What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Old blog-friend TKS brought to my attention that there will what seems like a play-in game for the Nathan’s hot dog eating contest. Â Come to Citi (I almost write Shea again for the millionth time) on June 26th, win and you’re in. Â I think.
For all things food check out this very cool site Scoreboard Gourmet which has the story phrased properly, and also reviews a bunch of foodage (made up word I coined) at Citi.
Here’s another set of Yankee Stadium demolition pictures, these are taken from Wednesday around 1pm. Â Click on them for large views. Â In the shots with the J.J. Abrams style lens flare (aka sun) notice the hole in the concrete.
Some more tomorrow.
As I surfed the net I discovered Jack who was kind enough to email me back. Â I saw Jack mention that he was lending the Mets some items from his personal collection. Â I was curious about the items, and how someone could potentially submit an item for consideration.
Jack emailed:
I think they are collecting items that they can’t get from the Baseball HOF or other sources. I thought they would be interested in some of my game-used jerseys ( I have some great ones from the 60s & 70s ) but they are getting some from the HOF & didn’t want mine. I am lending them a game-used Lee Mazzilli bat & a Shea St. dedication program from ’64…  I think someone would have to go through the front office /marketing dept……. Hope that helps, Jack
I believe this is our first insight into what kinds of items the museum might have. Â Sounds very cool. Â A game-used Lee Mazzilli bat! Â Awesome.
Ceetar sent this over and asked why we always want a blue fence…what about orange?
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