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Farmer Ted Feb 02 2010 04:04 PM

This doesn't look inviting, one bit. I think this is the weather in August, too. http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/ball ... webcam.jsp

attgig Feb 02 2010 04:15 PM Re: New Stadium

good thing they don't play baseball in February in Minnesota...

Ashie62 Feb 02 2010 05:43 PM Re: New Stadium

Farmer Ted wrote: This doesn't look inviting, one bit. I think this is the weather in August, too. http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/ball ... webcam.jsp I like it in that it took quite an effort for Minnesota to get this done and I enjoyed when they used to play outdoors at Metropolitan stadium

Vince Coleman Firecracker Feb 02 2010 07:56 PM Re: New Stadium

Anyone else think it kinda looks like Citifield?

metsguyinmichigan Feb 02 2010 08:52 PM Re: New Stadium

Vince Coleman Firecracker wrote: Anyone else think it kinda looks like Citifield? I went to college with someone from Minneapolis, and she said they called it "The Mini Apple." So a smaller version of Citi makes sense!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 02 2010 09:36 PM Re: New Stadium

Vince Coleman Firecracker wrote: Anyone else think it kinda looks like Citifield? HOK Sport design. Roughly the same outfield dimensions as the Metrodome, except for slightly bigger power alleys and more intimate seating. So, yeah, kinda. I would have liked a view of the skyline/surrounding area from the field of play. They've got that.

metirish Feb 03 2010 04:46 AM Re: New Stadium

I like it , domed stadiums suck for baseball.

soupcan Feb 03 2010 08:11 AM Re: New Stadium

They did this part right at Target - Wish the Mets had something Metly like that in the outfield. They should have taken the skyline from Shea and put it atop the new scoreboard rather than on top of the Shake Shack.

Edgy DC Feb 03 2010 08:17 AM Re: New Stadium

The St. Paulian seems to have a breast logo borrowed from Shoeless Joe.

Ceetar Feb 03 2010 08:19 AM Re: New Stadium

In terms of snow, i know Coors Field has some sort of field heater underneath that can slowly melt all the snow that's stuck on it. I assume the Twins will be the same.

Centerfield Feb 03 2010 08:29 AM Re: New Stadium

Wow. I had no idea this was in the works. Somehow I missed the fanfare surrounding the closing of the Metrodome.

Edgy DC Feb 03 2010 08:32 AM Re: New Stadium

Well, I don't think it's closing, but continuing as a football stadium and convention/event space.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 03 2010 08:50 AM Re: New Stadium

They did this part right at Target - Wish the Mets had something Metly like that in the outfield. They should have taken the skyline from Shea and put it atop the new scoreboard rather than on top of the Shake Shack. That Twins outfield display is a thing of beauty. By comparison, I think that the Citi Field scoreboard is hideous. Is there another main scoreboard in MLB with a worse info to advertising ratio than the one the Wilpons authorized? It reminds me of the recent Mets yearbooks and programs: they're 50% thicker but with 45 % more advertising. Don't get me started on the right field CF scoreboard.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 03 2010 08:58 AM Re: New Stadium

Adding to the ugliness of the scorebaord was that the ads themselves looked terrible, particularly the aprielle equipment one. I'm not sure who's to blame for how ugly those ads were but if it were my park I'd send that design back to the agency and ask them to clean it up some. otoh, 2009 was probably the worst year in advertising history.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 03 2010 09:01 AM Re: New Stadium

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Adding to the ugliness of the scorebaord was that the ads themselves looked terrible, particularly the aprielle equipment one. I'm not sure who's to blame for how ugly those ads were but if it were my park I'd send that design back to the agency and ask them to clean it up some. otoh, 2009 was probably the worst year in advertising history. There's no way to make a scoreboard that's only 30 or 40% scoreboard and 60% or 70% advertising look right.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 03 2010 09:07 AM Re: New Stadium

soupcan wrote: They did this part right at Target - Wish the Mets had something Metly like that in the outfield. They should have taken the skyline from Shea and put it atop the new scoreboard rather than on top of the Shake Shack. Yes, and yes. That RF porch looks pretty damn familiar, doesn't it?

