Link Roundup
At TheRopolitans, Andrew Vazzano has a very bleak diatribe on Willets Point, the dilapidated neighborhood surrounding Citi Field.
In a post titled “Journey to Metca”, Matthew Silverman describes his trip to a fan’s basement that holds more Mets memorabilia than Citi Field (though, that’s not saying much — Citi Field houses less Mets history than I have in my sock drawer).
Speaking of history, Rob Kirkpatrick, author of 1969: The Year Everything Changed, is recreating the Mets miracle ’69 season by posting game-by-game summaries on his blog.
This has nothing to do with the Mets, but I was a big fan of “The Bird” so you’ll have to excuse me (it is my blog after all) — SI posted an historical perspective of Mark Fidrych.
In case you missed the first streaker at Citi Field the other day: