May 02, 2005

Let's Go Grounds Crew!

"I don't know if the grounds crew is going to be able to get that tarp on. It's pretty wet and those guys look really young." - Sportscaster (and former Met) Tom Seaver on WPIX in New York before signing off from Saturday's game.

Oh, how true that turned out to be. What a freakin' fiasco...people in the stands were coming out to help (and got arrested), grounds crew members were knocked over and buried by the tarp, the crew would run about half way to the infield and then get stuck by the tons of water at the end of the tarp, it was like a giant Slip and Slide.

It was a tragedy of errors that happened over and over...the most entertaining rain delay I've ever seen at a baseball game. They finally got the tarp over the infield after and hour, and by then it was pointless.

Granted we're a new franchise, but we need to get more experience people there. Those guys looked like they were working so they didn't have to buy tickets. The guys at Shea, Camden Yards, and Fenway are pros and can put down a tarp in their sleep. We're playing with the big boys now, we need to step it up. The Mets are going to protest that game, and they do have a point as it was impossible to play after that mess.

Now the story is making national news, and again the stories could be talking about the tarp incident at "Taxation Without Representation Field at RFK". Make it happen by sending a letter to the City Council.

More News on this:

Mets seek forfeit win after RFK tarp fiasco

Mets protest tarp situation, but who's to blame?

FISHING FOR A FORFEIT

Let's Go Grounds Crew!

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