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="bmfc1":3p9qp36h]I'd like a poster of the 9/24 picture. Can I order it from the CPF store?[/quote:3p9qp36h]
That's not a bad idea. I ought to see if the pul and iubitul can work something out.
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 06:34 AM
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August 11, 2008 - The Agee marker:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2755750316/" title="Tommie Agee - Shea Stadium by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2144/2755750316_55af837813_o.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Tommie Agee - Shea Stadium"></a>
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Fman99
Sep 29 2008 06:34 AM
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These pics are fantastic.
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 06:35 AM
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="AG/DC":1bo42nbi]="bmfc1":1bo42nbi]I'd like a poster of the 9/24 picture. Can I order it from the CPF store?[/quote:1bo42nbi]
That's not a bad idea. I ought to see if the pul and iubitul can work something out.[/quote:1bo42nbi]
That sounds like a good idea.
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 06:38 AM
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August 11, 2008 - The Loge:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2754917853/" title="Shea Stadium Panorama by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3010/2754917853_8a4f08154e_b.jpg" width="1024" height="283" alt="Shea Stadium Panorama"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 06:40 AM
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August 11, 2008 - Box 308a
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2761498658/" title="Box 308A - Shea Stadium by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/2761498658_db2c1c022d_o.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Box 308A - Shea Stadium"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 06:44 AM
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August 24, 2008 - the starting lineup:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2802369062/" title="Shea Stadium - Starting Line up by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/2802369062_610bb1e721_o.jpg" width="1024" height="681" alt="Shea Stadium - Starting Line up"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 06:49 AM
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August 24, 2008 - Play at the plate:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2801978200/" title="Shea Stadium - Play At The Plate by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/2801978200_16286ac008_o.jpg" width="500" height="751" alt="Shea Stadium - Play At The Plate"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 06:50 AM
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August 24, 2008 - from the field level:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2796564366/" title="Shea Stadium - View from Field Level by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/2796564366_5580652a1e_b.jpg" width="1024" height="282" alt="Shea Stadium - View from Field Level"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 06:52 AM
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August 24, 2008 - retired numbers:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2801978256/" title="Shea Stadium - Retired Numbers by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/2801978256_119b2142f3_o.jpg" width="1024" height="681" alt="Shea Stadium - Retired Numbers"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 06:53 AM
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August 24, 2008 - the pennants:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2817008133/" title="Shea Stadium - Pennants by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/2817008133_31e1ee71b4_o.jpg" width="1024" height="681" alt="Shea Stadium - Pennants"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 06:54 AM
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August 24, 2008 - outside the stadium:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2801978288/" title="Shea Stadium by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2801978288_5fb2d6c250_o.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Shea Stadium"></a>
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themetfairy
Sep 29 2008 07:06 AM
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Amazing shots, as always.
I can't begin to challenge your acumen. But this is one of the favorite shots that I took yesterday. A Diamond Vision shot of Seaver and Piazza waving goodbye at the end of the closing ceremony -
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 03:42 PM
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2899365399/" title="Shea Stadium - The View from the Pier by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/2899365399_d4ac8a9dcb_o.jpg" width="1024" height="336" alt="Shea Stadium - The View from the Pier"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 03:43 PM
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2900207864/" title="Shea Stadium - Gate A by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/2900207864_83d21bd1c4_o.jpg" width="499" height="750" alt="Shea Stadium - Gate A"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 03:44 PM
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2899365519/" title="Shea Stadium - Gate E by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/2899365519_3eb981ac6d_o.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Shea Stadium - Gate E"></a>
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OlerudOwned
Sep 29 2008 03:44 PM
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It'll be weird, creaking up in the number 7 and not seeing Shea out of the left hand windows.
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 03:45 PM
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2899365567/" title="Shea Stadium - Gate D by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2899365567_70a56bdcb1_o.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Shea Stadium - Gate D"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 03:53 PM
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2899365607/" title="Shea Stadium - Gate B by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2899365607_c2bc9f0513_o.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Shea Stadium - Gate B"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 03:54 PM
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="OlerudOwned":301szm8j]It'll be weird, creaking up in the number 7 and not seeing Shea out of the left hand windows.[/quote:301szm8j]
Yes it will - I plan on going a couple of times to get shots while it's being torn down...
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 03:56 PM
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From yesterday's tailgate - A bottle of red... A bottle of white..
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2900208080/" title="Shea Stadium - A Bottle of Red... A bottle of White... by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/2900208080_5b11d175ed_o.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Shea Stadium - A Bottle of Red... A bottle of White..."></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 04:00 PM
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The last day....
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2900208232/" title="Shea Stadium - From the Mezzanine by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/2900208232_df5deefbc5_b.jpg" width="1024" height="227" alt="Shea Stadium - From the Mezzanine"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 04:19 PM
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I know this is a bad memory, but I think shooting from under the bleachers through the fence is a great angle:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2889495851/" title="Shea Stadium - Daniel Murphy by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3278/2889495851_9fef068f35_o.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Shea Stadium - Daniel Murphy"></a>
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G-Fafif
Sep 29 2008 05:41 PM
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Characteristically brilliant work.
The photos from Iubitul -- not Daniel Murphy's fielding.
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Rockin' Doc
Sep 29 2008 07:47 PM
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Great photos Iubitul.
What type of lenses are you using on your Nikon to get those wonderful pictures?
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seawolf17
Sep 29 2008 07:53 PM
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Post the Chad Bradford photo! I love your work.
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seawolf17
Sep 29 2008 07:55 PM
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="Iubitul":1jpkpfgy]August 24, 2008 - the starting lineup:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2802369062/" title="Shea Stadium - Starting Line up by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3037/2802369062_610bb1e721_o.jpg" width="1024" height="681" alt="Shea Stadium - Starting Line up"></a>[/quote:1jpkpfgy]
Well, shit. No wonder they lost that day, with two holes in the lineup. Fucking hell, Jerry.
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AG/DC
Sep 29 2008 09:31 PM
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="Iubitul":iznsgnu5]From yesterday's tailgate - A bottle of red... A bottle of white..
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2900208080/" title="Shea Stadium - A Bottle of Red... A bottle of White... by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/2900208080_5b11d175ed_o.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Shea Stadium - A Bottle of Red... A bottle of White..."></a>[/quote:iznsgnu5]
Doesn't white have to come in a translucent bottle?
Also, why is Reyes showing us a grip like h'es a pitcher?
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dgwphotography
Sep 29 2008 09:44 PM
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="AG/DC":1zipc92w]="Iubitul":1zipc92w]From yesterday's tailgate - A bottle of red... A bottle of white..
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2900208080/" title="Shea Stadium - A Bottle of Red... A bottle of White... by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/2900208080_5b11d175ed_o.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Shea Stadium - A Bottle of Red... A bottle of White..."></a>[/quote:1zipc92w]
Doesn't white have to come in a translucent bottle?
Also, why is Reyes showing us a grip like h'es a pitcher?[/quote:1zipc92w]
Yes, they are both reds - I was taking a little creative license with the title.
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themetfairy
Sep 30 2008 06:43 AM
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Schneider's Schardonnay was the only Met wine to come in white -
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Sep 30 2008 06:55 AM
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I understand now why our man was too polite to publish this without my permission.
Look what those bastards did to me!
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cooby
Sep 30 2008 07:01 AM
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="Iubitul":2k98iq8q]From yesterday's tailgate - A bottle of red... A bottle of white..
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2900208080/" title="Shea Stadium - A Bottle of Red... A bottle of White... by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/2900208080_5b11d175ed_o.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Shea Stadium - A Bottle of Red... A bottle of White..."></a>[/quote:2k98iq8q]
Cool, where can you get these?
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metirish
Sep 30 2008 07:04 AM
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Is that fleece you're wearing?
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themetfairy
Sep 30 2008 08:57 AM
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="cooby":zu6r3pgs]
Cool, where can you get these?[/quote:zu6r3pgs]
You can also ask your local liquor store whether they can order it. Mine only had the Abreu one over the summer, but on my request they stocked the Santana and Reyes wines.
But it's probably easier to order them from the link that Edgy gave you.
For the record, the wines are nice - very drinkable.
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themetfairy
Sep 30 2008 09:15 AM
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Willie Mays, touching home plate at Shea for the last time -
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themetfairy
Sep 30 2008 09:26 AM
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Dwight Gooden returns to Shea -
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themetfairy
Sep 30 2008 09:30 AM
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Seaver's final pitch at Shea -
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metsguyinmichigan
Sep 30 2008 09:34 AM
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Spectacular photos.
I hope the return of Gooden will lead to better things, such as his rightful spot in the Mets Hall of Fame.
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themetfairy
Sep 30 2008 09:35 AM
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Thanks :)
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Gwreck
Sep 30 2008 09:39 AM
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="John Cougar Lunchbucket":3nduyqav]Look what those bastards did to me![/quote:3nduyqav]
Forced you to wear a black Mets hat?
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AG/DC
Sep 30 2008 09:47 AM
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Yeah, that's some bad juju right there.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Sep 30 2008 09:49 AM
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Talk to the Mets. They only give away black hats, and I'm not the kinda guy who pays for hats.
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Benjamin Grimm
Sep 30 2008 10:00 AM
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Let's all chip in and buy Johnny a blue cap.
(Confession: I also own one of those black and blue Mets caps, as well as an all blue one and a classic Brooklyn Dodger cap. When I wear a baseball cap, it's always one of those three.)
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AG/DC
Sep 30 2008 10:06 AM
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Weren't we assured of Gooden's absence?
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dgwphotography
Sep 30 2008 10:19 AM
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hmmmmmmm.... breakfast....
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2901537157/" title="Shea Stadium - hmmmmmmm...Breakfast by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/2901537157_d81f8e3f35_o.jpg" width="500" height="752" alt="Shea Stadium - hmmmmmmm...Breakfast"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 30 2008 10:20 AM
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Shea goodbye
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2902378362/" title="Shea Stadium - Shea Goodbye by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/2902378362_93fa73ae9b_o.jpg" width="1024" height="681" alt="Shea Stadium - Shea Goodbye"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 30 2008 10:24 AM
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2902378530/" title="Shea Stadium - Upper Deck Panorama by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/2902378530_b317b70fb9_b.jpg" width="1024" height="301" alt="Shea Stadium - Upper Deck Panorama"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 30 2008 10:25 AM
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The last out...
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2901536905/" title="Shea Stadium - The Last Out by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/2901536905_1289fc7694_o.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Shea Stadium - The Last Out"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 30 2008 10:27 AM
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The last day - Gate E
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2902378662/" title="Shea Stadium Gate E by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/2902378662_51e8975452_o.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Shea Stadium Gate E"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 30 2008 10:28 AM
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The Last Day - Gate D
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2902378694/" title="Shea Stadium - Gate D by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/2902378694_246e477554_o.jpg" width="500" height="750" alt="Shea Stadium - Gate D"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 30 2008 10:29 AM
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2901537215/" title="Shea Stadium - Willets Pt. by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3064/2901537215_c950796471_o.jpg" width="1024" height="681" alt="Shea Stadium - Willets Pt."></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 30 2008 10:30 AM
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2902378718/" title="Shea Stadium - The last exit by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/2902378718_468ee98606_o.jpg" width="1024" height="681" alt="Shea Stadium - The last exit"></a>
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dgwphotography
Sep 30 2008 10:31 AM
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="AG/DC":3pbid56h]Weren't we assured of Gooden's absence?[/quote:3pbid56h]
I think that was changed on Friday - I had heard something about him beig there...
