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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!
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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?
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