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
Thanks to MetsMom for sending this picture over. Spotted at the Mets Clubhouse Store in Roosevelt Field, K-Rod’s authentic jerseys have been marked down from $239.99 to only $99.99
It looks like it’s the 2009 white pinstripe version (though I don’t see the CitiField patch). Still that is a huge drop in price coming on the heels of this week’s incident. Could it be a sign that K-Rod may not be a Met much longer? Or is it just that nobody wants to buy his jersey anymore.
UPDATE – Thanks to eagle eyed readers this has been identified as most likely a 2009 replica. Steve points out “The way you can tell is because of the lack of MLB “batter†logo at neck, the single layer of twill (printed in 3-colors and with a white outline) and straight instead of “zig-zag†pinstripes).”
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.
