Mets.com: Citi Field outfield walls

They did it. They finally did it. The Mets will move in the walls at Citi Field in 2012, and here's the pictures of what they intend to do including blue walls and an outdoor patio in front of the Mo's Zone.

Yea? Nay? What say you?

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I think it's fine.

by NetsMets4Life on Oct 31, 2011 3:20 PM EDT reply actions

seriously

I remember when those photoshops were posted here, and that’s the first thing I thought when I saw the official images. Either way, thank Dickey that they’re finally going to do this.

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by Greenpoint Ian on Oct 31, 2011 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Better

Way better.

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by Hoyadestroya85 on Oct 31, 2011 3:28 PM EDT reply actions

New Shea

I welcome you

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by the caveman on Oct 31, 2011 3:31 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

I like it.

I can think of one game we would have won early in the season wih these dimensions. Against the Rockies in the first game of a doubleheader, Wright hit a ball just under the Mo porch in the bottom of the ninth. If I thought hard enough I could probably come up with two or three more

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by Seaver73 on Oct 31, 2011 3:35 PM EDT reply actions

Better

Better for sure. Left field will look tacky though if they really keep the old wall there. It looks confusing and will look weird seeing the fans sit in the tiny space between the old wall and the new one. Right field looks good. I think the blue could be a good idea too.

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by sonics097 on Oct 31, 2011 3:37 PM EDT reply actions

They can't get rid of the old wall in LF because it's structural.

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by Ogre39666 on Oct 31, 2011 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions

More home runs

From an Adam Rubin tweet:

Mets would have hit about 81 more homers over three years with these dimensions. Opponents 70. According to Sandy Alderson.

by TheBigStapler on Oct 31, 2011 3:42 PM EDT reply actions

Very weird and misleading stat

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by Coolpapabell on Oct 31, 2011 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions

why weird and misleading?

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by cjmulrain on Oct 31, 2011 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions

right?

it actually sounds like a pretty straightforward stat.

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by gbaked on Oct 31, 2011 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Surprised its not smaller

I would’ve liked to keep a big wall in left and move it in about 20 feet. I’m all for high, short walls.

by Mike Clemente on Oct 31, 2011 3:46 PM EDT reply actions

I like the lower fence in LF. Because you get HR stealing catches.... kind of like this one.

Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!

by TWilliAM on Oct 31, 2011 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs

this!

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by EMSfan9 on Oct 31, 2011 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Great words on the wall, too. Perfect photo.

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by Jonathan. on Oct 31, 2011 5:30 PM EDT up reply actions

It was meant to be.

Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!

by TWilliAM on Oct 31, 2011 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Not exactly.

The "SM" was foreshadowing something. "Small Market".

I think it's fine.

by NetsMets4Life on Oct 31, 2011 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions

100% agreed

the lower walls are the best part just because Endy moments are now once again possible

by Joamiq on Oct 31, 2011 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions

They can't move it in.

It’s structural

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by Hoyadestroya85 on Oct 31, 2011 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Better

Let’s hope that means more offense.

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by meigs1414 on Oct 31, 2011 3:48 PM EDT reply actions

For us, anyway

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Oct 31, 2011 4:01 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Yeah

I really think it cuts both ways. The part was nuetral to begin with. I hope our pitching doesn’t get torched.

by Coolpapabell on Oct 31, 2011 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions

closer fences don't necessarily mean worse pitching

it might yield more homers, but should also give up less doubles and triples. For an outfield which will probably include Jason Bay and Lucas Duda, that’s not a bad thing

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by cjmulrain on Oct 31, 2011 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions

I like 8' walls

I like the new seats and the Mo Zone not being the Mo Zone anymore, but I liked the OF dimensions the way they were.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Oct 31, 2011 4:00 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Awesome!

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by SuperSantana on Oct 31, 2011 4:09 PM EDT reply actions

Home run lines

Rubin or someone had a tweet about how Sandy was asked if he thinks that relying on the old walls in the corners, but putting in a painted home run line at 8 feet, could lead to homer controversies in places where they just use the line rather than a new wall. Sandy said no. I’m curious to see what the corners ultimately look like – although this wasn’t explicitly mentioned, I could see them perhaps putting in at least some 8 foot high padding or something so there’s a physical break between the old and new walls – otherwise, if all there is is a painted line, making some of those calls could be really tough for umpires, leading to a bunch of potential replays.

by dontstopbelieving on Oct 31, 2011 4:14 PM EDT reply actions

I was fine with they way it was more or less

but this looks nice. It makes the quirks more “fan friendly”. Looks like they took a cue from the Green Monster seats for the LF “porch”.

