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As we all prepare for the snowpocalypse, it’s time to start our new Share Your Shots series.   I thought it would be fun to check out each other’s Mets photos.  Send yours to [email protected]

First up is Laura who says that this is from 9/25/08 and that the players came over to take batting practice on the dirt.  Very cool.

Send over anything you’d like to share.

Coming up at 10 I see Dan has written an article….I’m distancing myself from this one.   I don’t agree, but I’m not going to muzzle.

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The one thing Shea beat Yankee in was death.   Shea went fast.   Yankee rots away like some pour soul in a nursing home that noone visits.

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Here’s another Met you kids don’t hear enough about…

This kid lived in every neighborhood. He was short and chubby, and when it came time to play ball, there was only one position for him. “You catch, Butter-ball,” the others would tell him. “Knock down the pitches, and if somebody tries to score, block the plate with your blubber.” Even if he made it to the big leagues, the kid carried with him a nickname—such as Yogi—more suggestive of his low center of gravity than his skills.


There are still a lot of squat, lumbering catchers in the majors, but no longer do men matching that description hold a monopoly on the position. Just look at last week’s statistics. In the American League, Boston’s Carlton Fisk, who is a well-proportioned 6’2″, 220 pounds, was battling for the league lead in doubles with 39. No catcher has ever led his league in this category. And in the National League, John Stearns of the Mets was basking in the afterglow of his 24th stolen base, the most ever by a National League catcher.

More below.

John Stearns of the Mets is plenty rugged behind the – 09.25.78 – SI Vault

Check out this photo gallery of Fenway in hockey mode.

Cough Rangers cough Citi.

In other news….

…I should correctly scold MLB and not the Mets for not allowing anyone to embed video.  I really understand their keeping of highlights exclusive to mlb.com, but a coat drive?  The league may want to liberalize their policies.

…I can’t remember if I thanked Uni Watch for mentioning the Blue Cap Army.   Some folks are asking if I plan to be jerky and take credit for anyone who wears a blue cap to a Mets game.  Nope.  I understand that some people wear blue caps.  I’d like to (a) see a majority of fans wear a blue cap and (b) use the Blue Cap Army to focus frustration and demonstrate unity of fandom rather than someone try to do a 6th inning walkout or something.  Plus I’m enjoying “bragging” about the size of the army which is rapidly approaching ten members,\.

Thanks to those who have been sending in pictures for Share Your Shots.  Over the weekend I should have some time to process them (darn real job) and I’ll start a series where we check out each other’s Mets related photos.  Anything goes – you at a game, players, views obstructed or not, Shea, Citi, Polo…anything.  Send to [email protected]

Was talking with Osh41 about Game 6.   Y’all realize if Carter flies out we are going on 40+ years.  That’s a really scary thought.

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Today’s average Mets fan is Kevin.