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Mets Junk in the Trunk Continued

d'Kong76 Dec 10 2016 08:06 PM

Found a book vendor at an indoor flea market today that had a lot of baseball books. I've been selling Mets stuff more than buying these days but I do intend to keep adding to my Mets bookshelf and doing so cheaply is even better. Five books for $7, such a deal...

cooby Dec 10 2016 09:08 PM Re: Mets Junk in the Trunk Continued

That Kiners Korner book is the same one I inherited from my dad

Ashie62 Dec 10 2016 11:26 PM Re: Mets Junk in the Trunk Continued

What could have been.

d'Kong76 Dec 11 2016 01:06 AM Re: Mets Junk in the Trunk Continued

cooby wrote: That Kiners Korner book is the same one I inherited from my dad The cover is familiar to me, looking forward to reading it. I have the newer book, Baseball Forever, but have only read parts of it. The Gil book was the best of the haul, it's like brand new.

A Boy Named Seo Dec 11 2016 02:10 AM Re: Mets Junk in the Trunk Continued

Ashie62 wrote: What could have been. I did not know this, SO MANY QUESTIONS. This would've been the first stadium retro-fitted to be a dome?? "Completion of the dome is hoped for by the start of 1967". If it's behind sked, where go our beloved Mets? Glass dome? WTF? So light comes through and grass still grows? Or turf like the wondrous AstroDome?? If the Mets did throw this crazy casserole dish lid on top of the stadium, how much earlier to do you think Shea would've met the wrecking ball than it did IRL? (I say earlier for sure) If we got a new stadium in 1999 instead of 2009, would it be cooler/lamer than Citi?

d'Kong76 Dec 11 2016 02:36 AM Re: Mets Junk in the Trunk Continued

Cool picture, you should frame it.

d'Kong76 Apr 10 2017 12:16 AM Re: Mets Junk in the Trunk Continued

Got two books today from my favorite used-book vendor, Silverman's Mets Essential and Harrelson's Turning Two. I was just flipping through Bud's book and found a $20 bill!

Benjamin Grimm Apr 10 2017 12:17 AM Re: Mets Junk in the Trunk Continued

Nice! Is it an old bill?

d'Kong76 Apr 10 2017 12:23 AM Re: Mets Junk in the Trunk Continued

No, regular twenty. The book's not old, 2012... looks barely read but it was nice for someone to stick it in there for the next owner!

MFS62 Apr 10 2017 01:59 PM Re: Mets Junk in the Trunk Continued Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 10 2017 02:14 PM

My question about the Shea Stadium dome is "How were they going to get that done for only $ 9 million?" Even with inflation, that wouldn't have paid for the architectural drawings back then. OK, slightly hyperbolic*. But at 10:1 inflation since then, could we get that done for $90 million today? I sincerely doubt it. Later * I think I just discovered a new oxymoron.

Ceetar Apr 10 2017 02:10 PM Re: Mets Junk in the Trunk Continued

A Boy Named Seo wrote: If the Mets did throw this crazy casserole dish lid on top of the stadium, how much earlier to do you think Shea would've met the wrecking ball than it did IRL? (I say earlier for sure) If we got a new stadium in 1999 instead of 2009, would it be cooler/lamer than Citi? Way earlier. Part of Shea's problem was neglect and with another huge thing to neglect, sooner. The Mets' new park, expected to open in 2006, would resemble Ebbets Field, the Brooklyn Dodgers' fabled ballpark that was torn down when the team left for Los Angeles after the 1957 season. The new stadium would be built in a parking lot adjacent to Shea Stadium, officials said. * The New York Mets acquired outfielder Gary Matthews Jr. from the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash. From a 2001 article, so probably roughly the same. Two years earlier is pre-9/11 and maybe would've been done before Bush killed the economy and such, but likely would've had the same people making the decisions. Maybe it's a little more 'techie' as part of the dotcom boom, especially if it was like 97-98 instead of 99? Or who knows, depending on the timing you might end up coupled with the Jets again on a West Side project.

41Forever Apr 10 2017 02:35 PM Re: Mets Junk in the Trunk Continued

If I'm remembering correctly, the Mets at first were looking at something resembling what became Citi Field with the rotunda, but with a sliding roof like the Marlins have. I think there was even some plan where the field itself slid outside of the stadium so the concrete base could be used for concerts and all kinds off things. We're so much better with what we have.

G-Fafif Apr 10 2017 02:52 PM Re: Mets Junk in the Trunk Continued

The original Shea replacement was announced in April 1998, projected to open in 2002. SkyDome with an Ebbets exterior was its point of reference, with the grass sliding in and out like University of Phoenix Stadium would eventually feature. Eleven years later...something only vaguely like it appeared. Warmed over OP@CY overall, but nine seasons in, it's fine.

HahnSolo Apr 10 2017 02:59 PM Re: Mets Junk in the Trunk Continued

My son enjoyed the Howie Karpin 162-0 book. It's an easy book to pick up at any time to read about a specific game.