Save it (or put it in my house)!

From SaveTheApple.com

"Often described by outsiders (read: Yankees fans) as "hokey," "garish," and even "offensive," the Home Run Apple debuted in 1980, and has been universally loved by Mets fans ever since. The apple is approximately 9 feet wide, made of plaster, and weighing 582 pounds. It is painted red, with a large Mets logo on one side, and has a stem (made from a tree stump) and a detachable plaster leaf (which went missing for several years in the late 1980s before being re-discovered and reattached). The apple sits in a 10-foot tall top-hat, constructed of plywood, adorned with the words "Home Run" (when originally built, the hat contained the words "The Magic is Back," the Mets' motto for the 1980 season).

The magic returns every time a Mets player hits a home run. Fireworks go off, horrendous lights flash in the left field bullpen, and the Mets circle the bases. But no one cares about that – all eyes are on center field, waiting for the apple to emerge. The Apple rises, the fans rejoice, and all is right in Metsville."

 

Seriously though, CitiField will be über lame without the apple. I spend entire games thinking about watching this thing pop up, and very little other than seeing "GREEN MONSTAH" show up on the scoreboard makes me as happy.

 

 

And while we're at it: I don't wanna see that apple during the 7th inning stretch. I don't want to see it any time other than when the Mets earn it. Unless there's a Mets home run, that apple stays in the hat. And if there's a Mets home run, the apple needs to pop, whether at Shea, CitiField, or on the moon. In fact, when a Met hits a home run at an away game, I still want to know the apple rises from its hat. 

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