Happy Wednesday everyone, here's my Top 5 for September 2, 2009 from www.LenBermanSports.com 1. Quick Hits The troubled Pacman Jones, who has run out of NFL teams and chances, is going to play for Winnipeg in the Canadian Football League. He's using this as an audition to return to the NFL. Day 2 at the U.S. Open lacked drama. Perhaps Rafael Nadal playing today will kick start some excitement. Mets star David Wright returned in Colorado 17 days after getting beaned. He wore a bigger bulkier helmet. The Mets lost anyway. 2. High Hard One The Mets are firing back. Team Vice President Dave Howard went on Fox to proclaim "there is no financial stress in the Mets organization." He said the rookie instructional league team was moved from Florida to the Dominican not to save money, but to improve competition. And he categorically denied that the team is for sale or that they are seeking.
- 9/2/2009
- by Len Berman
- Huffington Post
Photograph courtesy of the NY Mets. As the executive vice president of business operations for the New York Mets, Dave Howard has been involved with the team’s new Citi Field since the project’s inception in the mid-90s, when Fred Wilpon, the Mets’ principal owner, first had the vision to construct a destination ballpark. Now in his 18th season with the team, Howard tells Vf Daily where to find the best seat and food in the Mets’ newly opened home base. The Seating Plan: “The overall plan for this project was to build a ballpark that was distinguished from a stadium. Shea was, in fact, a stadium. It was large; it was monolithic; it was one of the first multi-use facilities to be built for both football and baseball. As a result of that, there were significant compromises in regard to where the seats were located. They were...
- 4/23/2009
- Vanity Fair
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