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The following was sent to me at shannon@metspolice.com

I'm very appreciative when you guys send stuff in - I think it helps build a community here at Mets Police, adds a sense of fairness that it's not just me complaining, and hey being honest it's great when I can let my brain take a morning off.

I turn it off to someone who wishes to remain anonymous, who had the chance to sit in Promenade 512 Row 9.  I think his point about "box seats" is excellent, and one I hadn't heard previously, and didn't notice until he brought it up but he's sure right....

I finally made it for my first visit to Citi Field for Wednesday's matinee against the Braves, along with my son, one of his classmates, and his classmate's father.

We ended up in section 512, row 9, in four seats that were right above the walkway entry between sections 511 and 512.

These seats were the perfect way to address one of my big criticisms of both new ballparks, which is the absence of true box seats. As a father who likes to take his young children to ballgames, I loved being able to get box seats, where the kids were literally corralled in, and you never had to worry about anyone climbing over your seats to get out of their seats. Somehow, "box seats" is now a euphemism for seats near the front of a level, which ignores what I always thought was one of the big benefits of box seats.

Well, with two adults and two kids, these four seats were perfect. There was an aisle on either side of us, and the kids could stand right at the railing without there being anyone directly behind them whose view they could block.

The seats on the end might be described as obstructed by some, but when I'm watching the game with a 3 year old, I'm going to spend most of the time leaning forward to explain stuff to him whether or not I need to lean forward to see.

I've included two photos, one of the view when leaning forward slightly, and one of the view if I lean back. I'd highly recommend these seats to anyone who misses the old box seats for the purposes of keeping kids contained.

Mt two cents - he's being very generous.  That top photo is scary bad.  Thanks for sending it in!

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