Nothing new, but no less important.
From Queens Paper.
For a team less than 50 years old, the Mets have accumulated a remarkable history. The black cat, the Shoe Polish Incident, Tug McGraw’s “Ya Gotta Believe!â€, the NLDS versus the Astros, the Buckner Ball, the stunning clinching home runs of Todd Pratt and Robin Ventura, Mike Piazza’s home run following the 9/11 attacks — these are among the game’s greatest and most famous moments, and not just by New York media standards.
Maybe it would be too much to expect the Mets to open an in-stadium team history museum, as the Yankees have done. But other teams have erected statues of lesser players than Tom Seaver and Mike Piazza, installed plaques commemorating lesser achievements than Dwight Gooden’s startling strikeout totals. Even the giant collection of blown-up great-moments photos that were sprinkled around the Shea Stadium concourse represented a poignant look down memory lane. Moments, after all, are what the Mets have always been about.
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