It's official -- the Big Apple will be at Citi Field.
So they can shut down this Web site.
I know this is not big, big news, and the Mets have said this in the past. But what makes this story different is that I was at Citi Field for another tour of the place, led by COO Jeff Wilpon. And with my own eyes I saw behind a centerfield wall a huge circular opening. Asked what that is for, Wilpon gladly revealed, "The Apple!"
Wilpon didn't know if it would be the same apple or a new apple, but my bet is on a new apple. In any case, the apple lives on. Rejoice.
Here's my story on how the whole building is coming along, apple included.
Comments (8)
SavethApple.com's Mission:
Our mission and message is simple: the Apple must stay. When the Mets move into Citi Field in 2009, the Apple must move with them. We don't want to see a new Apple, an updated Apple, or a modernized Apple. We don't want to see a replica Apple. We don't even want to see a cleaned up and repaired Apple. We want to see the same lumpy, grimy, dented, beat up Apple that's been sitting behind the center field wall in Shea Stadium for 27 years. It may be an ugly 80's relic, but it's our ugly 80's relic, and we want it to stay.
Until a Wilpon says that the original Apple makes the trip, I'm sure the website will stay active.
You're going to have a brand new stadium. I don't see why you'd want a rinky dink, broken down apple to go along with it.
Please tell me that Cotton-Eye Joe or whatever it is won't be going to the New Yankee Stadium. They can also leave behind that sprinkler-head that wrecked Mantle's knee in 1951.
Hi Jim,
If you check out our website, you'll see in our post from February 25th, that we show picture of the same concrete hole that you mention above. But, as Stormy has posted already, we don't want any apple, we want THE Apple; the SAME Apple.
Blog postings and articles like yours do us a great disservice. You are making it easy for the Mets to not take The Apple by making people think that The Apple is already coming. The original Citi Field construction photos show AN apple, but that is not what our website is about. To us, tt is about honoring a small piece of Shea in a stadium that is made to honor Ebbets field. Why shouldn't the Mets honor their own history?
Regardless, thanks for linking to us, any and all traffic headed our way is helpful to our cause.
Andrew
Look, fellas, Jim's generally against fun. It's just the way he is. Remember the Arbour fiasco (the gift that keeps on giving)? Now he wants to hold the Patriots' coach accountable for his behavior, instead of just letting it go? So now it's the apple. Oh, it's an apple no one would think of taking a bite out off any more, but it's the apple that witnessed such great Met players as Barry Bonilla and great Met moments such as the end of the 2006 NLCS. Ah, memories. Like the ones of Joe Torre managing the Mets ... which is when the Apple first appeared.
Maybe we can airbrush it in behind Agee's catch in 1969 or have it pop up when Tug McGraw says "Ya Gotta Believe!"
But trust me ... Jim's against fun. Ask Anthony.
Wow - Brooks turning on me!
Hey, I like the apple. I grew up attending games at Shea, and who of us who can say surely all have fond memories of the apple.
But I've now been inside Citi Field for a few of these tours. The place is looking amazing. I mean, this is going to be state-of-the-art - as it should be. What's the problem with a new apple?
Alas, I'm against fun.
(Good line on the Arbour column, the gift that keeps on giving...)
Hey, I'm only repeating what Anthony told me ... :)
In my opinion, the apple needs polishing (to be kind).
Imagine how much worse the apple will look in a brand new stadium? Hey, I love the apple. But I don't see a problem with a new apple.