On Memorial Day, I was able to spend a day in New York City with friend of the blog, CJ Neral. Our epic day in the city was topped off with a beautiful evening at Citi Field to watch the Pirates take on the Mets. As discussed in an earlier post, I will rank all 30 Major League stadiums on a 30 point scale.
Field – The two year old park is majestic. It has a beautiful oversized and open bricked entrance. The whole park has arches everywhere (including the formation of the lights). Cait pointed out that it may be a play off of the Citi logo. Clever. The playing field itself is beautiful. The outfield is enormous and large enough for about 50 head of cattle to graze. The stadium is located in Queens and right next to La Guardia Airport. Which is good for transportation but the sound of airplanes landing every five minutes is annoying. One thing that bothered me was the “batter’s eye” in center field. It was just black. No trees or shrubs or grass. It was an eye sore on such a new stadium. Also, they were tons of advertisements, a little too many in my opinion. They did have a “Big Apple” that apparently rises after a home run which is nearly impossible to hit with the dimensions of Citi Field. Overall 11.5/15.
Fans – A Memorial Day crowd filled most of the stadium. We had a group of chuckle buckets who would start various chants for their favorite players. They were actually creative and entertaining. I received a friendly “Good luck tonight” while in line at the Shake Shack and heckle of “SIT DOWN!” after the Pirates hit an early two run home run. Also, the Wave was also present during the Mets late inning rally. Overall, the Mets fans were surprising and received a score of 8/10.
Food – The Shake Shack was recommended by multiple sources. The line itself also gave it a glowing recommendation. It took us 25 minutes until it was our turn to order, which got us to our seats just in time to see Jose Tabata lead off the game. The Shake Shack is known for its mayo-infused burgers, crinkle fries, and shakes of course. The crinkle fries were bangin’! Crispy and lightly salted. Mmmm. But, no Heinz ketchup? C’mon! The burger was good and equipped with lettuce, tomato, and more mayo. It wasn’t mind blowing but solid. As a farm boy, I’m hard to impress with a standard burger. I think "mayo-infused" just stands for "greaser." I made a financial decision not to order the $6 shake, but I am currently regretting that. Overall score of 3.5/5.
Total: 23/30 for Citi Field
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