Category: mets

>Cool aritcle on Philly.com about the last days of Shea and Yankee.

Here’s an excerpt, and the last line is for Fred “Giants Who?” Wilpon.

Despite its warts, the unsightly chop shops that used to be visible before new Citi Field began to rise beyond the center-field wall, and the annoying cacophony of jet engines from nearby LaGuardia Airport that interrupted at-bats, Shea does have some history. It hosted four World Series. In 1965, it contributed to the cause of Beatlemania in the United States. Shea Stadium opened in 1964. The Mets have played more games there than the Brooklyn Dodgers played in beloved Ebbets Field.

>I observe that Joe Torre has a game and a half lead and Joe Girardi is in 4th place.

See you Sep 21st for the final game at Yankee Stadium.  Will it be Girardi’s?   Don’t scoff.  Yankee managers don’t get to finish 4th.

I observe that Joe Torre has a game and a half lead and Joe Girardi is in 4th place.

See you Sep 21st for the final game at Yankee Stadium.  Will it be Girardi’s?   Don’t scoff.  Yankee managers don’t get to finish 4th.

Today’s trivia question is:

What is from Boston, gets to have different rules than the rest of the team, isn’t reliable at all, is incredibly overrated by all fans except the Mets Police, and usually only pitches four innings?

Answer after football.

I’m actually surprised that the Mets rained out yesterday’s game at 11:30am.  After all, it wasn’t really raining.  I thought for sure that they would make everyone drive there, pay to park, and hey maybe have a $8 beer and a hot dog while waiting, before admitting there was a Tropical Storm.   They could have even blamed Fox!

Nope, they actually did it right for once.   Hooray for the Mets.

However, the Mets never get anything right – so if you had bought tickets for a Sunday afternoon game, you get to go on Sunday night (thanks to the ESPN which hates children) and if you bought tickets for a Saturday you get to go on Sunday afternoon.   They should’ve flipped those.