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Willets Point
Sep 30 2008 10:40 AM
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My pictures aren't as good as iubitul's so I accompanied them with some <a href="http://othemts.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/shea-stadium-a-personal-history/">stories and memories</a>.
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AG/DC
Sep 30 2008 10:49 AM
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You were at Banner Day 1987?
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themetfairy
Sep 30 2008 10:55 AM
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| ="Iubitul"]The last out...
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2901536905/" title="Shea Stadium - The Last Out by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/2901536905_1289fc7694_o.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Shea Stadium - The Last Out"></a> |
This is when it happened -
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themetfairy
Sep 30 2008 10:57 AM
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="Iubitul":329urlh7]hmmmmmmm.... breakfast....
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/2901537157/" title="Shea Stadium - hmmmmmmm...Breakfast by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/2901537157_d81f8e3f35_o.jpg" width="500" height="752" alt="Shea Stadium - hmmmmmmm...Breakfast"></a>[/quote:329urlh7]
Note the blue tarp in the top left corner.
It wasn't THE Blue Tarp. But there was a blue tarp on Sunday.
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themetfairy
Sep 30 2008 11:06 AM
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metirish
Sep 30 2008 11:10 AM
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="Willets Point":fqa8qmga]My pictures aren't as good as iubitul's so I accompanied them with some <a href="http://othemts.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/shea-stadium-a-personal-history/">stories and memories</a>.[/quote:fqa8qmga]
Great read , thanks for sharing.
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Willets Point
Sep 30 2008 11:10 AM
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="AG/DC":1gh9q5js]You were at Banner Day 1987?[/quote:1gh9q5js]
I didn't make a banner, but I attended the games.
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AG/DC
Sep 30 2008 11:11 AM
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I'm not sure, but I think that was the year I carried the winner.
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Willets Point
Sep 30 2008 11:14 AM
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Then I was watching you from the Upper Deck Sec. 29, Row D, Seat 12.
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themetfairy
Sep 30 2008 11:26 AM
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Cleon Jones, Tom Seaver and Al Leiter chatting during the closing ceremonies. Note how the players were wearing uniforms that corresponded with the eras when they played -
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themetfairy
Sep 30 2008 11:30 AM
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Doc, Straw and Yogi -
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themetfairy
Sep 30 2008 11:34 AM
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Seaver bowed to the crowd from in different directions, just like he did during the 1988 ceremony where the Mets retired his number -
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AG/DC
Sep 30 2008 11:36 AM
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| ="themetfairy"]Cleon Jones, Tom Seaver and Al Leiter chatting during the closing ceremonies. Note how the players were wearing uniforms that corresponded with the eras when they played -
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"Cleon, there's something I've got to ask you. When Don Buford caught up with that curve --- you know the one? ---- and sent it... Al, could you fuck off for minute?"
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Benjamin Grimm
Sep 30 2008 11:45 AM
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="themetfairy":2ndwmmpp]Note how the players were wearing uniforms that corresponded with the eras when they played -
[/quote:2ndwmmpp]
That was a nice touch. I don't know if I had ever really appreciated the color difference between the earlier cream-colored uniforms and the later bright white. It's funny how many shades of white there actually are.
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metirish
Sep 30 2008 11:46 AM
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I've got to watch that ceremony sometime , I did catch a bit of Darling speaking to the crowd .It seemed bizarre actually just seeing him out there talking like that.
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Benjamin Grimm
Sep 30 2008 12:06 PM
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You know, as a Mets fan roughly Al Leiter's age, I too would have a hard time not sticking my nose into a conversation between Tom Seaver and Cleon Jones.
I should have gone there in a vintage jersey and tried to blend in as a former Met. I mean, Richard Gephardt managed to sneak in as Wayne Garrett, and I think Sherman Helmsley did the same thing with a Felix Millan jersey.
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HahnSolo
Sep 30 2008 12:30 PM
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I caught some of Michael Kay on the radio yesterday and he brought Leiter on. Kay was incensed that Met fans booed Leiter when they announced him. I did notice some smattering of boos, but it's not like the entire crowd was on him.
Leiter responds by saying that he thought it was due to his now being a Yankee broadcaster. But then later in the interview he complains (with no details and no names) how he dislikes the organization and Mets management over the way his tenure ended. OK, fine. Then he goes on to relate how before the ceremony the other day, he was asking front office people (again, no names) what would happen if there was extra innings, telling them they can't make Willie and Yogi sit there all night. And there it is, I thought. Al again being the clubhouse lawyer and mouthpiece and not knowing when to leave well enough alone. No wonder people around the Mets (fans and front office alike) have a problem with the guy.
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AG/DC
Sep 30 2008 12:46 PM
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If I'm going to boo him, it'd be for going to MLB and proposing advertising on the uniforms.
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themetfairy
Sep 30 2008 12:56 PM
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I felt worse for George Foster.
Nobody should have been booed at the ceremony.
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Benjamin Grimm
Sep 30 2008 01:00 PM
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They booed George Foster? It was hard to tell sometimes watching on TV. I did hear a few scattered boos here and there but hopefully for each player the cheers outweighed the boos.
Booing George Foster is really low-class. He's been gone for 22 years now. Get over it.
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G-Fafif
Sep 30 2008 01:02 PM
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Leiter had a little grin when the boos came. He knew what it was about. Funny how comfortable he seemed slipping back into his Met persona -- just as comfortable as he was dishing/ripping management the next day. That's Al.
Foster being booed was both wrong and, if you take common decency out of the equation, almost appropriate. You want to celebrate Met tradition? In the '80s, he was traditionally booed (not by me, but I was outnumbered). I was mildly disappointed on '86 reunion night that Doug Sisk was applauded.
It's half a miracle that everything and everybody wasn't booed after the way Sunday's game ended and the long wait to get things going ceremonially speaking. What was with those frigging sandwich boards in the outfield? Make 'em just so! Then ignore 'em!
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dgwphotography
Sep 30 2008 01:10 PM
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="G-Fafif":sjy43t0v]What was with those frigging sandwich boards in the outfield? Make 'em just so! Then ignore 'em![/quote:sjy43t0v]
Something else to sell.
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G-Fafif
Sep 30 2008 01:14 PM
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="Iubitul":kt0a0awd]="G-Fafif":kt0a0awd]What was with those frigging sandwich boards in the outfield? Make 'em just so! Then ignore 'em![/quote:kt0a0awd]
Something else to sell.[/quote:kt0a0awd]
Y'know what? I think you're right.
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dgwphotography
Sep 30 2008 01:18 PM
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="Willets Point":332mlpn4]My pictures aren't as good as iubitul's so I accompanied them with some <a href="http://othemts.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/shea-stadium-a-personal-history/">stories and memories</a>.[/quote:332mlpn4]
I knew it! Willets is Avi!
Seriously, good stuff - I was at banner day in 1987, too - I have some pictures to dig up...
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cooby
Sep 30 2008 02:21 PM
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="AG/DC":3c3yosho]http://www.charitywines.com/home.html[/quote:3c3yosho]
Neat, I wish they had Penn State vintage
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Willets Point
Sep 30 2008 02:36 PM
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="seawolf17":1nvfku7y]The Mets, inspired, go on to lose 4-2.[/quote:1nvfku7y]
Mwahahaha.
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themetfairy
Sep 30 2008 06:48 PM
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Tom Seaver and Mr. Met revealing Number 1 -
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themetfairy
Sep 30 2008 07:01 PM
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| ="G-Fafif"]Leiter had a little grin when the boos came. He knew what it was about. Funny how comfortable he seemed slipping back into his Met persona -- just as comfortable as he was dishing/ripping management the next day. That's Al.
Foster being booed was both wrong and, if you take common decency out of the equation, almost appropriate. You want to celebrate Met tradition? In the '80s, he was traditionally booed (not by me, but I was outnumbered). I was mildly disappointed on '86 reunion night that Doug Sisk was applauded.
It's half a miracle that everything and everybody wasn't booed after the way Sunday's game ended and the long wait to get things going ceremonially speaking. What was with those frigging sandwich boards in the outfield? Make 'em just so! Then ignore 'em! |
Even Mr. Met was booed when he took down Number 1 to reveal this -
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Gwreck
Sep 30 2008 07:02 PM
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People weren't booing Mr. Met.
They were booing Citi Field.
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Kong76
Sep 30 2008 07:07 PM
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Agreed, it was obnoxious that a zero wasn't there and that stupid logo was.
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themetfairy
Sep 30 2008 07:28 PM
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="Gwreck":3rrhrm7m]People weren't booing Mr. Met.
They were booing Citi Field.[/quote:3rrhrm7m]
True.
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batmagadanleadoff
Sep 30 2008 08:04 PM
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="themetfairy":1vx5k0gu]Note how the players were wearing uniforms that corresponded with the eras when they played.[/quote:1vx5k0gu]
I was pleasantly surprised to see this. The Mets are more likely than not to cheap it up one way or another with these kind of ceremonies. Do you remember one particular '69 Mets reunion Old Timers Game? The players were given trucker style baseball caps.
It appears though, that they incorrectly gave Willie Mays the same flannelly jersey the '60's Mets wore. In 1972, the Mets had switched to the modern stretch polyester uniform fabric. Mays never wore the flannelly Mets uniform.
I'm going by memory here, but Mays would've been the only invitee that should've worn the polyestery 72-77 uniform. Dave Kingman, for example, had a second stint as a Met in the early '80's, and was given the two button uni that the Mets wore during their bad period. Other polyester 72-77 Mets, like Cleon and Garrett and Seaver and Yogi were also Mets before 1972, and so were able to wear the flannel '60's without violating the accuracy of the presentation.
Was this an oversight or did the Mets cheap it up on grounds that it wasn't cost efficient (by what -- a hundred bucks?) to produce just one 72-77 uni?
I also noticed that the only '90's Mets invited were also associated with the 2000 pennant winners. There were no pure '90's Mets present. (Edgardo Alfonzo, for example, was primarily a '90's Met, but not exclusively).
Nobody there wore the button down racing stripes of 91-92 or the underlined Mets unis of 93-94. Nobody there wore my all time favorite Met unis, the 95-97 unis. Personally, I would have liked to see Anthony Young, among many many others, take a bow, just for the irony of it.
[u:1vx5k0gu]On Edit[/u:1vx5k0gu]: Felix Millan belonged in a 72-77 poly uni. Does anyone remember which uni he wore during the ceremonies?
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SteveJRogers
Sep 30 2008 08:14 PM
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I thought they should have had Franco represent that entire bridge between the 86ers and the Piazza era by wearing the 1986 style jersey and his old 31. For one as bml said, there was no onelse representing that era, and it really was Franco's peak as a Met closer. Hell, he had lost his closing job by the time 1999 rolled around.
Thought it was slightly strange to see Foster in the 1982 style as that was the only year he wore them as a Met.
Though it probably doesn't fit him anymore, it was nice to see Ed Kranepool don a jersey other than the last one he ever wore as a Met. I mean he was still wearing that yellowed 1979 home jersey during the 1994 1969 tribute!
Speaking of 1969. Next year, 40th Anniversary, boy it will be weird seeing them celebrate it when the place where so many of those great moments will be a parking lot.
FWIW since 1988 was never recognized, despite 1973 being honored at all the big milestone years, I guess the 99-00 squad will get a nice big combo bash (I hope anyway, it'd be the only way John Olerud returns) in 2010 for their ten year anniversary of the NL Champs.
