While I generally oppose the whole "blue walls thing" this is one are of the field I would like to...

While I generally oppose the whole "blue walls thing" this is one are of the field I would like to see painted blue. Since it's the Shea Bridge, paint it the same blue as Shea. To take it one step further, adorn that dull area above it with smaller replicas of the neon figures from the old ballpark.

If you really want to get crazy with them you could have the corresponding figures flash when a play is made. (i.e. the runner for a SB or the pitcher for a K) Maybe I'm just trying to bring back my youth when the "E" in the Manufacturers Hanover sign would light up after an error. embiggen

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I think it might look better Orange

or Blue and Orange.

Loved the idea about the neon people – celebrate Shea more!

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by astromets on Aug 31, 2011 6:01 PM EDT reply actions

I love the idea with the neon lights

However why don’t you want the walls painted blue? I think it would look a lot better

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by Bobby Baseball on Aug 31, 2011 6:32 PM EDT reply actions

No offense (not sure if you made this)

but the blue walls look hideous there. The blue stands out and clashes with the rest of the stadium. It’s cheap and tacky looking, in my opinion.

I love the charcoal color that’s so apparent around the stadium. It’s subtle in its beauty and it seems to fit in with the surroundings…the grass, the dirt. It’s pleasing to the eye when watching in the stadium or on tv.

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by Steve Schreiber on Aug 31, 2011 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

What he said...

by The Apple on Aug 31, 2011 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions

No I just found it on google

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by Bobby Baseball on Aug 31, 2011 7:35 PM EDT up reply actions

apparently it came from metsblog

http://www.metsblog.com/2010/02/26/photo-mcfaddens-and-blue-walls-in-citi-field/

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by Bobby Baseball on Aug 31, 2011 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions

This, and the last one, and the one before that.

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by CTRefJay on Aug 31, 2011 10:04 PM EDT reply actions

Love, love, love the idea of the neon people lighting up for plays.

by SuperT on Aug 31, 2011 10:32 PM EDT reply actions

Not a huge fan

but I could see it as one of those things that would look better in person.

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by Ogre39666 on Aug 31, 2011 11:39 PM EDT reply actions

That'd look pretty gaudy if you ask me

The neon guys should be somewhere in/outside of the stadium, though, I do think.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Sep 1, 2011 12:31 AM EDT reply actions

On the field

Do it!

by deadspy3 on Sep 1, 2011 4:36 AM EDT up reply actions

Really like this idea, by the way.

The neon figures lighting up for each play would be an excellent touch.

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by Steve Schreiber on Sep 1, 2011 12:38 AM EDT reply actions

Very cool

I miss driving by Shea and seeing the giants neon players.

by James Kannengieser on Sep 1, 2011 10:18 AM EDT reply actions

Why not use

led lights and have it alternate between orange and blue ?

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by fxcarden on Sep 1, 2011 7:04 PM EDT reply actions

I support painting the Shea bridge, Shea blue

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by BlueChill on Sep 1, 2011 7:07 PM EDT reply actions

Fill the Mo Zone with neon players!

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by ScottfromPeekskill on Sep 4, 2011 5:56 PM EDT reply actions

This reminds me

Isn’t there a stadium with an abandoned sign, where 2+ letters of it light up in various situations (“E” for error, “H” for hit). If only I could remember where this was.

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