What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
Since I did 1987 the day of the Mets Hall of Fame day but it seems odd to skip it sequentially, I thought I would double up today.
The 1986 cover provides a nice idea for next year’s 50th season.
Click on either cover for a bigger view. Â Thanks again to Angel for sharing his collection.
Saturday, August 14
vs. Philadelphia
7 Jose Reyes SS
16 Angel Pagan RF
5 David Wright 3B
15 Carlos Beltran CF
29 Ike Davis 1B
26 Fernando Martinez LF
30 Josh Thole C
11 Ruben Tejada 2B
48 Pat Misch LHP
I’m not gonna rip these guys – at least they were at the Mets HOF game. Â Props to Riddiculous and Nasty. Â Taken 8/1. Â I’m traveling today.
(Update October 2018 – the links in the article no longer work)
I stumbled across this cool article from 1999 in which Keith Hernandez talks about the bar scene and his apartment. Â Kinda fun!
In the living room, there was a special wine storage refrigerator. Lining the bookshelves were hundreds of hardcovers from the Easton Press Great Books collection. The room also had a 27-inch TV, with dozens of videocassettes stuffed in the console beneath it- I, Claudius , Lawrence of Arabia , The Princess Bride , The Crying Game , Easy Rider , King of Comedy . On the glass dining room table was a piece of notebook paper listing retired athletes (Wayne Gretzky, John McEnroe) whom Mr. Hernandez was considering for a celebrity golf tournament-which he may or may not put together later this summer. The apartment’s second bedroom had a Cross-Country Climber in the corner and a computer. On a shelf between two World Series trophies (St. Louis Cardinals, 1982, New York Mets, 1986) there was a complete set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica .
On his refrigerator were pictures of his three daughters; inside it was a carton of Tropicana orange juice, and that was about it.
Good morning Mets fans.
As I do my quick catch-up before another long day in the real world, I find myself thinking about last week when I wrote an article called “Stop Sucking” and declared myself team captain.
I mentioned that RA, Johan and I seem to be the only people who care. Wow, look at these last two nights. Hopefully Pat Misch will join our quest to man up and play better so we can all Injoy The Floating Feeling.
I see the Los Mets cream jerseys made their debut.
More stuff will roll out throughout the day. This is another one and done for me. Catch up with y’all soon.