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batmagadanleadoff
Sep 30 2008 08:16 PM
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Franco debuted as a Met in 1990. Why would he wear an '86 jersey? Do you think that the actual '86 Mets would want this? This makes no sense.
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seawolf17
Sep 30 2008 08:21 PM
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What "pure 90s" Mets would you have wanted there? Bonilla? Jeff Kent? Vince Coleman? Those teams kinda sucked. Maybe Bernard Gilkey or Charlie O would have been cool.
I'd vote for Pete Harnisch, but that's just my personal bias.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Sep 30 2008 08:24 PM
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I always thought Butch Huskey was kinda Metly and 90sish.
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batmagadanleadoff
Sep 30 2008 08:27 PM
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I'm not hung up at all on the idea that pure '90's Mets needed to be invited. I was only noticing though. But since you asked, Olerud for sure. I already mentioned Anthony Young. Todd Hundley. (Was there an issue with Hundley? Maybe he was invited but couldn't attend. I can't remember.) I liked Saberhagen a lot even though he was a bit of an asshole.
You can't hold it against any Mets that their teams sucked. Otherwise, most of the invitees would've had to have been uninvited.
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SteveJRogers
Sep 30 2008 08:37 PM
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="batmagadanleadoff":1rti000y]Franco debuted as a Met in 1990. Why would he wear an '86 jersey? Do you think that the actual '86 Mets would want this? This makes no sense.[/quote:1rti000y]
1986 style, eh save for the change in pullover to button down and stitched on lettering instead of a nameplate for the NOB remained through 1992. While I agree that the style that came after the tail and before the black shadow and the snow white tops was a great style, Franco really wasn't Franco during those years.
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batmagadanleadoff
Sep 30 2008 08:43 PM
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="SteveJRogers":2b4tvqa5]="batmagadanleadoff":2b4tvqa5]Franco debuted as a Met in 1990. Why would he wear an '86 jersey? Do you think that the actual '86 Mets would want this? This makes no sense.[/quote:2b4tvqa5]
1986 style, eh save for the change in pullover to button down and stitched on lettering instead of a nameplate for the NOB [/quote:2b4tvqa5]
You forgot the anniversary patch the 86 Mets wore. That's what mainly distinguished the 86 uni from the 90 uni. You're right about the stitched on lettering, though.
If you wanna get hyper technical, the 1990 unis had the Rawlings logo on the right sleeve. The 86 unis had no Mfr. logo on the sleeves.
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Frayed Knot
Sep 30 2008 08:43 PM
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The more I read this board the more I realize that virtually everyone knows and cares about uniforms A LOT more than I do.
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SteveJRogers
Sep 30 2008 08:48 PM
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="seawolf17":19bd7ajf]What "pure 90s" Mets would you have wanted there? Bonilla? Jeff Kent? Vince Coleman? Those teams kinda sucked. Maybe Bernard Gilkey or Charlie O would have been cool.
I'd vote for Pete Harnisch, but that's just my personal bias.[/quote:19bd7ajf]
Hmmm, not saying I'd want them there, just saying it is odd to see Franco as a representative of the 1998-2001 Mets with Piazza, Zeile, Leiter, Ventura and Alfonzo. Granted he was there, and was the "captain" but I prefer remembering Franco with his # 31 jersey during the "Worst Team Money Can Buy" era.
Put it this way, it would be exactly like seeing Kranepool in a replica of his 1979 home jersey out there. Just doesn't seem right even though he was there.
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SteveJRogers
Sep 30 2008 08:52 PM
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="batmagadanleadoff":3fgsp7nc]="SteveJRogers":3fgsp7nc]="batmagadanleadoff":3fgsp7nc]Franco debuted as a Met in 1990. Why would he wear an '86 jersey? Do you think that the actual '86 Mets would want this? This makes no sense.[/quote:3fgsp7nc]
1986 style, eh save for the change in pullover to button down and stitched on lettering instead of a nameplate for the NOB [/quote:3fgsp7nc]
You forgot the anniversary patch the 86 Mets wore. That's what mainly distinguished the 86 uni from the 90 uni. You're right about the stitched on lettering, though.
If you wanna get hyper technical, the 1990 unis had the Rawlings logo on the right sleeve. The 86 unis had no Mfr. logo on the sleeves.[/quote:3fgsp7nc]
I didn't notice that the versions of the unis the 86ers were wearing out there had the actual 1986 jersey patch. Course they could have been wearing what they got (except for Doc of course) back in 2006, but the point was more the same style THAT the 1986ers were wearing at the ceremony. Not an actual 1986 Franco # 31 jersey that obviously only would be a Cincy Red jersey!
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batmagadanleadoff
Sep 30 2008 08:57 PM
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The 86 Mets had the anniversary patch, and what appears to be a Majestic Mfr. Logo. The real 86 unis were manufactured by Rawlings; the sleeves were logoless. Mitchell & Ness made the flannelly '60's unis for Shea Goodbye. Apparently, more than one mfr. was involved in producing the various retro jerseys.
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AG/DC
Sep 30 2008 09:21 PM
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Pure 90s Mets I salute:
Rico Brogna
Eddie Murray
Todd Hundley, I guess
Jose Vizcaino
Jeff Kent
Mlicki
Manzanillo
Yoshii
While I'm in Japan, I salute Takashi Kashiwada, the man who opened Asia to the Mets.
Know who'd be a cool invite (and maybe the Countdown Like It Oughta Be thought of this)? Steve Chilcott.
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themetfairy
Oct 01 2008 02:24 AM
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Here are some pictures from Ralph Kiner Night (July 14, 2007).
The view of Citi Field from the Shea tunnel near Gate E -
Fans arriving from the subway -
Citi Field rising behind Shea -
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themetfairy
Oct 01 2008 02:27 AM
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Between the old and the new, before the September 14, 2008 Mr. Met Dash -
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themetfairy
Oct 01 2008 06:07 AM
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This is an old photo. How old? Pre-MiniKnight old - the kid in the backpack is his older brother, who is now significantly taller than I am, and the little girl is now off to college. Oh, and that's me in the middle.
In 1994 the Mets entered into a deal that included the installation of Nickelodeon's Extreme Baseball at Shea mini theme park just beyond right field. Living in the City with a 4-year-old and a toddler, ya gotta believe we made a lot of trips to that park. We were there for its opening, due to D-Dad's business connections, playing in the theme park along with some of the Mets who checked it out before that night's game (the only mar in that incredibly fun evening was the news that Dwight Gooden had entered rehab for the second time). When our planned baseball birthday party for our daughter at Shea (yes - there was a time in her life when she was actually into that kind of thing and didn't wince at the thought of baseball) was unworkable due to the strike, we amended the plan and had her party at the Nickelodeon park (for those of you who remember what Nickelodeon was into back then, you'll be amused to know that I was slimed. Slime is kind of like green vanilla pudding with an odd consistency...). This picture, though, was taken at a more routine time. We were at the park one afternoon (possibly 4th of July) and took a tour of Shea that included the clubhouse and the field. The kids and I sat in the Mets dugout while D-Dad took this picture. I generally hate having my picture taken, but this was an occasion that was worthy of an exception -
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themetfairy
Oct 01 2008 06:12 AM
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This is a picture that iubitul took. D-Dad, a couple of friends and I had just completed the Run to Home Plate. We're in the Shea outfield, and the picture was taken above from the Picnic Area -
(Psst - iubitul - did you ever scan the other photos from that day? There are a couple that would be fun to post if you did).
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G-Fafif
Oct 01 2008 06:19 AM
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Not a photo-related comment but regarding invitees, Todd Hundley did receive a shoutout from Howie Rose when he ran down the list of those who couldn't be with us today. I was struck that the mostly dismal 1991-1996 Mets were represented by John Franco and nobody else, essentially. HoJo, Sid and Doc played on those teams, but aren't associated with them. Fonzie came up in '95, but he is a part of the postseason teams that came later in the mind's eye. So is Franco, I guess.
Only because they went to the trouble of tracking down Doug Flynn, Craig Swan and John Stearns (and Mazzilli, I suppose, though he has '86 bona fides), did I get a little hung up on there not being a Rico Brogna (good fit, I hear), a Lance Johnson, or, as suggested, the Anthony Young.
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themetfairy
Oct 01 2008 06:19 AM
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MK hanging out with some friends during a Mets Fan Club for Kids clinic. I think this was in 2005 -
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themetfairy
Oct 01 2008 06:39 AM
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On the day I bought my good camera, I took this shot of David Wright connecting for a homer -
Time will tell whether this was beginner's luck, but I'm happy with the shot.
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Benjamin Grimm
Oct 01 2008 07:19 AM
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="G-Fafif":2bw2zl3t]Not a photo-related comment but regarding invitees, Todd Hundley did receive a shoutout from Howie Rose when he ran down the list of those who couldn't be with us today. I was struck that the mostly dismal 1991-1996 Mets were represented by John Franco and nobody else, essentially. HoJo, Sid and Doc played on those teams, but aren't associated with them. Fonzie came up in '95, but he is a part of the postseason teams that came later in the mind's eye. So is Franco, I guess.
Only because they went to the trouble of tracking down Doug Flynn, Craig Swan and John Stearns (and Mazzilli, I suppose, though he has '86 bona fides), did I get a little hung up on there not being a Rico Brogna (good fit, I hear), a Lance Johnson, or, as suggested, the Anthony Young.[/quote:2bw2zl3t]
I was thinking along similar lines this morning in the car. There weren't many players present whose careers were strictly in the lean years and the in-between years. There were a few guys from the 1960's, like Frank Thomas, and 70's guys like Flynn, Swan, Stearns, and Kingman, but overall, very few of the returnees were guys who didn't appear in a World Series for the Mets.
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batmagadanleadoff
Oct 01 2008 09:50 AM
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="G-Fafif":1bl0kw4g]Only because they went to the trouble of tracking down Doug Flynn, Craig Swan and John Stearns (and Mazzilli, I suppose, though he has '86 bona fides), did I get a little hung up on there not being a Rico Brogna (good fit, I hear), a Lance Johnson, or, as suggested, the Anthony Young.[/quote:1bl0kw4g]
Though I would've liked to see Anthony Young walk onto the Shea field last Sunday, as I already mentioned, I did not reasonably expect to see him. Until George Theodore was announced. Once The Stork was delivered, I thought that anything was possible and that everyone was in play. But not Bobby Bonilla.
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G-Fafif
Oct 01 2008 10:05 AM
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="batmagadanleadoff":36rnfjz9]="G-Fafif":36rnfjz9]Only because they went to the trouble of tracking down Doug Flynn, Craig Swan and John Stearns (and Mazzilli, I suppose, though he has '86 bona fides), did I get a little hung up on there not being a Rico Brogna (good fit, I hear), a Lance Johnson, or, as suggested, the Anthony Young.[/quote:36rnfjz9]
Though I would've liked to see Anthony Young walk onto the Shea field last Sunday, as I already mentioned, I did not reasonably expect to see him. Until George Theodore was announced. Once The Stork was delivered, I thought that anything was possible and that everyone was in play. But not Bobby Bonilla.[/quote:36rnfjz9]
Shea Amnesty could have been the theme and everybody but Vince Coleman could have been welcomed and absolved. I could have applauded Bonilla. I could have applauded Alomar. I could have applauded Hebner just for old times' sake. I think, if sufficiently intoxicated, I could have applauded Glavine. But not Vince Coleman.
A.Y., however, needed no amnesty. He was always treated well amid the disaster that went down around him. It would have been a classy Storklike move.
