I have travelled to an opposing ballpark to watch the Mets play. I purchased Red Sox tickets in 2006 when the Mets were in Beantown. In 1999 and 2002 I went to the old Veterans Stadium for a Phillies/Mets series; I did the same in 2006 for an August series against the Nationals at the old RFK. […]
I was surprised when I found out earlier this week that Shea Stadium nearly went Astroturf for the 1985 season. Over at Sports Media Watchdog, I interviewed Michael Damergis, author of a great 25th anniversary book about the United States Football League called “USFL: The Rebel League the NFL Didn’t Respect but Feared.” During the […]
It’s cold and chilly and there is literally no Mets news outside of more snark/negativity regarding the Wilpons and team finances. Let’s change it up for a minute and do a nostalgia piece to get the fans warm and toasty. Matt Cerrone posted a picture of the Shea Stadium warning track on Metsblog the other […]
We know the original Citi Field was cavernous in comparison to Shea Stadium, but how do the new dimensions compare? Here is a photo comparison of the Citi Field/Shea Stadium dimensions: New Citi Field is still going to be bigger than Shea Stadium in the power alleys. Right-center goes from an obscene 415 to 398; […]
I have been meaning to share a bunch of pictures I took from my August visit to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Recently, I posted original scouting reports on Sandy Koufax, Tom Seaver, and Johan Santana. There were some great quotes posted throughout the museum. One of my favorites was by Pete Rose […]
Marc Malusis did a great in studio interview on WFAN with “The Franchise” Tom Seaver. It was inevitable that pitch counts would come up during the conversation. When asked his thoughts on pitch counts he told Malusis “I had a pitch count. Whose pitch count was it? It was mine. I know where I felt my effectiveness […]
I had a little dialogue on Twitter with WFAN’s Sal Licata last night who, along with Evan Roberts, was fired up about the Mets honoring the 2000 NL Champs during this weekend’s Subway Series. Licata called it “embarrassing” and a “joke.” He wasn’t alone as other Mets fans didn’t want to watch it while Yankees […]
Having more fun with this graph stuff. I should have done this earlier but look at Citi Field production at Shea Stadium: Key Dark Blue: Homers Orange: Fly Out Light Blue: Double Blue: Triple Again, I believe you won’t see that much of a difference.
Since today is Presidents Day I got motivated to do some research into the history of baseball with the commander in chief. Thanks to the Baseball Almanac, I found some of these interesting tidbits: -On 06-26-1869, President Ulysses S. Grant brought the first professional team (all members of the Cincinnati Red Stockings were paid ballplayers) […]
I thought this was pretty funny (assist to Mets Police), as it appears good old Shea Stadium is back from the dead to host the annuel “Puppy Bowl” on Animal Planet. As Shannon from Mets Police also points out HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbal” also has Shea as the background. Seems like the old […]
Bob Klapisch suggested the Mets change the dimensions of Citi Field after just one season. I have to admit, the tall left field walls, and crazy right field corner do create some problems on both sides of the ball. I wanted to compare Citi Field to Shea Stadium and decided to use ESPN MLB Park […]
I have been critical in the past of the lousy non Mets game programming at SNY. Nothing against Beer Money or Loudmouths, but it’s not going to attract serious sports fans to the network. The decision, however, to air an old Mets video yearbook is brilliant as the 1971 Mets debuted last night. The first […]
- Peter Schiller over at Baseball Reflections gives a list of MLB players on Twitter. For the record, Doug Mientkiewicz is no longer one of them - In the biggest transaction since the Yanks and Sox a deal for Babe Ruth, Peter Abraham is leaving the Journal News to cover the Red Sox for the […]
Dana Brand, author of the book “The Last Days of Shea” will join me tonight for an hour long discussion. Dana and I will talk about his book, memories of Shea, his thoughts on Citi Field, the need for celebration of Mets history, and the future of the organization. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN LIVE AT […]
The series was a lot closer than many, including me, thought. In the end the mighty Yankees were a notch better than the Mets. Below are the results, boxscores, and players of game. Remember, these games were played at the Old Yankee Stadium and Shea. We kept it retro! To view the entire 25 man […]
