What Mets fans talk about when not talking about the actual games.
>Last Day Of Yankee stadium…what else.
Excerpt:
The old Yankee Stadium, pre-renovation, had a feature that was eliminated in the new one: a kind of Yankee Hall of Fame that you could pass through on your way to Monument Park. It was really little more than some old uniforms in a glass case, but there was also a bank of phones where you could “talk to” Yankee greats. You picked up the receiver in, say, Mantle’s booth and you heard a recorded message from Mickey. I never got tired of that.
Last Day Of Yankee stadium…what else.
Excerpt:
The old Yankee Stadium, pre-renovation, had a feature that was eliminated in the new one: a kind of Yankee Hall of Fame that you could pass through on your way to Monument Park. It was really little more than some old uniforms in a glass case, but there was also a bank of phones where you could “talk to” Yankee greats. You picked up the receiver in, say, Mantle’s booth and you heard a recorded message from Mickey. I never got tired of that.
> The Man Will Be Absent, but His Voice Carries
“The Yankees have been very gracious,†Sheppard said as he was awaiting a visit from club officials who would tape a message from him for this weekend. The Yankees offered a limousine and a seat in George M. Steinbrenner’s box, and maybe a few words if he felt up to it.
The Boss, who long ago revived the glory of this franchise, is not coming up from Florida this weekend. The two old lions, two decades apart in age, have this much in common: a sense of pride, not wanting special attention.
“I don’t have my best stuff,†Sheppard said, sounding like a pitcher whose fastball has lost some zip. But he still has his wits, to say nothing of the elocution that has graced Yankee Stadium since April 17, 1951, opening day.
>Heard a lot of people talking about this one in Sports Illustrated.
Also heard Mad Dog have on a guest who talked about when Bush threw out the first pitch in the 2001 World Series. The Secret Service had a “seventh” umpire on the field to protect Bush. I had never heard that story. Pretty cool. Whatever you think of Bush, it was cool and he threw a strike.
I’ll be at the Stadium tomorrow, but I’m not showing up seven hours early for a night game.
