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This past week while at a Mets blogger event at Citi Field I brought up the 1973 Pennant winners and how this is the 40th anniversary of the Mets team that went on a tear and had to pass five teams just to win the division and then go on to beat one the iconic teams in baseball history in The Big Red Machine, so would there be a day at Citi Field to honor them? The answer I received on why there will not be day for the team is that the cost to run that event is prohibited and who would show up for it? After my blood pressure subsided and we discussed the pros and cons of the Mets having a day for the ’73 NL Champs, it made sense to me. The 55 year old Mets fan would love to see George Theodore , Ron Hodges and Harry Parker , the 30 year old Mets fan doesn’t care. So why go to all the time and expense to throw a party and have no one come.
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Shannon,
This is a prime example of why the fans don’t care about the Mets. The METS don’t care to put money out there to honor their own history, so why should you or I care?
The Mets are in it for the money. They could care what happened last week, last year or last decade, so long as they are milking you and I for the most money they can get. Period.
what a shame. the one game I would attend would be a day to honor that team. that was the team I grew up with. I saw every game that year on channel 9 or at shea.
not honoring the 73′ mets…damn shame,no excuses