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themetfairy
Oct 01 2008 02:26 PM
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MiniKnight's first game at Shea -
I love how D-Dad caught Mr. Met's pixelated image smiling and waving on the scoreboard in the background.
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metsguyinmichigan
Oct 01 2008 08:40 PM
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That's Mr. Met bestowing his blessing!
Awesome shot!
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themetfairy
Oct 01 2008 09:01 PM
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D-Dad says thanks :)
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soupcan
Oct 02 2008 08:58 AM
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Not a Shea photo per se but still...
I was looking through a box of crap in my attic and came across a Mets scorecard from 1985. I thought 'how cool would it be if this was from opening day and I actually scored it?'.
I opened it up and guess what - it was and I did. Surprising to me because that opener I drove down from Syracuse with about 6-7 fraternity brothers and sat in the bitter cold of the upper deck. I'm sure I was drunk and my hands were frozen. In those days though I did score pretty much every game I went to.
I checked UMDB against my log and I didn't do a half-bad job...
Heep appears in the boxscore but not on my card, until you look closer - In the 7th it appears Heep was announced but I suppose Whitey replaced Campbell with Hassler for the lefty/righty thing so John Christensen took the AB. You can see that I wrote Heep's name but then crossed it out.
Why was Davey PH-ing Heep for Straw though? Game was tied 5-5 men on first and second 2 out. What am I not seeing or remembering?
Also - Note that Staub pinch-hit in the 9th and Darling ran for him.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Oct 02 2008 09:10 AM
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Holy shit, nice handwriting. Are you an architect?
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soupcan
Oct 02 2008 09:11 AM
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Oh gosh really? Thanks.
Its usually much neater, I was kind of embarassed to post it because I thought it was pretty sloppy.
Not an architect but an illustrator in a previous life.
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batmagadanleadoff
Oct 02 2008 09:13 AM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 02 2008 09:15 AM
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Strawberry opened the 1985 season hurt. His opening day start was in question and he did not play at all in the Mets next game. He missed a significant amount of playing time in 1985 to injuries.
May I ask what frat you belonged to?
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Centerfield
Oct 02 2008 09:13 AM
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| ="themetfairy"]MiniKnight's first game at Shea -
I love how D-Dad caught Mr. Met's pixelated image smiling and waving on the scoreboard in the background. |
That's amazing. MK already looks like himself.
Not sure if that made any sense.
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batmagadanleadoff
Oct 02 2008 09:17 AM
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How come my post above displays a "last edited" note even though this is the very next post?
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soupcan
Oct 02 2008 09:19 AM
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| ="batmagadanleadoff"]May I ask what frat you belonged to? |
Thanks for the Strawberry answer.
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HahnSolo
Oct 02 2008 09:21 AM
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="soupcan":3uc7yjo2] In those days though I did score pretty much every game I went to.[/quote:3uc7yjo2]
You scored in the Shea upper deck? I should hang out at more games with you.
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metirish
Oct 02 2008 09:24 AM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 02 2008 09:25 AM
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Brilliant posts from metfairy and soup...MF , the Mets cap looks over sized....what happened?
Great score card soup , I scored my first game ever this season, in the second to last row up top behind home plate. It didn't look anything like yours though...
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soupcan
Oct 02 2008 09:24 AM
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="HahnSolo":2y3lkhxq]You scored in the Shea upper deck? I should hang out at more games with you.[/quote:2y3lkhxq]
It was a looooong time ago.
Its in me but its been hibernating for a while.
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batmagadanleadoff
Oct 02 2008 09:29 AM
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="soupcan":3jnfvsp6]Thanks for the Strawberry answer.[/quote:3jnfvsp6]
That's on Comstock, with a lot of other frat houses, right?
Did you see my [url=http://cranepoolforum.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=10296&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=sherman+douglas:3jnfvsp6]Sherman Douglas post[/url:3jnfvsp6] from a few days ago?
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soupcan
Oct 02 2008 09:32 AM
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Yup. 721 Comstock to be exact.
I did see the Douglas post, you were right.
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batmagadanleadoff
Oct 02 2008 09:33 AM
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Back on topic.
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Frayed Knot
Oct 02 2008 09:34 AM
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| ="batmagadanleadoff"]Strawberry opened the 1985 season hurt. His opening day start was in question and he did not play at all in the Mets next game. He missed a significant amount of playing time in 1985 to injuries. |
Most of his missed time was on account of when he rolled over on his thumb making a catch in a game I was at - in mid-May I think it was.
| ]How come my post above displays a "last edited" note even though this is the very next post? |
All that means is that you edited something in that post after the thread was active again.
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batmagadanleadoff
Oct 02 2008 09:39 AM
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="Frayed Knot":nd2dud0e]="batmagadanleadoff":nd2dud0e]Strawberry opened the 1985 season hurt. His opening day start was in question and he did not play at all in the Mets next game. He missed a significant amount of playing time in 1985 to injuries.[/quote:nd2dud0e]
Most of his missed time was on account of when he rolled over on his thumb making a catch in a game I was at - in mid-May I think it was. [/quote:nd2dud0e]
You're right. But he opened the season with a nagging injury as well. I have the video of that complete game. I'll try and find it but it may take me a while, because I haven't converted that tape to disc. My old VHS's are a disorganized mess.
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dgwphotography
Oct 02 2008 09:43 AM
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Soup - that's great stuff. I was sitting down underneath in the loge that day.
Freaking Hernandez - strikes out in a big spot leading off the top of the 10th. So unclutch.
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batmagadanleadoff
Oct 02 2008 09:49 AM
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="Frayed Knot":itaev3d1]All that means is that you edited something in that post after the thread was active again.[/quote:itaev3d1]
What do you mean by "thread was active again"? Based on experience, I thought that the "last edited" notation was activated only if the post was edited after someone else posted a subsequent message.
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soupcan
Oct 02 2008 09:55 AM
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="batmagadanleadoff":2of6od08]What do you mean by "thread was active again"? Based on experience, I thought that the "last edited" notation was activated only if the post was edited after someone else posted a subsequent message.[/quote:2of6od08]
You edited at 11:15. CF posted at 11:13.
OE: No, I'm wrong. That's weird.
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batmagadanleadoff
Oct 02 2008 10:01 AM
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="soupcan":3pdd5j9f]="batmagadanleadoff":3pdd5j9f]What do you mean by "thread was active again"? Based on experience, I thought that the "last edited" notation was activated only if the post was edited after someone else posted a subsequent message.[/quote:3pdd5j9f]
You edited at 11:15. CF posted at 11:13[/quote:3pdd5j9f]
I dunno about that. When I originally posted that message, it appeared after CF's post. Why would my subsequent minute later edit appear based on an unedited post showing prior to my post, and thus, prior to my edit?
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batmagadanleadoff
Oct 02 2008 10:02 AM
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="soupcan":2yeh8i49]OE: No, I'm wrong. That's weird.[/quote:2yeh8i49]
Now you get it.
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themetfairy
Oct 02 2008 10:38 AM
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="Centerfield"]| ="themetfairy"]MiniKnight's first game at Shea -
I love how D-Dad caught Mr. Met's pixelated image smiling and waving on the scoreboard in the background. |
That's amazing. MK already looks like himself.
Not sure if that made any sense. |
It makes sense. He's recognizable, even at three weeks old.
Irish - I'm not sure what was up with the hat. That soon after a C-section I thought I was doing well getting dressed at all ;)
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seawolf17
Oct 02 2008 12:03 PM
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Actually, as long as the message has been read at least once, then it gets the "edited" tag.
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batmagadanleadoff
Oct 02 2008 02:26 PM
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="seawolf17":neearbs2]Actually, as long as the message has been read at least once, then it gets the "edited" tag.[/quote:neearbs2]
I'm not convinced because I know for sure that on occasion, I have edited some of my messages as much as a day after posting them. So long as my message in question was always the last one in the thread, the "last edited" note was never triggered. I know that others read the post after it was posted but prior to my edit based on the page view count. So based on my personal use, merely reading a post wouldn't be enough to trigger the edited notation if that post was ever to be edited.
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AG/DC
Oct 02 2008 02:31 PM
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How about if somebody else had already hit the response button, even if they hadn't submitted?
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Frayed Knot
Oct 02 2008 02:34 PM
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I think the mods should just confess that they're monitoring all of BatMags movements and activities.
Nothing personal mind you, just be careful what you say in the bathroom. You never know who's listening.
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batmagadanleadoff
Oct 02 2008 02:47 PM
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="Frayed Knot":1klmkujp]I think the mods should just confess that they're monitoring all of BatMags movements and activities.
Nothing personal mind you, just be careful what you say in the bathroom. You never know who's listening.[/quote:1klmkujp]
That's what I always thought. Do you know that my avatar disappeared mysteriously? And that the feature that would allow me to simply submit another avatar is missing from my control panel or whatever it's called? What do you make of that, huh?
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dgwphotography
Oct 02 2008 02:55 PM
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I don't remember if I've posted this one before:
Fireworks Night, July 3, 2006:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/340787422/" title="Fireworks Over Shea Stadium by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/340787422_a6a9bfcc94_o.jpg" width="800" height="531" alt="Fireworks Over Shea Stadium"></a>
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soupcan
Oct 02 2008 03:02 PM
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Wow.
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cooby
Oct 02 2008 03:37 PM
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="soupcan":1twkt7gk]
In those days though I did score pretty much every game I went to.[/quote:1twkt7gk]
HAHAHAH, I am sure though that by now somebody else has already beaten me to this line, I'll go back and look
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cooby
Oct 02 2008 03:40 PM
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Yep!
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themetfairy
Oct 02 2008 03:50 PM
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="Iubitul":2bej8qlv]I don't remember if I've posted this one before:
Fireworks Night, July 3, 2006:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/340787422/" title="Fireworks Over Shea Stadium by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/340787422_a6a9bfcc94_o.jpg" width="800" height="531" alt="Fireworks Over Shea Stadium"></a>[/quote:2bej8qlv]
Whether it's a rerun or not, it's gorgeous.
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soupcan
Oct 02 2008 04:48 PM
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="cooby":1hpi6tfp]="soupcan":1hpi6tfp]
In those days though I did score pretty much every game I went to.[/quote:1hpi6tfp]
HAHAHAH, I am sure though that by now somebody else has already beaten me to this line, I'll go back and look[/quote:1hpi6tfp]
DOH!
I didn't realize HahnSolo was taking the piss!
I'm a moron.
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metsguyinmichigan
Oct 02 2008 07:27 PM
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="themetfairy":2i6sr6pi]="Iubitul":2i6sr6pi]I don't remember if I've posted this one before:
Fireworks Night, July 3, 2006:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/340787422/" title="Fireworks Over Shea Stadium by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/340787422_a6a9bfcc94_o.jpg" width="800" height="531" alt="Fireworks Over Shea Stadium"></a>[/quote:2i6sr6pi]
Whether it's a rerun or not, it's gorgeous.[/quote:2i6sr6pi]
Clearly you're too good at this for it to just be a hobby. Are you a professional? I'm just in awe. I snapped shots of some of the same small details that you did -- like the little NYs in the grates around the trees -- yet you picked a really cool, unconventional angle to shoot it. Beautiful and creative.
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dgwphotography
Oct 03 2008 12:32 AM
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Clearly you're too good at this for it to just be a hobby. Are you a professional? I'm just in awe. I snapped shots of some of the same small details that you did -- like the little NYs in the grates around the trees -- yet you picked a really cool, unconventional angle to shoot it. Beautiful and creative. |
Thanks metsguy. I'm not a professional, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night...