Ceetar Feb 03 2010 09:08 AM Re: New Stadium

I didn't hate the Citi Field scoreboard, thought it was okay once I got used to where to look. Still wish there were exclamation points after the "Lets Go Mets".. Most scoreboards are mostly advertising aren't they? Shea was. Yankee Stadium might as well rename itself Sales Pitch Field. Some standards in ad design couldn't hurt(Like always advertising the Blue Bud Light instead of the Red Budweiser), although the way the economy was/is I'm not sure beggers can be choosers, even in baseball stadiums.

Ceetar Feb 03 2010 09:15 AM Re: New Stadium

I don't have access to all my stadium pics at work, but it looks like the biggest problem with Citi Field's scoreboard is that the ads are flush against the scoreboard so there is no separation from the two. Even though Yankee Stadium has a billion ads and a small, scrolling out of town scoreboard, the main board is front and center and separate (and probably not much, if any, bigger than Citi's) http://picasaweb.google.com/CeetarsNose ... 8118975650 Coors's is fairly small (supposedly they're getting an upgrade soon actually) http://picasaweb.google.com/ceetar/Denv ... 1252271138 but the Ads are off to the sides and not completely surrounding it.

MFS62 Feb 03 2010 09:39 AM Re: New Stadium

At least there's no huge Pepsi bottle like the one at Fenway. At least I didn't notice one. Later

metirish Feb 03 2010 09:40 AM Re: New Stadium

A lot of pictures in thnis link, looks like a beautiful stadium http://www.ballparksofbaseball.com/futu ... tField.htm scroll down for pix.....apologies to soup if he posted pictures. at work I can't wlways see them.

Ashie62 Feb 03 2010 12:33 PM Re: New Stadium

The Vikings will be playing in this stadium 2010

Edgy DC Feb 03 2010 12:46 PM Re: New Stadium

This is our future leftfield also. Move in a few cosmetic feet, plant a few coniferous pines to sit beneath Flushing's cumulous clouds, and take the unscalable monster out of play.

Vince Coleman Firecracker Feb 04 2010 11:46 AM Re: New Stadium

Beyond the outfield wall in this pic: 3 of Minneapolis' 4 tallest buildings, including the very nice (IMHO) Wells Fargo Center. I kinda wish one of the NY big-league stadiums took advantage of the greatest skyline in the world. When I hit the trillionaire lotto and buy the Mets, I'm rebuilding Shea Stadium in Red Hook or on Governor's Island.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 04 2010 11:48 AM Re: New Stadium

You'd kinda hafta put it in Jersey City to get the skyline view that wouldn't blind the players.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 04 2010 11:52 AM Re: New Stadium

I think Long Island City would have worked nicely. That's a great photo, by the way. The Mets should have something similar at Citi Field, perhaps with this image:

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 04 2010 12:00 PM Re: New Stadium

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think Long Island City would have worked nicely. if you start home games at 9pm in the summer, it would rock. Guv's Island would be interesting, you're kinda looking up at the city

Edgy DC Feb 04 2010 12:01 PM Re: New Stadium

Accessablitity might be a minor issue.

Vince Coleman Firecracker Feb 04 2010 12:10 PM Re: New Stadium

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think Long Island City would have worked nicely. LIC is a little too far north to get the good parts of the skyline in without, as JCL said, having the batters face the sun (although you could market that as a pitcher's park, right?), but you could get a nice view of the 59th street bridge and you'd be a short walk to the incredible Gantry state park and the nice restaurants around the Vernon-Jackson stop. Plus, the LIE is right there. But my imaginary trillionaire dollars are still for putting New Shea south of Manhattan. Park you car in an underground garage by the Battery tunnel and board the flotilla heading to Governer's Island. Make like Derek Bell. And yeah, we need a 50 foot tall Mr. Met.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 04 2010 12:25 PM Re: New Stadium

