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July 16, 2010July 5, 2010

Mets Police 70’s week: Willie Mays Hits A Game Winning HR In His 1st Mets Game

Here’s another loaner from Centerfield Maz. (Seriously if you dig this site, especially 70’s week you will love Centerfield Maz.)

1972- The Say Hey Kid Hits A Game Winning HR In His 1st Mets Game

Mothers Day, May 14, 1972: It was a historic sunny day at Shea Stadium as Wille Mays made his triumphant return to New York, batting lead off and playing first base. It was a day filled with standing ovations from the Shea crowd of over 35,000, as the Mets took on Willie’s old team the Giants.

Left hander Ray Sadecki went for the Mets against San Francisco’s Sudden Sam McDowell. Mays led the game off with a walk, one of two he’d have on the day.

It didnâ€™t stop there, McDowell couldn’t find the plate, he walked Bud Harrelson & Tommie Agee. Up came the latest addition to the Mets, Rusty Staub, he gave Willie & the mom’s a grand slam Mothers Day present putting the Mets up 4-0.

The Giants beat up Sadecki in the 5th inning as short stop Chris Speier doubled home Bernie Williams & second baseman Tito Fuentes hit a 2 run HR. Don Carithers came in to pitch for the Giants as Willie Mays led off the bottom of the 5th inning. In dramatic fashion Willie hit a home run over the wall, as Shea went crazy, welcome home Willie.

The home run would end up being the game winner as Jim McAndrew came on to pitch 4 scoreless innings, geting the save. The Mets only had four hits in the game but held on to win 5-4 and had a nice three game lead in first place.

January 6, 2010

Share your shots: statue edition

Today’s share your shots come from Tom (with a major hookup, thanks!)

This first one proves that Jeff Wilpon is familiar with statue technology. Here’s Keyspan Park and a statue of two famous Brooklyn Dodgers, Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson. Perhaps this type of technology could be applied to a likeness of Tom Seaver.

Here’s statue technology being applied to Willie Mays in front of Formerly Pacbell Park. Does anyone else remember when there was a small movement to rechristen Shea as “Willie Mays Field?” Mays played for the Mets so there will be no statue of him in Queens.

More statue technology for the Giants. If Fred had grown up in upper Manhattan maybe we could be attending games at the New Polo Grounds and we’d have some of these.

Even the lowly Pirates have discovered statue technology…this one of Roberto Clemente. Will statue technology ever come to Flushing?

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February 11, 2009

Favre Isn’t Alone

Willie Mays on the Mets

Keith Hernandez on the Indians

Joe Namath on the Rams

Steve Carlton on the Indians/Twins/White Sox

Jerry Rice on the Seahawks (bet you forgot that one)

And now…..Brett Favre on the Jets

Favre joins a list of once good or great players that ended their career with the wrong team, in a bad way… all because their ego was too big.

Does it diminish their achievements? Not at all. But it does stain the memory we have of their career.

Who else would you add to this list?

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July 9, 2008

Amazing Mystery of The New York Giants (Part 2)

Yesterday we told you about a rumored baseball team that called itself “The New York Giants.” We here at the Mets Police do not believe this team actually existed, because if they did, surely the Mets would not have totally ignored them while constructing Citifield.

However, some do believe, and are going at great lengths to perpetuate this fraud.

Look at this carefully created World Series program from 1954. Are we really supposed to believe that this alleged “New York Giants” won the World Series in 1954, and they are never ever mentioned in the new Citifield design?

Are we really to believe the Mets NY logo is not really their own, but borrowed from these alleged ancestors?

Next, look at this pennant. Again, another phony trying to trick us into believing there was ever such a team in New York.

This photo on the left alledges to be of Willie Mays. All Mets fans know that Willie was an old outfielder with bad legs, surely not someone to be honored at a ballpark. Some claim he hit 660 home runs. Ridiculous! Everyone knows he only hit 14 as a part-time player in two seasons.

Finally we have this relic, recently uncovered by famous archaeologist Indiana Jones. It was found near the site of the former Mets stadium, the Polo Grounds. If it said Mets I might consider it to be authentic, but since it says Giants it has to be be part of this conspiracy.

This is all very silly. The only team that played in New York before the Mets were the Dodgers, and as everyone knows they folded in 1957 and there is no place on earth where the Dodgers legacy can be honored. Thank goodness we have Fred Wilpon looking out for the defunct Dodgers, and thank heavens the Mets do not fall for this “New York Giants” unicorn-like nonsense.

July 8, 2008

Amazing Mystery Of The New York Giants (Part 1)

I’m really looking forward to N’Ebbets Field next year, what with the Jackie Robinson Rotunda and the Ebbets Field look….but I may have uncovered a secret mystery forever unknown to anyone who is emplyed by the Mets. Brace yourselves….

I think the Giants may have once played in New York.

Now I know you’re saying, “Mets Police you’re crazy! The only National League team to ever play in New York was the Dodgers.”

That’s what we’ve been led to believe by Fred Wilpon and his CitiField minions.

Now look at this picture on the left. It’s the Polo Grounds, original home of the Mets. The team is wearing the familiar NY logo on their caps…but look closely at the uniform. It says “G I A N T S.” Very mysterious.

Next we’ll take a look at Willie Mays. Not many Mets fans remember this broken down old outfielder. Sort of the Moises Alou of his day. There’s really nothing remarkable about this player, so there’s no reason to honor him or name a piece of Citifield after him.

But look at the picture on the right. It appears to be the same man, yet younger. He is wearing a familiar looking cap, and his jersey says New York. However, the picture is clearly from the 1950’s – BEFORE THERE WERE METS! How could this be? Could Willie Mays have played in New York City in the 1950’s?

How could this be possible if he were not on the Dodgers???

More of our investigation to this rumored and possibly forgotten team tomorrow.