@cj_matthews tweeted this one yesterday.
Mike Piazza Mets jersey with 9-11 stitching
Mets’ September 11 Remembrance Ceremony and TV coverage information
@mediagoon will be at the game so we’ll do our best to get pictures of the ceremony up on the site as soon as we can.
ESPN says:
ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball will feature the New York Mets hosting the Chicago Cubs on September 11, at 8 p.m. ET. Dan Shulman will call the game with analysts Orel Hershiser and Bobby Valentine and reporters Buster Olney and Pedro Gomez. Prior to the game, ESPN will televise Baseball Tonight: Citi Field Remembers 9/11…at 7:30 p.m., a special edition of the show including pregame 9/11 ceremonies from the ballpark. Baseball Tonight will also be televised on ESPN2 from 7-7:30 p.m. with the day’s MLB highlights, news and information. Karl Ravech will anchor Baseball Tonight from the Bristol, Conn., studio with analysts John Kruk and Barry Larkin, while Bob Ley will host coverage from inside the ballpark with Valentine, who managed the Mets in 2001.
And the Mets have planned:
September 11 Remembrance Ceremony
The September 11 Remembrance Ceremony will honor lives lost and pay tribute to the heroes, survivors and rescue and recovery workers on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
New York City uniformed service men and women will participate in the pre-game ceremony and first responders and families from Tuesday’s Children will unfurl a giant 300-foot by 100-foot American flag.
Grammy Award winning singer Marc Anthony will perform the National Anthem and American Idol finalist Pia Toscano will sing God Bless America. Anthony performed an emotional rendition of the National Anthem on September 21, 2001, the first regular-season professional sporting event in New York after September 11. (To access footage of Anthony singing the anthem, please email [email protected].) Toscano, who was born and raised in Howard Beach, Queens was a winner of the 2008 Mets Anthem Search. She’s appearing at Citi Field the night after the American Idols Live! 2011 Tour concludes in Rochester, New York and will release her debut album later this year.
Last week, the Mets announced that John Franco will throw out the ceremonial first pitch to Mike Piazza during the ceremony. Franco and Piazza both played on the 2001 Mets and were instrumental in the club’s relief efforts after September 11.
Terry Pendleton’s homer in the ninth stunned the Mets – SI Vault
This one, from September 11, 1987, was the hardest lost of all time to me. If you don’t know the tale read this story from Sports Illustrated
Daaar-ryl, Daaar-ryl,” sang the faithful, and Darryl Strawberry came out of the dugout to acknowledge the cheering after his two-run homer in the first inning. “Mooo-kie, Mooo-kie,” the fans crooned after Moookie Wilson hit a home run in the second, and Wilson’s wife, Rosa, sitting behind home plate, hugged the guy next to her, who happened to be Richard Nixon. “Ho-Jo, Ho-Jo,” the crowd bayed at the man standing on second base in the fourth, and Howard Johnson tipped his cap after a successful steal that made him the eighth player, and first balding infielder, to join the 30/30 Club for those players who amass 30 homers and 30 stolen bases in a season. “Sweep, sweep,” they chirped.
via Terry Pendleton’s homer in the ninth stunned the Mets – 09.21.87 – SI Vault.
I didn’t want to distract from tomorrow so I am putting this up tonight. No clowning on the blog tomorrow.
Mets-Cubs Saturday crowd shots
So far it’s quiet. @tomwatson is at the game and people are joking there are more dogs than people. Still trying to get Bark in the Park pics
Looking ahead, @mediagoon has the Sunday Night Baseball+ plan where ESPN moves half your games to times you don’t want, so he’ll be covering the ceremonies tomorrow night. Hopefully he will bring his fancy technology and do it himself on the fly.
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Terence has hooked us up with 4th inning and dogs
Yo la tengo
The other day I made a Yo La Tengo reference and while some of you got it, I learned that most of you didn’t have the pleasure of hearing Ralph Kiner frequently tell this story. Here’s the Wikipedia version, and Howie if you’re reading work this in today.
During the 1962 season, New York Mets center fielder Richie Ashburn and Venezuelan shortstop Elio Chacón found themselves colliding in the outfield. When Ashburn went for a catch, he would scream, “I got it! I got it!” only to run into Chacón, who spoke only Spanish. Ashburn learned to yell, “¡Yo la tengo! ¡Yo la tengo!” instead. In a later game, Ashburn happily saw Chacón backing off. He relaxed, positioned himself to catch the ball, and was instead run over by left fielder Frank Thomas, who understood no Spanish and had missed a team meeting that proposed using the words “¡Yo la tengo!” as a way to avoid outfield collisions. After getting up, Thomas asked Ashburn, “What the heck is a Yellow Tango?”.