Rob Neyer more than implies that a Tom Seaver statue should've already been erected at CF. Excerpt: "Of the 30 franchises, only 20 feature statues depicting actual players. And the Orioles' only statue is Babe Ruth, who didn't actually play for the franchise (of course the Babe was born in Baltimore and did play for the minor-league Orioles in 1914). Four stadiums have generic sort of players, with the Rockies sporting the best of those.... So six teams -- the Rays, Twins, A's, Mets, Marlins, and Dodgers -- don't have statues .... With that in mind, let's run through the other candidates for the statue-less ballparks.... Here are my top candidates, after just a bit of research: Orioles - Cal Ripken (why hasn't this happened already?) Mets - Tom Seaver (ditto) Twins - Kirby Puckett, Rod Carew, and someday probably Joe Mauer Dodgers - Sandy Koufax, Sandy Koufax, and Sandy Koufax Rockies - Todd Helton Blue Jays - Dave Stieb (yeah, it's a stretch) Rays - Carl Crawford if they lock him up (and Evan Longoria if they don't) Marlins - Hanley Ramirez if they lock him up Athletics - Rickey and Reggie both candidates, but played a lot for other teams Angels - Garret Anderson? Tim Salmon?? Brian Downing??? Diamondbacks - Randy Johnson, but only if they're desperate " http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/ ... be-bronzed

metirish Feb 04 2010 12:30 PM Re: New Stadium

Is that what Neyer is at these days? , not what I'd expect from him.

Vince Coleman Firecracker Feb 04 2010 12:32 PM Re: New Stadium

Blue Jays - Dave Stieb (yeah, it's a stretch) What?

HahnSolo Feb 04 2010 01:13 PM Re: New Stadium

Is the stadium in Minny going to be connected at all to the downtown SkyWalk? I know the Target Center is, but the Metrodome wasn't. And the new stadium is right near the Target Center. The SkyWalk rocks. You can leave your hotel to go to a T-Wolves game a mile away and never throw on a jacket.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 04 2010 01:21 PM Re: New Stadium

Vince Coleman Firecracker wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think Long Island City would have worked nicely. LIC is a little too far north to get the good parts of the skyline in without, as JCL said, having the batters face the sun (although you could market that as a pitcher's park, right?), but you could get a nice view of the 59th street bridge and you'd be a short walk to the incredible Gantry state park and the nice restaurants around the Vernon-Jackson stop. Plus, the LIE is right there. The Lunchies got married at that park. Nice restaurants? Hmmm... Tournesal is nice... then... Waterfront Crabhouse? Jackson Ave. Steakhouse? Manettas?

Benjamin Grimm Feb 04 2010 01:26 PM Re: New Stadium

The 59th Street Bridge would have been a fabulous backdrop to a baseball stadium.

Ashie62 Feb 04 2010 04:03 PM Re: New Stadium

Randall's Island is waterfront property

Frayed Knot Feb 04 2010 04:56 PM Re: New Stadium

So is Rikers Island

metsguyinmichigan Feb 06 2010 12:28 PM Re: New Stadium

Angels - Garret Anderson? Tim Salmon?? Brian Downing??? He's forgetting Jim Fergosi, who must have been an incredible player for the Angels because we traded Nolan Ryan for him!

MFS62 Feb 06 2010 12:46 PM Re: New Stadium

And since the Mets will be playing in San Juan this summer, let me point out that outside Hiram Bithorn Stadium is a great statue of Roberto Clemente. (I saw it on a trip there) A statue of a batter is probably easier than a pitcher. You can show a batter in his stance. What position should a pitcher be in? His windup? Later

Willets Point Feb 06 2010 12:55 PM Re: New Stadium

A statue of a pitcher can stare at you intimidatingly, like this statue of Cy Young in Boston.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 06 2010 12:57 PM Re: New Stadium

MFS62 wrote: A statue of a batter is probably easier than a pitcher. You can show a batter in his stance. What position should a pitcher be in? His windup?