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by Ogre39666 on Oct 31, 2011 4:15 PM EDT reply actions

*the way

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by Ogre39666 on Oct 31, 2011 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Love the Blue.

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by garik16 on Oct 31, 2011 4:20 PM EDT reply actions

this times abillionity!!

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by the caveman on Oct 31, 2011 5:55 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Man, Jeff couldn't be anything but spineless if his life depended on it

From the Times’ story:

“Wilpon also maintained that the original impetus to design such a big playing field came from the previous Mets regime headed by Omar Minaya”

As if, Jeff.

by SuperT on Oct 31, 2011 4:32 PM EDT reply actions

When in doubt,

blame the previous regime.

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by meigs1414 on Oct 31, 2011 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions

we only have 2 envelopes left

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by the caveman on Oct 31, 2011 5:55 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Jeff can go fuck himself

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by Aidan Gibson on Oct 31, 2011 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions

As long as we don't have to watch

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by Russ on Oct 31, 2011 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh, Brett...

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Oct 31, 2011 9:27 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Sounds great

Now if they could only do something about that garish giant billboard full of ads. I can’t be the only one that thinks it looks tacky and horrible and would be much better served if the ads were sprinkled throughout the park.

by chakrabs on Oct 31, 2011 5:04 PM EDT reply actions

Why don't we wait until we have ownership with liquidity before we try to get rid of a revenue stream?

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by Russ on Oct 31, 2011 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions

I'll be in the minority here

But I’m not a huge fan of some of this. Quite honestly, I would have been perfectly satisfied if only the Mo’s Zone was altered. But yeah, I guess the LF wall is fine too. Most disappointed with the removal of the 415 power alley…I liked that a lot.

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by santana9237 on Oct 31, 2011 5:06 PM EDT reply actions

i refered to it as the chasm

Fly balls went there to die quietly

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by the caveman on Oct 31, 2011 5:56 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Left field was ridiculous

by Mike Clemente on Oct 31, 2011 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Agree

Liked the big field. But the Mets always find a way to make themselves pedestrian. Except when it comes to losing.

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by afrosupreme on Nov 1, 2011 7:13 AM EDT up reply actions

I like it. I like it a lot.

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by Aidan Gibson on Oct 31, 2011 6:37 PM EDT reply actions

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by Russ on Oct 31, 2011 7:32 PM EDT up reply actions

simply.....amazing.

by Paul Ellis on Oct 31, 2011 8:12 PM EDT reply actions

I'm torn

The Mo’s Zone is not altered quite as much as I had hoped (total elimination, bigger patio) but i’ll take what I can get. I appreciate getting rid of the great wall of flushing (sort of) and I love bringing back the blue walls. The Home Run dimensions…I guess I’m reserving judgment. I suspect that for some (Duda, Davis) it wont really matter

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by blueandorange4life on Oct 31, 2011 8:21 PM EDT reply actions

agreed

the mo’s zone should have been eliminated entirely. make that wall flat

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by davein2d on Oct 31, 2011 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions

It's great

except, in photo 4, Rod Barajas is batting for the Mets. #FireAlderson

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by cjmulrain on Oct 31, 2011 8:24 PM EDT reply actions

Not a fan

Money could be used elsewhere IMO

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by BlueChill on Oct 31, 2011 10:52 PM EDT reply actions

Huh?

You’re not assuming that this is money taken from the baseball ops budget, right?

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by Steve Schreiber on Oct 31, 2011 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Now they'll be selling 20 dollar hot dogs at the Shake Shack

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by piazza62 on Nov 1, 2011 12:42 AM EDT up reply actions

LOVE IT

I am in total shock. These are pretty much the changes that I wanted to the stadium. The Mets are actually doing something that I agreed with, should I be scared?

by Shinjo Is God on Nov 1, 2011 2:31 AM EDT reply actions

yes!!

my biggest worry was that they’d overdo it, especially when there was that rumor of dead center being less than 400 ft. The new dimensions/heights/colors are perfect.

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