According to a blurb in the Daily News today, the Mets have looked into the possibility of lowering a portion of the walls in Citi Field (via The Mets Police). Here’s what Adam Rubin wrote… Daniel Murphy had the most homers of anybody in a Mets uniform with 12 last season. That actually has prompted team brass to revisit the issue of Citi Field's dimensions - or at least the wall heights. Mets officials are considering removing the second level of padding in center field to make the wall eight feet in the area Carlos Beltran patrols. They had maintained late in the season that the stadium would remain identical in 2010. Taking a look back at some of my photos from Citi Field last year, I happened upon this photo…It seems the Mets would lower the walls out there to stop at the top of the Nikon sign, instead of the addition second level of padding. If that’s the case, what happens to the apple? It seems the Mets would have to seriously adjust the “house” for the apple, or have it m...
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