Ideas to build a new ball park in Queens were first discussed in the 1990s. This happened because the Met's then current stadium, Shea Stadium, was growing older and did not have many features found in newer stadiums. The Mets, along with the City of New York made plans to build a new stadium, next to Shea. The project to build the stadium was approved in March 2006, and construction started soon after. The building of the stadium could be seen from Shea, during the 2007 and 2008 baseball season. The new stadium, named Citi Field opened on April 13, 2009.
Citi Field has many interesting and unique attractions. The park has seats for up to 41,000 fans to watch a game. The seats are painted green to look similar to the Polo Grounds- another New York stadium torn down in 1965. Citi Field has a home run Apple in center field. The Apple is not a real apple, rather it is a large plastic apple with the Mets sign on it that rises when a Mets player hits a home run. This is similar to Shea stadium, which also had a home run apple. The foul poles at the stadium are painted orange.
Another part of the stadium is the Jackie Robinson Rotunda. This is the place where most fans enter the stadium, and teaches fans about Jackie Robinson, the first black player in Major League Baseball. Citi Field also has an area called the Pepsi Porch. It is a place where fans can watch the game in the outfield. The first two rows of the porch are over the playing field.
There is also a smaller field behind the centerfield wall where kids can play baseball and other games. The stadium also has a museum to show Mets history and many restaurants, bars, stores, and food stands which surround the field.
Citi Field has many big parking lots which surround the stadium, allowing fans to bring their car to the game. The Stadium also has a train station with the New York City Subway and Long Island railroad that goes to downtown New York City.
In the years after it opened, the stadium had a few changes. After the 2011 baseball season, the outfield fences were moved closer to the batter, because people thought it was too hard to hit home runs. The fences were also painted blue and orange.
Cabo San Lucas
Cabo San Lucas is a city in Baja California Sur, Mexico. It is often called "Cabo".
Cabo is known for its beaches and scuba diving places. The sea arch "El Arco de Cabo San Lucas" is popular with tourists. There are many resorts along the coast between Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo.
Diatomyidae
Diatomyidae is a family of suborder "Hystricomorpha", are rodents found in Asia. It is currently represented by a single known living species, the Laotian rock rat ("Laonastes aenigmamus").
Thom Yorke
Thomas "Thom" Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician. He is most known for being the lead singer, pianist, and guitarist for the English alternative rock band Radiohead. Radiohead have released nine studio albums. Radiohead first became famous with their single "Creep". In 1997 they released their third album, "OK Computer". It got good reviews. It won Best Alternative Music Performance at the 1998 Grammy Awards.
In 2000 Yorke sung on "I've Seen It All", a song by Björk. It was on the soundtrack to Dancer in the Dark.
He released his first solo album ""The Eraser"" in 2006 on XL Recordings. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2007. In 2008 Yorke sung on the single "Náttúra" by Björk.
In 2013 he released an album with Atoms for Peace called "Amok".
Yorke lives in Oxford with his partner Rachel. They have two children, son Noah, born in 2001, and daughter Agnes, born 2004.
Laotian rock rat
The Laotian rock rat or kha-nyou ("Laonastes aenigmamus") is a rodent species of the Khammouan area of Laos, first named in 2005.
Santa Susana Mountains
The Santa Susana Mountains are a mountain range in southern California, in the United States. They are north of the city of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles River; and south of the Santa Clara River. The west part of the mountains is in Ventura County while the east part is in Los Angeles County.
Fakir
A fakir or faqir, is a Sufi who performs feats of endurance or magic. The word comes from "faqr" (), meaning "poverty".
In English, the word is often for Hindu ascetics (e.g., sadhus, gurus, swamis and yogis) as well as Sufi mystics. It can also be used to for a common street beggar who chants holy names, scriptures or verses. It has become a common Urdu and Hindi word for "beggar".
Many stereotypes of the great fakir exist, including a near-naked man easily walking barefoot on burning coals, sitting or sleeping on a bed of sharp nails, floating in the air while meditating, or "living on air" (refusing all food).
Curro Torres
Curro Torres (born 27 December 1976) is a Spanish football player. He plays for Valencia.
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Juan Francisco García
Juan Francisco García (born 15 July, 1976) is a Spanish football player. He plays for AEK Athens.
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Iván Helguera
Iván Helguera (born 28 March 1975) is a Spanish football player. He has played for Spain national team.
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Javier de Pedro
Javier de Pedro (born 4 August, 1973) is a former Spanish football player. He has played for Spain national team.
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Albert Luque
Albert Luque (born 11 March 1978) is a Spanish football player. He plays for Málaga.
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Ricardo López Felipe
Ricardo López Felipe (born 30 December, 1971) is a Spanish football player. He plays for Osasuna.
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Enrique Romero
Enrique Romero (born 23 June, 1971) is a former Spanish football player. He has played for Spain national team.
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Sergio González
Sergio González (born 10 November 1976) is a retired Spanish football player. He currently coaches RCD Espanyol. He played for Spain in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
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Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce is a British brand, it may refer to:
Pedro Contreras
Pedro Contreras (born 7 January, 1972) is a former Spanish football player. He has played for Spain national team.
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José Antonio Camacho
José Antonio Camacho (born 8 June, 1955) is a former Spanish football player. He has played for Real Madrid and Spain national team.
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Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 (Hangul: 광명성 2호, Hanja: 光明星 2號, meaning Bright Star-2) is, according to its estimated trajectory, a North Korean satellite, although it was suggested that it might be an intercontinental ballistic missile. According to the South Korean government, North Korea launched the rocket around 11:30 a.m. (0230GMT) Sunday 5 April 2009 from the coastal Musudan-ri launch pad in northeastern North Korea.
Slash (punctuation)
A slash (/) is a punctuation mark used for various purposes. Other names for it are: stroke, virgule, diagonal, right-leaning stroke, oblique dash, solidus, slant, separated p, slake and whack, or forward slash. A mark in the reverse direction (\) is called a reverse slash or backslash.
One use is showing how much of something is left. For example, "15/20 boxes remaining" means that there are 15 boxes remaining out of a total 20 boxes.
A slash can also mean "and". For example, "He is a writer/director" means he is both a writer and a director. It can also be interpreted as "or". For example, in the sentence "Each employee must bring his/her Photo ID", the slash (/) means "or".
Backslash
The backslash ( \ ), is a glyph mostly used in computing. It has other names, like reverse slash, backslant, and slosh. It is not used in normal writing, which is one reason for its use in computing.
Hohenstein-Ernstthal
Hohenstein-Ernstthal is a town in the Zwickau rural district, Free State of Saxony, Germany. The towns of Hohenstein and Ernstthal were united in 1898. The town is either known by its hyphenated form, or simply called Hohenstein.