MFS62 Feb 06 2010 01:00 PM Re: New Stadium

Thanks, folks. That statue of Spahnie is what I had envisioned as a pitcher's pose. Later

Ashie62 Feb 06 2010 04:14 PM Re: New Stadium

Willets Point wrote: A statue of a pitcher can stare at you intimidatingly, like this statue of Cy Young in Boston. Looks like a..uh..Lawn Jockey

Valadius Feb 06 2010 04:45 PM Re: New Stadium

Willets Point wrote: A statue of a pitcher can stare at you intimidatingly, like this statue of Cy Young in Boston. I wasn't aware that Doctor Doom played baseball.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 10 2010 08:17 AM Re: New Stadium

MFS62 wrote: A statue of a batter is probably easier than a pitcher. You can show a batter in his stance. What position should a pitcher be in? His windup? I'd suppose that any pitcher that was once good enough to now merit a statue has developed a uniquely iconic image or pose of himself, suitable for preservation. For fun, try and find an image of Tom Seaver depicting how you would like (here comes an assumption) his statue to appear.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 10 2010 08:32 AM Re: New Stadium

Knee on the ground, chest out, following through on the delivery. Something like this is very Seaver-y to me Strawberry awaiting the pitch with his right knee curled back. Hernandez crouched in the fielding position. Bobby Valentine in disguise.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 10 2010 08:38 AM Re: New Stadium

Swan Swan H Feb 10 2010 08:40 AM Re: New Stadium

This one would be cool: But if they could capture the youth and promise in this image it would be sublime:

Valadius Feb 10 2010 08:40 AM Re: New Stadium

batmagadanleadoff Feb 10 2010 09:35 AM Re: New Stadium

This innovative Walter Johnson statue attempts to capture the HOF sidearmer's movement in a sort of frame-by-frame effect. Many fans think that the statue is grotesque ... creepy. It does have a gargoyle-like quality to it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 10 2010 09:38 AM Re: New Stadium

Yeah it is kinda weird. They might have done better with three statues.

Edgy DC Feb 10 2010 09:44 AM Re: New Stadium

There's another one of Frank Howard. Those statues may one day be classic. For now, disturbing.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 10 2010 09:52 AM Re: New Stadium

Edgy DC wrote: There's another one of Frank Howard. Those statues may one day be classic. For now, disturbing. Frank Howard might've been the only player of his day capable of swinging three or four bats simultaneously.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 10 2010 09:56 AM Re: New Stadium

I thought he was using a garden trellis.

soupcan Feb 10 2010 10:11 AM Re: New Stadium

It looks like they are playing baseball in the La Brea Tar Pits.

Valadius Feb 10 2010 10:13 AM Re: New Stadium

I wasn't aware that Flint Marko played baseball.

Willets Point Feb 10 2010 10:15 AM Re: New Stadium

I didn't realize there was a competitive advantage for a pitcher to have a zombie arm exploding out of his chest. The Mets need a voodo witch doctor on their staff.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 10 2010 10:21 AM Re: New Stadium

The Gibson and Marichal statues are awesome by the way.

Edgy DC Feb 10 2010 10:28 AM Re: New Stadium

The Gibson statue almost defies physics. I almost get the feeling a single adult man could snap it. Is the source photo a baseball card?

metsguyinmichigan Feb 10 2010 11:05 AM Re: New Stadium

The Nationals' statues look like the same artists who created the statues at Comerica Park in Detroit. I'll find a shot of the Prince Hal Newhouser statue there. Personally, I don't like that style.

metsguyinmichigan Feb 10 2010 11:06 AM Re: New Stadium

Here you go!

metsguyinmichigan Feb 10 2010 11:11 AM Re: New Stadium

[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/89333239@N00/832586583/ Here you go! Grrr had trouble posting..

metsguyinmichigan Feb 10 2010 11:36 AM Re: New Stadium

[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/14504460@N02/3688618105/ And how lame are the MFYs for putting the blue dividers around the Larson statue?

metsguyinmichigan Feb 10 2010 11:42 AM Re: New Stadium

[url]http://www.wezen-ball.com/2010-articles/february/baseballs-best-statues-by-ballpark.html This site shows -- and ranks -- every statue at every park. Some interesting things around the parks.

themetfairy Feb 10 2010 11:57 AM Re: New Stadium

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Knee on the ground, chest out, following through on the delivery. Something like this is very Seaver-y to me This would be my vote. Gotta have the knee in (or almost in) the dirt. For Strawberry I'd go for his home run swing.

Edgy DC Feb 10 2010 11:58 AM Re: New Stadium

The Kauffmans is cute. Got to love a statue that has the aplomb to depict a lady of a certain age showing a little knee. The [crossout]Rogers Center[/crossout] Skydome one is insane. INSANE.