Seriously, it's a hobby - I'm a web developer by trade. But, it's also a passion that centers me. I can have a completely lousy day at work, but if I get to spend 15 productive minutes behind my camera, I'm completely relaxed and centered...
Here's a couple of oldies. Please ignore the quality - my film scanner isn't working, so I had to scan the prints on a flatbed...
July 4, 1986 - Nolan Ryan pitching to Gary Carter:
September 18, 1986 - The best part of this pic is Backman's expression. Hungover much?
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Oct 03 2008 05:46 AM
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Just look how much better those old shots look without Keyspan signs, giant dunkin donuts cups, too-dark blue paint, etc etc.
This thread is going to make me dig out what I can find, but I'll start with this classikc:
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batmagadanleadoff
Oct 03 2008 08:24 AM
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="Iubitul":1jek1hyd]I don't remember if I've posted this one before:
Fireworks Night, July 3, 2006:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgwphotography/340787422/" title="Fireworks Over Shea Stadium by dgwphotography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/340787422_a6a9bfcc94_o.jpg" width="800" height="531" alt="Fireworks Over Shea Stadium"></a>[/quote:1jek1hyd]
I was surprised to read that you're not a pro. Professional is the first word that came to my mind when I saw this beautiful picture of Shea with the fireworks.
Where were you sitting (or standing) when you took the picture of Carter batting against Ryan?
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AG/DC
Oct 03 2008 08:33 AM
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If I remember him describing that photo last year, he put his camera down, satisfied he got the shot he wanted, and noticed the Mets team photographer right next to him going for the same shot.
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seawolf17
Oct 03 2008 08:34 AM
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Lost in that shot is the kid in the Wright shirt, bottom right corner, watching the fireworks. A nice touch.
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dgwphotography
Oct 03 2008 11:56 AM
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="batmagadanleadoff":2duv67l2]Where were you sitting (or standing) when you took the picture of Carter batting against Ryan?[/quote:2duv67l2]
Thanks :-) I was able to sneak down to the first row behind home plate - got a lot of good shots that were on KC's site.
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dgwphotography
Oct 03 2008 12:04 PM
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="AG/DC":1gfkczpr]If I remember him describing that photo last year, he put his camera down, satisfied he got the shot he wanted, and noticed the Mets team photographer right next to him going for the same shot.[/quote:1gfkczpr]
That was the first time I shot the fireworks, back in 1990. They had a photo contest sponsored by Kodak every year - I had won in the memorabilia category in 1989, and had my picture in the 1990 yearbook. So, I had the idea to try and shoot the fireworks that July - that's when I ran into Marc Lavine. When the 1991 yearbook came, and I saw his fireworks shot on the cover, I knew there was no way that mine made it into the yearbook.
There's a post script to that story: I ran into Marc again in 2006. I snuck around to behind home plate in loge to take pictures of Mike Pelfrey in his ML debut. Marc was standing in the walkway right next to me. A security guard came over and started giving Marc a hard time about standing there. I leaned over the railing and asked him, "What, doesn't he recognize you?" Gotta love the security at Shea.
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metsguyinmichigan
Oct 03 2008 05:48 PM
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I love the wallpaper shot of Reyes as a B-Met!
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SteveJRogers
Oct 03 2008 06:25 PM
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="Iubitul":2lf7a8xg] They had a photo contest sponsored by Kodak every year - I had won in the memorabilia category in 1989, and had my picture in the 1990 yearbook.[/quote:2lf7a8xg]
I'm shocked that a Nikonian like you would stoop so low as to enter a contest run by Kodak!
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dgwphotography
Oct 03 2008 06:43 PM
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="SteveJRogers":38evkptp]="Iubitul":38evkptp] They had a photo contest sponsored by Kodak every year - I had won in the memorabilia category in 1989, and had my picture in the 1990 yearbook.[/quote:38evkptp]
I'm shocked that a Nikonian like you would stoop so low as to enter a contest run by Kodak!
=;)[/quote:38evkptp]
Film, Steve. Film. I loved Kodak 64 slide film.
Actually, starting in 1995, Kodak offered the [url=http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/products/cameras/dcs460/dcs460.jhtml:38evkptp]DCS460[/url:38evkptp]. It was a 6mp digital camera which used a Nikon N90s SLR for the body.
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soupcan
Oct 03 2008 09:07 PM
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="Iubitul":2hzt6uz2]That was the first time I shot the fireworks, back in 1990. They had a photo contest sponsored by Kodak every year - I had won in the memorabilia category in 1989, and had my picture in the 1990 yearbook. [/quote:2hzt6uz2]
So I read this and flipped through my '90 yearbook - holy cow - is (was) all that stuff in the picture yours?
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G-Fafif
Oct 04 2008 04:04 AM
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I ran back to the '90 yearbook as well and was quite impressed with the collection as well as the photograph. A copy of "Nails" even! I'll bet Lenny Dykstra never read it.
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dgwphotography
Oct 04 2008 05:28 AM
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Thanks guys. Yes, all that stuff in the picture is mine, and that collection has only grown... Of course I have a copy of Nails, my wife was such a big Dykstra fan, she even, gulp, rooted for the Phillies for a while when he got traded...
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soupcan
Oct 06 2008 07:57 AM
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Taken on Opening Day 1987...
Notice that there are no neon players on Shea yet.
Sorry about the quality - haven't figured out the best settings for photos on the scanner yet.
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metirish
Oct 06 2008 08:06 AM
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Those are great pictures soup , maybe it's the contrast but it looks cold and bleak that day.Is that guy wearing a batting helmet?
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DocTee
Oct 06 2008 08:07 AM
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If you hadn't told me those were from 1987, I'd ve guessed they were from a decade earlier (based on the vehicles in the parking lot).
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AG/DC
Oct 06 2008 08:08 AM
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Old school. That's how Met fans roll.
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soupcan
Oct 06 2008 08:15 AM
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="metirish":1lvfa5e8]Those are great pictures soup , maybe it's the contrast but it looks cold and bleak that day.Is that guy wearing a batting helmet?[/quote:1lvfa5e8]
Cold and bleak - yes.
Batting helmet - yes.
="DocTee":1lvfa5e8]If you hadn't told me those were from 1987, I'd ve guessed they were from a decade earlier (based on the vehicles in the parking lot).[/quote:1lvfa5e8]
I agree - isn't it funny how its always the cars in photos that give a person a sense of the age of the picture?
="AG/DC":1lvfa5e8]Old school. That's how Met fans roll.[/quote:1lvfa5e8]
Damn skippy.
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soupcan
Oct 06 2008 08:31 AM
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Notice no skyline on the scoreboard.
Round cut-outs in foul territory on either side of the plate. Never knew what those were for until I watched a DVD of game 4 of the '69 Series. During player intros before the game, Cuellar was warming up in it, tossing from there.
Can you see straw-hat, hand-rolling lady in the front row behind homeplate? That's before they added the additional VIP seats and effectively put her 10 or so rows back.
What the heck's going on at second base?
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AG/DC
Oct 06 2008 08:37 AM
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I like the life-size bendable plastic Keith Hernandez figure out there.
Nothing says "dreary opening day" like Ralph Kiner walking alone through the shade in his raincoat.
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soupcan
Oct 06 2008 09:06 AM
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You think that's Ralph? I was going to guess Cashen.
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metirish
Oct 06 2008 09:07 AM
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I was thinking M. Donald Grant .
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soupcan
Oct 06 2008 09:08 AM
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He was long gone by then.
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metirish
Oct 06 2008 09:08 AM
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Of course he wasn't even with the mets then...never mind me.
Actually I meant Nelson Doubleday but I'm still probably wrong.
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soupcan
Oct 06 2008 09:23 AM
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That could be Nelson. I don't think his hair was completely white yet in '87.
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batmagadanleadoff
Oct 06 2008 09:24 AM
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I think it's Cashen, though it's hard to tell. I don't think it's Kiner; that's not Ralph's way of walking.
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AG/DC
Oct 06 2008 09:26 AM
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Funny, I think that's exactly what makes him look Kineriffic.
Funnier still is that I doubt either of us has seen Kiner walk more than a handful of times, but we both have a distinctive impression.
Among other reasons, I think it's Ralph because he appears to be coming from a press scrum.
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batmagadanleadoff
Oct 06 2008 09:31 AM
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Maybe not, but it was surely on its way. That was the first game back since Wilpon wrested away Nelson's controlling interest in the club.
Straw and Keith went at each other that Spring. Doc was in Smithers and at age 22, would never be consistently great again. Backman's "forty fuckin' car crashes" was already proving prophetic figuratively, if not literally.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Oct 06 2008 09:41 AM
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I would guess Doubleday.
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themetfairy
Oct 06 2008 09:50 AM
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A couple of pictures from the 1987 opener -
Opening ceremonies -
First Pitch -
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Oct 06 2008 09:57 AM
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Check out skinny Barry
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soupcan
Oct 06 2008 10:00 AM
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Nice ones Fairy.
Apparently you had much better seats than me...
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AG/DC
Oct 06 2008 10:00 AM
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I like the area around the apple hat, strewn with empty crates and lurking hoods.
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metirish
Oct 06 2008 10:03 AM
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I like how metfairy's picture helps answer who the people out in center field are in the picture soup posted, kind of cool that two members can post similar pictures for the same opening day in 1987.
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Farmer Ted
Oct 06 2008 10:09 AM
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Any photos of Banner Day in the archives? Those would a nice treat.
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themetfairy
Oct 06 2008 10:11 AM
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="soupcan":19xbemwi]Nice ones Fairy.
Apparently you had much better seats than me...[/quote:19xbemwi]
Thanks soup.
I worked for a law firm in 1987. There were only two good things about the job. One was my office (Empire State Building, 49th Floor, southern view) and the other was that the firm had season tickets and one of the partners would occasionally offer two of the seats to D-Dad and me.
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themetfairy
Oct 06 2008 11:23 AM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 06 2008 11:45 AM
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I went into the old photo albums to scan some pictures from 1994's Nickelodeon's Extreme Baseball at Shea experiment.
These are from the VIP Opening Party on June 28, 1994.
I have pictures of each of my kids at about age 2 with John Franco. This is the one with my older son -
We wouldn't have wanted to try to wipe the smile off of Bobby Bo's face -
Back in 1994, we had no reason to dislike Jose Vizcaino -
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themetfairy
Oct 06 2008 11:25 AM
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July 4, 1994. I previously posted the picture of myself with the kids in the dugout. Here are some other photos from that day.
From the stadium tour that we took that day -
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themetfairy
Oct 06 2008 11:30 AM
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Those of you who know my daughter now will be shocked to hear that there was a time she actually rooted for the Mets. We planned to have her 5th birthday at a game at Shea, but the plans were changed on account of strike. We had the birthday at the Nickelodeon park instead.
The birthday girl -
Cute cake -
If you remember Nickelodeon at the time, slime was a big thing. The birthday girl didn't want to be slimed herself, but wanted to slime her mom instead. Let it not be said that I've never done anything for that girl -
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metirish
Oct 06 2008 11:41 AM
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Absolutely classic , the clothes the uniforms , the sunglasses , everything. We need a thread for classic Mets and Shea pictures like these.
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Benjamin Grimm
Oct 06 2008 12:02 PM
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Benjamin Grimm
Oct 06 2008 12:03 PM
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I've been thinking of putting a Shea slideshow on the UMDB. I have a few pictures of my own of the "Shea experience" that I've taken over the last couple of years. Some with architectural details, some of fans crowding through the gates, etc. I've been meaning to ask for submissions of similar photos, and I guess this is as good a time and place as any to start. I'm more interested in "neutral" photos rather than those that feature smiling friends or family members.
