up babies and stabbing nuns in the clubhouse.\u00a0 <\/span>To me it seems like he plays at least as hard as anyone, and he certainly gets on base more than Argenis Reyes, and more than Easley.\u00a0 <\/span>I don\u2019t think the 7th<\/sup> spot in the lineup is the best location for him, but that\u2019s Manuel\u2019s lineup, not Castillo\u2019s.\u00a0 <\/span>The guy might not have the range he used to, but he\u2019s certainly not stationary.\u00a0 <\/span>If the Mets were pounding in runs, specifically in clutch spots, then maybe you live with a defensive Argenis a little more often.\u00a0 <\/span>Right now though, they need both Castillo\u2019s OBP, and his average with runners in scoring position.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mets game was a disaster, all across the board.\u00a0 Managing, situational hitting, bullpen.. So while we still have a lead in the wild card and a more than adequate chance to make the division title ours, I\u2019m going to talk about something else. \u00a0 It\u2019s hard to be a baseball fan without at least … <\/p>\n

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