Valadius Feb 10 2010 12:00 PM Re: New Stadium

Toronto's statue looks like something out of a Ralph Steadman drawing.

metsguyinmichigan Feb 10 2010 12:07 PM Re: New Stadium

the Cyclones' statue of Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese is really nice, too.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 10 2010 12:30 PM Re: New Stadium

Knee on the ground, chest out, following through on the delivery. Something like this is very Seaver-y to me Grimm's and JCL's Seaver images are virtually identical captures of Seaver, from different angles. The two photos depict Seaver at practically the same point in his delivery. This one would be cool: I like Swannie's idea so much that when I buy the Mets, I intend to commission an installation honoring the '69 Mets. I just might erect a clubhouse celebration scene, complete with champagne bubbles floating through the air and encasing Donn Clendenon's head like some foam helmet. Mayor Lindsay will be there and so will Ed Charles, with his million miles wide smile, holding up the "The Amazing Mets" record album of that same year (Buddah Records). I promise that Joan Payson will be showing some knee. That image of Seaver swinging a champagne bottle like it was a microphone in search of an interview will be the centerpiece of my vision.

metsguyinmichigan Feb 10 2010 12:38 PM Re: New Stadium

When you start raising money to buy the Mets and create that vision, I'll gladly contribute! The Reds have something along those line in their museum, with members of the Big Red Machine in an on-field celebration. Because we are goofballs, we posed for photos as if we were part of the high-fiving....

batmagadanleadoff Feb 10 2010 12:40 PM Re: New Stadium

batmagadanleadoff wrote: ..with champagne bubbles floating through the air and encasing Donn Clendenon's head like some foam helmet..... That's what I'm talking about:

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 10 2010 12:56 PM Re: New Stadium

-- The somewhat unorthodox mid-celebration concept, I love. Clendenon-with-champagne-helmet is the tits. Orosco with flying glove would work for me, too. (Maybe even the Ventura-Pratt moment, post-Grand-Slam-Single?) I think the key with a Seaver statue is getting his teeth-gritting/sneering mid-motion face right.

metsguyinmichigan Feb 10 2010 01:03 PM Re: New Stadium

A statue of Seaver, Yogi, Rusty and Willie Mays standing in left field asking fans to stop throwing garbage at Pete Rose after the fight with Buddy could be placed in the parking lot where Shea stood, in the place where they stood. Turns out the fans were right, just about 15 years too soon... I think it was those four guys who walked out there, but memory might fail me. I remember one of them brought a bat out there with them

Valadius Feb 11 2010 04:35 PM Re: New Stadium

Instead of a statue of a batter in mid-swing, I propose that whatever hitter we choose to immortalize - whether Strawberry, Piazza, or whomever - they should be posed like this: Breaking out of the box, much more action and movement to it.

themetfairy Feb 11 2010 04:59 PM Re: New Stadium

Ah but Val, you're so young. Anyone looks like that breaking out of the box after homering. But Strawberry's swing was truly beautiful to watch. He made it look effortless.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 11 2010 06:04 PM Re: New Stadium

This is the Strawberry statue you want, maybe a little more intense than that even.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 11 2010 06:05 PM Re: New Stadium

Oh, and you need that rubbery Gooden shot from Sports Illustrated immortalized.

Valadius Feb 11 2010 06:26 PM Re: New Stadium

I kind of like how Cincinnati did their statues - arranged in the middle of a game. I'd love to see Seaver pitching to Piazza with Strawberry at the plate.

Edgy DC Feb 11 2010 06:51 PM Re: New Stadium

Nah, if it's good for them, it's good for them.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 11 2010 07:00 PM Re: New Stadium Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 11 2010 07:11 PM

The champagne-bubble thing-- along with any one of the other, sorta-joyously-awkward celebration concepts-- is, on the other hand, very much ours. Other possibilities:

Edgy DC Feb 11 2010 07:03 PM Re: New Stadium

Exactly. Even if they don't do that, something original --- insanely original. And by "insanely," I don't mean that nastiness that Blue Jays have.

dgwphotography Feb 11 2010 07:13 PM Re: New Stadium

Valadius Feb 11 2010 07:24 PM Re: New Stadium

I can picture a Mount Rushmore-type statue/bust-type thing featuring four great Mets managers.