Some of the photos posted in this thread would be great for that. If anyone who's posted any photos objects to the pictures being used in this manner, please let me know. (I intend to specifically ask permission to use any of these before I actually do so.)
A couple of weeks ago I created a prototype slide show. Take a peek if you like: http://www.ultimatemets.com/slidetest.php
Some day there will be similar slideshows available to all visitors, and they'll have individual themes. Right now I'm slowly putting together one that will capture the events surrounding the final day at Shea Stadium.
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themetfairy
Oct 06 2008 12:32 PM
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Nice slideshow BG.
And I have no objection if you'd like to use any photo that I've posted on the UMDB
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metirish
Oct 06 2008 12:34 PM
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I like the prototype, nice work.
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Fman99
Oct 06 2008 08:08 PM
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Great pictures MetFairy. How awesome to see those guys being good sports.
Man I loved that '99 squad.
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themetfairy
Oct 06 2008 08:23 PM
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They were a great bunch, for sure.
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cooby
Oct 06 2008 09:16 PM
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NICE
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seawolf17
Oct 07 2008 12:57 PM
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Funny photos. What a neat experience.
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themetfairy
Oct 07 2008 01:41 PM
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Thanks. It was surreal, and very cool :)
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soupcan
Oct 13 2008 07:27 AM
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[url=http://www.stadiumpage.com/stpages/shea_demo101208.html]No seats![/url]
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AG/DC
Oct 13 2008 07:44 AM
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Well, that one guy has a seat.
I think we can take him.
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metsguyinmichigan
Oct 13 2008 09:51 AM
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He's guarding the stop sign before the people from MeiGray come to pick it up for the auction.
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AG/DC
Oct 15 2008 09:44 PM
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Agh.
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themetfairy
Oct 16 2008 04:42 AM
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That one gave me a bad dream last night :(
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Benjamin Grimm
Oct 16 2008 08:13 AM
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I found this one the most painful:
<img src="http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q308/soupcan11/2939827592_f385dd5ab9_o.jpg" height="300">
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metirish
Oct 16 2008 08:14 AM
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Great pictures , thanks soup.
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metirish
Oct 16 2008 08:50 AM
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Great song edgy , a blast form the past.
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dgwphotography
Oct 16 2008 09:01 AM
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I think I'm going through the anger phase of mourning.
I'm sure I'll come around, but right now, I just so angry over everything regarding the dismantling of Shea, and the move to his corporate playground.
Through it all, I keep getting the feeling that Shea was ours, and CitiField belongs to him.
Bastard.
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AG/DC
Oct 16 2008 09:19 AM
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I don'think it's us against him when the vast majority of the fans and media supported the move. If so, it's a slender us.
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Farmer Ted
Oct 16 2008 10:52 AM
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Painful. But ther new place will be a treat.
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themetfairy
Oct 16 2008 11:06 AM
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The new place will be ours. We'll make it ours, dammit!
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G-Fafif
Oct 16 2008 03:51 PM
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[url=http://web.sny.tv/media/player/mp_tpl.jsp?w=mms%3A//a1503.v222062.c22206.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1503/22206/v0001/mlb.download.akamai.com/22206/2008/daily/10/101508_oc_mattandtedsaygoodbye_400.wmv&type=v_free&_mp=1:24y3xk17]Tour[/url:24y3xk17] of Citi Field parking lot...
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metirish
Oct 16 2008 06:05 PM
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Whats with the actual hole in the pitchers mound?
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Benjamin Grimm
Oct 16 2008 06:53 PM
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I'm guessing there was something buried under the mound that they wanted to retrieve. I don't have a great guess as to what it was. My best guess is some kind of camera, but I don't recall seeing any mounds-eye views on any telecasts.
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soupcan
Oct 16 2008 07:06 PM
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="metirish":35vh26wx]Whats with the actual hole in the pitchers mound?[/quote:35vh26wx]
I'm guessing that they dug up the pitching rubber - to sell it of course - and that hole is a result.
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dgwphotography
Oct 16 2008 07:18 PM
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no - I think that was where the plumbing was for the hose they used to water down the infield....
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soupcan
Oct 17 2008 07:31 AM
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| ="Iubitul"]no - I think that was where the plumbing was for the hose they used to water down the infield.... |
Makes more sense.
Wonder how much they're selling that for
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Zvon
Oct 19 2008 06:48 PM
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I didn't realize this til recently.
I thought I was bummed at seasons end because the team failed to get to the post season.
But being a Met fan for 40 years, this is really something I'm used to.
For the team, there was/is always next year.
But this was it for Shea....
This is what really bummed me out.
That they couldn't get Shea to the post season one more time.
That would have been the way send her off.
Great pictures here posted by all, and really fun to view.
Iubitul, your pictures of Shea are breathtaking.
Absolutely breathtaking and beautiful.
Everybody, thanks for sharing them.
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themetfairy
Oct 19 2008 06:51 PM
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Warewolf! Good to see you, man. Don't be a stranger!
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Farmer Ted
Oct 20 2008 07:37 PM
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Where the heck are they storing 55,000 seats?
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metsguyinmichigan
Oct 21 2008 08:21 AM
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Uniwatch reports that the Agee marker appears to have been saved!
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Willets Point
Oct 21 2008 08:25 AM
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| ="Farmer Ted"]Where the heck are they storing 55,000 seats? |
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dgwphotography
Oct 22 2008 04:55 AM
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Uniwatch reports that the Agee marker appears to have been saved! |
Yeah - probably to be sold...
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soupcan
Oct 22 2008 07:40 AM
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Zvon
Oct 22 2008 06:11 PM
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Oh my....
This is difficult to witness.
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PiggiesTomatoes
Oct 24 2008 08:29 PM
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A couple of shots from my only game this season -- at least it was a win. The only win against the pitiful Mariners this season.
Down in Tampa now and don't get back to NY all that often for games.
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My basehit at Shea. Fantasy Camp reunion in 2006...
The place may have been a bit of a dump but it was our dump.
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Rockin' Doc
Oct 25 2008 05:37 AM
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Nice pictures.
Welcome to the pool. Nice handle, I hope you stick around.
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metirish
Oct 25 2008 05:46 AM
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="PiggiesTomatoes":2399a9u7]
The place may have been a bit of a dump but it was our dump.[/quote:2399a9u7]
Thank you and welcome.
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metsguyinmichigan
Oct 25 2008 01:01 PM
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Great photos! I can't imagine how glorious it was to get that hit.
Welcome aBordick!
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themetfairy
Oct 25 2008 01:43 PM
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This little piggy is a welcome addition to the Pool - Welcome :)
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Zvon
Oct 25 2008 07:00 PM
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Excellent pics Piggie!
Actually batting at Shea must have been an incredible experience.
Is that a female catcher?
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PiggiesTomatoes
Oct 25 2008 07:59 PM
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Thanks, everyone, for the kind words. I'd joined some time ago but didn't visit for a while, then got locked out and getting back in was a bitch! Riffraff filter must work. Getting to play on the field was a thrill and yes, it was a female catcher. She was the only female in camp and was a trooper.
Regards,
JF
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Kong76
Oct 26 2008 05:03 PM
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PT: joined some time ago but didn't visit for a while, then got locked out and getting back in was a bitch! Riffraff filter must work <<<
Read your email around 9 AM on Fri and answered, and had you set up before
6 PM that same day.
No one was locked out and getting back was as easy as sending an email.
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PiggiesTomatoes
Oct 26 2008 07:33 PM
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I wasn't being critical...thought that use of the term riffraff filter would have communicated sarcasm. That said, I'd attempted logging in unsuccessfully with my original password without luck and when I tried to use the forgot password link, I repeatedly received a message that my name and email address did not match. Then, I was unable to find an email address on the forum to contact, ultimately "googling" to find the admin addy. It wasn't easy...but I do appreciate the prompt reply once I emailed the correct address.
JF
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G-Fafif
Oct 26 2008 07:38 PM
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PT,
Great pictures. At first glance I wondered how the Mariners game was suddenly being played in daylight.
Per your sobriquet, let us know who will be ready first: Hausman or Kobel.
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Kong76
Oct 27 2008 05:41 AM
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Maybe it's me and I'm just being cranky and defensive but the email
address is right up top:
Everybody in the pool! Joining us for off-season hot stove discussion is easy. Shoot us an email [click here]
Glad you re-found us.
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Willets Point
Oct 27 2008 01:12 PM
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Welcome Piggie! You can hold the conch while you're here.
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soupcan
Oct 28 2008 10:54 AM
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will the Dunkin' Dounts cup be the last man standing?
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metirish
Oct 28 2008 10:57 AM
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Helps keep the workers running.
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Gwreck
Oct 28 2008 11:46 AM
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It's somewhat refreshing that nobody was dumb enough to shell out the ~$5000 the greedy MeiGray group was asking for it.
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AG/DC
Oct 28 2008 11:47 AM
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Or they're moving it to the new digs.
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seawolf17
Oct 28 2008 01:12 PM
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It'd be funny if they just left it in the parking lot.
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Benjamin Grimm
Oct 28 2008 01:22 PM
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They do seem to have demolished around it. Maybe it will be moved to Citi Field. I imagine the new place will have some advertising, no?
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SteveJRogers
Oct 28 2008 01:23 PM
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="Gwreck":1zlwh6r8]It's somewhat refreshing that nobody was dumb enough to shell out the ~$5000 the greedy MeiGray group was asking for it.[/quote:1zlwh6r8]
Say what you will about memorabilia sellers like MeiGray and Steiner, that probably really is the going rate for that kind of unique advertising as memorabilia.
Honestly, there probably is a market for stuff like that; McDonald arches, Big Boys Big Boy, etc. Just no one that got involved in the Shea Memorabilia auctions was into it.
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metirish
Oct 28 2008 01:28 PM
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="SteveJRogers":1991yy98]
Say what you will about memorabilia sellers like MeiGray and Steiner,[/quote:1991yy98]
Thank you , I will. Fucking scum they are.
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Benjamin Grimm
Oct 28 2008 01:33 PM
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I'm not sure I understand the animosity.
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metirish
Oct 28 2008 01:39 PM
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Well he said say what you want so I did....
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soupcan
Oct 28 2008 02:15 PM
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I guess as long as there are people out there who are willing to pay those ridiculous prices then I don't have an issue with someone charging it.
Capitalism and all that.
I am upset at the kind of money they are asking for stuff though. I intended to get a pair of seats but $869.00? Really? For what will amount to a novelty in my yard? Then I looked around the website and I thought that this:
...would be cool. But those are up over $1,200.00.
They so take advantage of our own feelings towards the team - hundreds of dollars for bricks, almost a grand for seats. Its just a little disappointing is all.
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soupcan
Nov 01 2008 11:01 AM
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Say goodbye to the shrimpeaters!
Field level frst base side is the first to go.
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Valadius
Nov 01 2008 11:21 AM
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Do they HAVE to have debris strewn around that wonderful field?
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Kong76
Nov 01 2008 11:26 AM
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SJR: Say what you will about memorabilia sellers like MeiGray <<<
Irish: Thank you , I will. Fucking scum they are <<<
I know the guy who was the first premier club guy in line and I didn't get the
impression that the guys willing to spend the cash thought MeiGray was hus-
tling anyone ... they're brokers. He advertised the event to everyone on his
memorabilia buying list and I assume he did so to generate interest among
those who were obviously interested. I hope he got a kick back, it's the
American way!
