{"id":313,"date":"2010-09-23T11:27:29","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T19:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/?p=313"},"modified":"2010-09-23T11:27:29","modified_gmt":"2010-09-23T19:27:29","slug":"citi-field-from-pepsi-porch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/2010\/09\/23\/citi-field-from-pepsi-porch\/","title":{"rendered":"Citi Field From Pepsi Porch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another game at Citi Field, <a href=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/fmcp\/citifield\/04-21-10\/index.htm\">this one against the Cubs from back in April<\/a>, Oliver Perez&#8217;s second loss of the young season. We sat up in\/on the Pepsi Porch:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/fmcp\/citifield\/04-21-10\/7504-21-10.jpg\" alt=\"Pepsi Porch, Citi Field, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, April 21, 2010\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The old Home Run Apple from Shea Stadium used to be in a less-than-prime spot out by the bullpen gate in right field:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/fmcp\/citifield\/08-03-09\/03homerunapple.jpg\" alt=\"Shea Stadium Home Run Apple, Citi Field, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, August 3, 2009\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now it is much more prominently displayed in a much better location in the plaza as you get off the 7 train:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/fmcp\/citifield\/04-21-10\/0504-21-10.jpg\" alt=\"Plaza View From Caesars Club, Citi Field, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, April 21, 2010\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you have the right ticket, you can walk by the control booth and watch them use the gear:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/fmcp\/citifield\/04-21-10\/0804-21-10.jpg\" alt=\"Control Booth, Citi Field, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, April 21, 2010\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The view from the Pepsi Porch is nice but you&#8217;re literally hanging over the right field corner, which is a little dizzying:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/fmcp\/citifield\/04-21-10\/1604-21-10.jpg\" alt=\"New York Mets vs. Chicago Cubs, View From Section 302, Pepsi Porch, Citi Field, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, April 21, 2010\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/fmcp\/citifield\/04-21-10\/5804-21-10.jpg\" alt=\"Warning Track, Right Field Corner, View From Section 302, Pepsi Porch, Citi Field, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, April 21, 2010\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Late in the game, fans in our section took to yelling &#8220;Frenchy&#8221; at Jeff Francoeur, who eventually tipped his hat to them:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/fmcp\/citifield\/04-21-10\/4004-21-10.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Francoeur, New York Mets vs. Chicago Cubs, View From Section 302, Pepsi Porch, Citi Field, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, April 21, 2010\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another game at Citi Field, this one against the Cubs from back in April, Oliver Perez&#8217;s second loss of the young season. We sat up in\/on the Pepsi Porch: The old Home Run Apple from Shea Stadium used to be in a less-than-prime spot out by the bullpen gate in right field: Now it is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-queens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}