SteveJRogers Feb 11 2010 08:51 PM Re: New Stadium

I said it before, I'll say it again, I want THIS to be a statue: Of course if I had my way that would be life sized, stage included and yes I know how wide it'd be. Plus it would include a built in speaker that would play the 8/15/1965 set list in it's entirety, all 30 minutes, plus other era specific tunes in a constant loop. Now THAT would be sweet!

G-Fafif Feb 11 2010 10:25 PM Re: New Stadium

What about that not quite lifelike statue the Mets installed at second base in 2007? It was so popular, they took it on tour with them last year.

Ceetar Feb 12 2010 06:43 AM Re: New Stadium

My eyes! my eyes! the second-half of the '09-'10 season will be better, i don't need to see recaps from the first.

Frayed Knot Feb 12 2010 07:36 AM Re: New Stadium

I certainly hope that any decision as to which Mets get statues consults the CPF Rankings list.

Centerfield Feb 12 2010 07:37 AM Re: New Stadium

dgwphotography wrote: Yup.

Centerfield Feb 12 2010 07:55 AM Re: New Stadium

On the other hand, the iconic Piazza is his follow through: I could only find this shot of it, but I think the statue should reflect the following: 1. Unlike Strawberry, Piazza's swing had no beauty or grace to it. Piazza swung hard, as if he were wielding a ten pound bat and trying to maim an intruder to his home. 2. This picture doesn't really capture it, but the classic Piazza follow-through should have his face in a grimace. Almost as if it hurt to be that good. 3. Ideally, he would be following his ball travel to right field. Why is there such a paucity of good Piazza pics? Where are the DGW photos now that KCMets doesn't hold them?

Vince Coleman Firecracker Feb 12 2010 01:15 PM Re: New Stadium

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Oh, and you need that rubbery Gooden shot from Sports Illustrated immortalized. this one, no? There's so much freaking potential energy in this pose. Like the ball is about to punch a hole through time or something.

Edgy DC Feb 12 2010 01:30 PM Re: New Stadium

I bet he meant this inhuman photo:

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 12 2010 01:35 PM Re: New Stadium

That's the one. Pretty sure that's Walter Iooss Jr. at work.

metirish Feb 12 2010 01:40 PM Re: New Stadium

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: That's the one. Pretty sure that's Walter Iooss Jr. at work. Yup http://walteriooss.com/ under baseball......in section 46-60 great site btw

batmagadanleadoff Feb 12 2010 01:43 PM Re: New Stadium

All great Doc pics! I think that Doc looked best right before his body opened up and chest facing the plate. I'd have Gooden at the point in his delivery where his left and right hands are farthest apart, chest facing the third base line, the tension in his body at a boiling point and about to be unleashed in the form of a 95 MPH exploding and rising fastball.

metsguyinmichigan Feb 12 2010 03:33 PM Re: New Stadium

The Sport cover is the mental image I always have of Gooden. Possibly because I see it as this 1986 Topps card.

Fman99 Feb 12 2010 03:53 PM Re: New Stadium

Edgy DC wrote: The Kauffmans is cute. Got to love a statue that has the aplomb to depict a lady of a certain age showing a little knee. The [crossout]Rogers Center[/crossout] Skydome one is insane. INSANE. If this were any more queer it would be in my asshole.

dgwphotography Feb 16 2010 09:29 AM Re: New Stadium

I really should go through and rescan most of these... Walter Iooss is photographer whom all other sports photographers should be measured against, imho. My favorite shot of his is one he did of Jordan - between the color, the angle of light, and the perfectly formed shadow, this is just about perfect:

themetfairy May 27 2010 01:45 PM Re: New Stadium

D-Dad, MK and I are going to check out the new stadium this weekend. I'll let you know how it is watching games there. We'll be behind home plate Friday, and somewhere in the outfield Saturday.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2010 01:55 PM Re: New Stadium

Be sure to boo the home team for playing like shit against the MFYs this week.

themetfairy May 27 2010 02:02 PM Re: New Stadium

LOL - I'll keep that in mind

Ashie62 May 27 2010 03:53 PM Re: New Stadium

Go Twinkies & Swiss Rolls I guess