I wrote back that they're gonna cause a few divorces to which he quipped,
"never tell your wife what you're really spending on Mets' stuff!"
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soupcan
Nov 01 2008 11:49 AM
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="Valadius":3pluypt1]Do they HAVE to have debris strewn around that wonderful field?[/quote:3pluypt1]
I think that's kinda unavoidable when you're tearing a structure down. What are they supposed to do - follow the bulldozers around with a broom and dustpan?
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metsmarathon
Nov 01 2008 02:40 PM
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that's just silly.
what they should do is gingerly remove each and every peice the way it was originally put in, and delicately hand carry it out of the stadium grounds, stepping only on the red carpet laid across the field, and place each dutifully salvaged quantum of the stadium into its own velvet lined receptacle wherein it will remain interred through the end of time.
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soupcan
Nov 03 2008 07:55 AM
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Dunkin' Donuts Down!
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Benjamin Grimm
Nov 03 2008 07:57 AM
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I expected it would be surrounded by a large puddle of spilled coffee.
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soupcan
Nov 03 2008 07:57 AM
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[url=http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20081101/NEWS/811020320]Link[/url]
There are more pictures on the site.
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November 1, 2008
Bulk of Shea Stadium awaits sale in Bridgewater company's warehouse
By MICHAEL DEAK
Staff Writer
From the outside it looks like an unremarkable warehouse, not like the pyramids in Egypt that were built as mausoleums for the pharaohs.
But inside that squat warehouse are treasures that, for New York Mets fans, are as valuable as anything that has ever been found inside the pyramids.
It is the Bridgewater warehouse of the MeiGray Group, which has the task of selling all the contents of Shea Stadium, except for the seats.
Warren resident Barry Meisel, a former sportswriter for the New York Daily News who is the president and chief operating officer of the MeiGray Group, doesn't want the exact location of the warehouse disclosed for security reasons because it houses thousands of items saved from Shea Stadium before the stadium's slow demolition started earlier this month.
Everything is for sale, except for two items that Meisel bought for himself — a picture of the celebration after the Mets clinched the World Series in 1969, and the portion of the center field wall that bears the 410-foot marker.
"I always wanted that," he said.
Memorabilia
Meisel estimated that the warehouse contains from 5,000 to 7,000 items from Shea Stadium.
Some of the items are relatively minor, such as the hundreds of nameplates that were placed on the back of seats occupied by season ticket holders.
There are numerous boxes of photographs taken from the walls of corridors, executive offices, suites and inside the stadium. The pictures are blown-up images of legendary Mets and the unforgettable moments from the team's 46-year history.
In the middle of the warehouse is a nondescript pile of wood found at any demolition site. But, Meisel said, it is a special pile of wood — boards from benches in both the home and visiting team dugouts. The boards were never replaced in the dugouts but have been painted many times, he said.
Also in the middle of the warehouse are the 150-foot foul poles that have been broken into 25-foot sections.
There are rows of lockers from both the Mets and visitors' locker rooms, as well as cubicles from where players hung their clothes and kept their valuables during games.
Throughout the warehouse are piles of outfield wall sections including the retired numbers of players and managers. Flags that flew at the top of the stadium have also found a home in the warehouse.
There also are hundreds of signs from throughout the stadium — signs that hung on restroom doors and signs that directed fans to the subway station. A sign of team mascot Mr. Met saying smoking is prohibited in the stadium has already been sold for $100, Meisel said.
And there are hundreds of curiosities: an orange water cooler with the Mets logo and a plaque from Seton Hall University honoring Frank Cashen, who was the Mets general manager in the 1980s and considered to be the architect of the team that won the 1986 World Series.
There is even a lime marker that came from the Polo Grounds, the original home of the Mets, that was still used by the grounds crew at Shea.
Toward the front of the warehouse is a cluster of fan assistance, concession and program booths that Meisel said would look great in any Met fan's backyard.
One of the most intriguing items is the concrete marker that was placed in the left field upper deck where centerfielder Tommie Agee hit the longest home run in Shea Stadium's history, on April 10, 1969.
Some of the most popular items salvaged from the stadium are not in the warehouse because they've already been sold.
All of the stadium's 31 turnstiles have been sold.
It was a daunting job, but all of the items were recovered from Shea Stadium after the last game of the season.
Swing bidder
Many of the items from Shea will be auctioned on the MeiGray's group's Web site. The first auction ended Friday, Oct. 31, but Meisel said there will be future monthly auctions. He estimates it will take a year to sell everything from the stadium.
Proceeds from the sale will be divided among New York City, which owns the stadium, and the Mets Foundation, said Jay Horowitz, vice president of media relations for the Mets. The Mets Foundation funds and promotes a variety of charitable causes, including educational, social and athletic programs for young people.
What people are willing to pay for some of the items has Meisel scratching his head.
For example, the wrought-iron "tree surrounds" with the Mets logo that protected the trees in the parking lot are receiving bids of more than $1,000.
Menu board signs from concession stands are fetching bids around $1,000. A section of the outfield wall goes for close to $900.
Bids on ketchup and mustard holders with the Mets logo are more than $500. Even a neon Bud Light sign has a bid of $515.
As a literal sign of better times, an outfield wall panel with an AIG advertisement had a bid of $1,420.
"This (sale) only happens once every 45 years," Meisel said.
A Jersey boy
Meisel and his partner Bob Gray started the MeiGray Group in the 1990s. After 19 years as a sportswriter for the Daily News covering professional hockey and the New York Giants, Meisel said he became tired of traveling.
Meisel's decision to channel his interest in sports into a new career came at an opportune time. With the economy growing steadily, the market for collectible sports memorabilia began to boom in the late 1990s. He developed the idea of selling authenticated jerseys that were worn by professional hockey players. He wrote a business plan and approached one of the teams that he used to cover, the New York Rangers, and in August 1997 signed an exclusive deal to sell the team's previously worn jerseys.
The Rangers deal led to agreements with the New Jersey Devils. Next, the MeiGray group inked deals with NBA teams.
An NHL or NBA player goes through about six jerseys during a season, three in the home uniform and three in the away uniforms, he said.
Last week, as Meisel was sitting in the warehouse, he showed a jersey that had been worn the previous night by Elton Brand, an NBA veteran free agent, who had made his debut as a Philadelphia 76er on the night of Wednesday, Oct. 29.
"It smells," Meisel said. "It's sweaty."
But it's also valuable to collectors and fans of Brand.
That's why representatives, working with the teams' equipment managers, of the MeiGray Group often go into locker rooms immediately after games to get the jerseys. The key to the business, headquartered in Branchburg, is the authentication process that guarantees buyers they are getting genuine items. The jersey comes with a letter of authentication with the team's letterhead, Meisel said.
The MeiGray Group has seven full-time employees who are responsible for acquiring the items, cataloging and pricing them, selling them and then shipping them to the buyers.
"We have a great staff," Meisel said, adding that he hires collectors to help him put values on the items.
The company's growing reputation was one of the reasons why the MeiGray Group got the contract with the Mets to sell the memorabilia from Shea Stadium, which is owned by the City of New York.
Meisel is no longer spending hours away from home traveling for his job, but said he works from 60 to 70 hours a week.
"I'm happy," he said. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Nov 03 2008 07:58 AM
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| ="soupcan"]Dunkin' Donuts Down!
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Finally some destruction I can support. It be cool if we cracked that open and Rachel Ray would come out naked.
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Edgy DC
Nov 03 2008 08:01 AM
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it would be kind of cool to give the Agee marker to the Agee family. Ditto the Seaver/Stengel/Hodges numbers.
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Farmer Ted
Nov 03 2008 08:42 AM
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The DD sign was an eyesore. Those stupid police lights and the K sign were bad ideas drawn up by some idiot in a board room.
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Edgy DC
Nov 03 2008 08:47 AM
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Doesn't this look like they composed a Met jersey and photoshopped it onto a Yankee picture of Wille?
<img src="http://cmsimg.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=CN&Dato=20081031&Kategori=NEWS0201&Lopenr=810310802&Ref=PH&Item=4&Maxw=575">
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Nov 03 2008 08:48 AM
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Finally some destruction I can support. It be cool if we cracked that open and Rachel Ray would come out naked. |
Saw her recently and couldn't believe how heavy she has gotten.
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Benjamin Grimm
Nov 03 2008 08:55 AM
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Rachael Ray is an example of how someone can be both cute AND unappealing at the same time.
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Edgy DC
Nov 03 2008 08:58 AM
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Can we just not talk about happy homemakers from TV ever?
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Benjamin Grimm
Nov 03 2008 09:04 AM
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<img src="http://www.poolparty.com/poolparty/images/2007/07/17/sue_ann_nivens.jpg" height="300">
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metsguyinmichigan
Nov 03 2008 09:53 AM
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="Benjamin Grimm":2zdqcdh1]Rachael Ray is an example of how someone can be both cute AND unappealing at the same time.[/quote:2zdqcdh1]
Well, if you go back to the early shows on Food Network, she was always a little chunky, part of her girl next door appeal.
She certainly had a makeover when the show went big, and this year appeared to have some, um, surgical enhancements, in the chest area, unless they did some severe Photoshop work for the magazine covers.
My crush on Rachael is well-known, and somewhat tolerated by my wife.
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Benjamin Grimm
Nov 03 2008 11:14 AM
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It's not her weight that makes her unappealing, it's the noises that come out of her mouth.
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G-Fafif
Nov 03 2008 11:42 AM
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="Edgy DC":2j9ucmx8]Doesn't this look like they composed a Met jersey and photoshopped it onto a Yankee picture of Wille?
<img src="http://cmsimg.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=CN&Dato=20081031&Kategori=NEWS0201&Lopenr=810310802&Ref=PH&Item=4&Maxw=575">[/quote:2j9ucmx8]
This would explain why the Mets in recent years seemed so flat.
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metsguyinmichigan
Nov 03 2008 12:10 PM
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="Benjamin Grimm":1wzmvwjl]It's not her weight that makes her unappealing, it's the noises that come out of her mouth.[/quote:1wzmvwjl]
She talks?
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Benjamin Grimm
Nov 03 2008 12:17 PM
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She tries.
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themetfairy
Nov 03 2008 01:02 PM
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She squawks.
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seawolf17
Nov 03 2008 02:46 PM
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="soupcan":1mxbmvn9]A sign of team mascot Mr. Met saying smoking is prohibited in the stadium has already been sold for $100, Meisel said.[/quote:1mxbmvn9]
FUCKIN' HELL. That's all I wanted from the stadium. I just left a message with someone at MeiGray.
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soupcan
Nov 07 2008 07:18 AM
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Found these at [url=http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=61224&page=66]baseball-fever.com[/url]
First game ever at Shea...
Last game ever at Shea...
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Benjamin Grimm
Nov 07 2008 07:37 AM
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It was prettier when it opened than when it closed.
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Edgy DC
Nov 07 2008 08:39 AM
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The pitch could have been in better condition.
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G-Fafif
Nov 07 2008 09:00 AM
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A ballpark that looked better with a parking lot in the background will now itself be a parking lot. The irony is as thick as the outfield grass was thin.
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Benjamin Grimm
Nov 07 2008 09:12 AM
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Looking at the two photos together really shows how much garishness was added to Shea over the years.
I'm sure Citi Field with start out with a lot of that clutter already in place. I can only imagine what it will look like 40 years from now. (And I hope I live to find out! At this point, another 40 years is about as much as I care to get.)
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Nov 07 2008 09:33 AM
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="Edgy DC":2749cxyp]The pitch could have been in better condition.[/quote:2749cxyp]
Shea was barely complete when it opened. They worked till the very last minute. They said it was very soft and muddy in the outfield.
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metirish
Nov 07 2008 09:40 AM
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="John Cougar Lunchbucket":1qbr6llo]="Edgy DC":1qbr6llo]The pitch could have been in better condition.[/quote:1qbr6llo]
Shea was barely complete when it opened. They worked till the very last minute. They said it was very soft and muddy in the outfield.[/quote:1qbr6llo]
Was there even a fence at the back behind CF separating it form the parking lot , it's hard to tell.
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soupcan
Nov 07 2008 09:43 AM
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And half of the parking lot isn't even paved yet.
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Willets Point
Nov 07 2008 09:46 AM
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All the cars are the same size though.
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soupcan
Nov 11 2008 08:03 AM
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First base Field level is gone, Third base nearly so.
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themetfairy
Nov 11 2008 08:14 AM
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One advantage to implosions (yes, I realize that wasn't possible in this case) is that they're quick.
This is like a band-aid being slowly and painfully peeled off.
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seawolf17
Nov 11 2008 11:29 AM
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="themetfairy":2tehg78d]One advantage to implosions (yes, I realize that wasn't possible in this case) is that they're quick.
This is like a band-aid being slowly and painfully peeled off.[/quote:2tehg78d]
No kidding. I should stop opening this thread.
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G-Fafif
Nov 11 2008 12:26 PM
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That sure was some tadium.
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Zvon
Nov 11 2008 12:57 PM
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="themetfairy":3vpl9tnq]One advantage to implosions (yes, I realize that wasn't possible in this case) is that they're quick.
This is like a band-aid being slowly and painfully peeled off.[/quote:3vpl9tnq]
I couldn't have said it better.
I have to say I am a bit surprised how the destruction of Shea is effecting me. It has to be this slow torturous way I'm viewing it bit by bit.
="seawolf17":3vpl9tnq]No kidding. I should stop opening this thread.[/quote:3vpl9tnq]
I'm with you seawolf17.
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Edgy DC
Nov 11 2008 01:12 PM
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We let this happen. More than a few advocated it's happening. It's no time to turn away now.
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themetfairy
Nov 11 2008 01:22 PM
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I'll own up to wanting the new stadium. I'm not denying that.
But I've seen this transition done in several other cities during the past few years, and to a team they've all handled it better than the Mets have.
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Kong76
Nov 11 2008 01:34 PM
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I'm enjoying the pictures and saving everyone one of them.
Keep 'em coming, I stopped licking my wound about ten days ago.
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Kong76
Nov 11 2008 01:35 PM
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tmf: they've all handled it better than the Mets have <<<
How so?
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soupcan
Nov 11 2008 01:39 PM
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I'll miss the old girl too but c'mon.
Think of what it will be like having wide walkways!
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Benjamin Grimm
Nov 11 2008 01:42 PM
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Wide walkways and legroom are nothing to sneeze at.
I'd feel differently if I still lived in New York. But as rarely as I get to <strike>Shea</strike> Queens to see the Mets play anymore, I don't think Citi Field will ever feel like home to me.
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themetfairy
Nov 11 2008 01:44 PM
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I remember the Phillies homage to the Vet in 2003 - a stadium that was younger than Shea and didn't have nearly the history Shea did. IIRC they were the first to take down a number before each game, but they made sure that every number was taken down by someone with a meaningful connection to the team or the stadium (not a Lincoln Mercury dealer in the lot). Their post-game ceremony after their final game was very moving (I'll find the link to it shortly), without the idiotic delay that Mets fans had to endure after Shea's final game. They had books ghost written by the Phillies Phanatic helping prepare younger fans for the move. From top to bottom it just seemed like a much better thought out operation.
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Edgy DC
Nov 11 2008 01:49 PM
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That has little to do with photos of the de-construction.
Is a delay before a ceremony such a big deal?
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themetfairy
Nov 11 2008 01:52 PM
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The delay before the ceremony was just endemic of the half-assed job the Mets did in properly celebrating Shea's final season. They had an opportunity to do the old girl real justice, and they dropped the ball every chance they could.
I couldn't find that footage of the final game ceremony at the Vet on the Phillies' site (and I feel very dirty trolling around there - ick!). But it had much more of a well-planned feel to it.
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Kong76
Nov 11 2008 01:56 PM
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How did we get from handling the transition in a day by day demolition
thread which you said other teams did better to closing ceremonies and silly
number countdowns?
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themetfairy
Nov 11 2008 02:06 PM
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| ="KC"]How did we get from handling the transition in a day by day demolition
thread which you said other teams did better to closing ceremonies and silly
number countdowns? |
I mentioned the transition in general. You asked for details.
I think that if the Mets did a better job in paying homage to Shea this past season that people wouldn't be as upset about its destruction as they are.
Agree or disagree with that premise - it's merely a theory.
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Edgy DC
Nov 11 2008 02:08 PM
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I wouldn't feel dirty seeking for it if you liked it. If you like it, you like it. It's all MLB's website anyhow.
I'm just not ready to kick the Mets because they don't demolish the stadium in a manner comparable to the White Sox or the Rangers. Or such having anything to do with why folks say they won't open this thread.
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themetfairy
Nov 11 2008 02:12 PM
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You seem to be switching gears, going from "we let this happen/some advocated for it" to "I'm not ready to kick the Mets."
You cool with this or not?
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Kong76
Nov 11 2008 02:15 PM
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tmf: I mentioned the transition in general. You asked for details <<<
How did all the others "to a team" handle the dismantling of their old stadium
better than the Mets?
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Edgy DC
Nov 11 2008 02:21 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 11 2008 02:27 PM
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You're excerpting phrases out of sentences there.
It's clear to anybody that I didn't support a new stadium. How it's demolished is a moot point and I don't see how it can be done better, or indeed has been done better by everyone else.
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Frayed Knot
Nov 11 2008 02:25 PM
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Maybe they can demolish the stadium by bringing each piece out on a velvet pillow laid out on a sled pulled by a puppy dog. I'm sure we'd all feel better then.
This wound-licking is getting too much. I want video of the destruction and i hope it's bloody.
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Benjamin Grimm
Nov 11 2008 02:29 PM
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I don't think the Mets did such a bad job with the last year of Shea.
Yeah, there were too many Lincoln-Mercury dealers pulling down the numbers.
But I think the closing ceremony was nicely done. Very nicely done.
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themetfairy
Nov 11 2008 02:36 PM
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The physical demolition of Shea has to be done in this manner because implosion is not possible.
My point is that I don't think that people would be reacting to the demolition process as painfully as they are if the Mets had done a better job of honoring Shea properly in its final season.
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Benjamin Grimm
Nov 11 2008 02:38 PM
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Speaking only for myself, I just find it a little bit sad. No pain though.
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themetfairy
Nov 11 2008 02:39 PM
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I know people who are in real pain over this.
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Kong76
Nov 11 2008 02:44 PM
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There's no way I could cull what fairy's point was from what she typed,
I don't read posters minds, we were talking about the demolition pics.
Problem with getting too wrapped up in the Mets will never be the same with-
out good ol' Shea is before you know it's twenty years from now and you're
writing letters to the paper like Bob L about how greener the grass was there
and popcorn fresher. The bathroom floors were even drier and less sticky 20
years from now too I bet and those wonderful sight lines ...
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themetfairy
Nov 11 2008 02:50 PM
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If that's the case, then I weep for the yet-to-be-finished Citi Field.
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Frayed Knot
Nov 11 2008 02:54 PM
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I think we're starting to sound like the wound-lickers we used to make fun of;
- oh no, this stadium is being destroyed worse than any other stadium in the history of destroyed stadiums
- only the Mets could paint their foul lines crooked
- why did Shea have to die so young?
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Kong76
Nov 11 2008 02:57 PM
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tmf: I know people who are in real pain over this <<<
Send 'em here!
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Edgy DC
Nov 11 2008 03:00 PM
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="Frayed Knot":3qcqh3up]I think we're starting to sound like the wound-lickers we used to make fun of;
- oh no, this stadium is being destroyed worse than any other stadium in the history of destroyed stadiums
- only the Mets could paint their foul lines crooked
- why did Shea have to die so young?[/quote:3qcqh3up]
Wait a minute, that second one wuz you.
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Edgy DC
Nov 11 2008 03:00 PM
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| ="KC"]tmf: I know people who are in real pain over this <<<
Send 'em here! |
I think they're minors.
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Kong76
Nov 11 2008 03:02 PM
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Actually, Iubital's post yesterday ("it doesn't surprise me") started me on
this build up of let's stop the wound licking that was bound to come out.
I think. I ain't going back to look.
(OE: meaning the foul line not lining up)
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themetfairy
Nov 11 2008 03:18 PM
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="Edgy DC"]| ="KC"]tmf: I know people who are in real pain over this <<<
Send 'em here! |
I think they're minors. |
No - the minors I know aren't as connected to Shea as most of the adults I know.
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Kong76
Nov 11 2008 03:24 PM
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How do they feel about the demolition? Do the also feel that it's being handled
"to a team" much worse by the Mets?
Or are they just bitter about the closing ceremonies and number countdown too?
Send 'em here.
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themetfairy
Nov 11 2008 03:32 PM
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Who are you talking about?
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Kong76
Nov 11 2008 03:39 PM
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The people who are in real pain over this, McFly.
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themetfairy
Nov 11 2008 03:45 PM
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I'll leave it to them to specifically reply to you or not.
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Kong76
Nov 11 2008 03:50 PM
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If they're here (and I suspected they were) then you should have left them
out of your poor defense to begin with and let them speak for themselves.
You wiggled off like four hooks in this thread.
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G-Fafif
Nov 11 2008 04:06 PM
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There is beauty, pain and joy in baseball. When they gut and pry apart where you experienced most of it, a person is likely to reflect on all three and feel, upon viewing the kinds of pictures in question, one of those sensations in particular. The beauty and the joy may have been carried out safely before MeiGray could sell them, but it is not surprising that the pain should linger and overshadow for many if not all across the duration of the demolition.
Later? Who knows? We haven't been there yet. I suspect the beauty and the pain and the joy will coalesce into the warmer memories the magic of distance allows.
Reality says somebody's doing a job in taking down Shea Stadium. Reality says the plan has been on the table long enough for everybody to adjust to the plan. But baseball and reality were never intended to mesh so easily.
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Kong76
Nov 11 2008 04:17 PM
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Eloquent as ever, and on topic.
Bravo!
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themetfairy
Nov 11 2008 04:29 PM
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="KC":cumx5g68]If they're here (and I suspected they were) then you should have left them
out of your poor defense to begin with and let them speak for themselves.
You wiggled off like four hooks in this thread.[/quote:cumx5g68]
Don't ask direct questions if you're not going to like the answers.
What was I supposed to do? Ignore you?
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G-Fafif
Nov 11 2008 04:32 PM
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="KC":3vuetxpl]Eloquent as ever, and on topic.
Bravo![/quote:3vuetxpl]
Thanks much, but just throwing the last pitch of what TMF stated quite reasonably, I think...Benitez to the Fairy's Leiter, as it were.
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themetfairy
Nov 11 2008 04:33 PM
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Thanks G.
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Kong76
Nov 11 2008 04:35 PM
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I disagree, I think she said something and then changed it to something
else and then played on then something else.
I have to stop, I'm gonna start getting PM's about causing waves in the bath tub.
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