Comments on: News: Mets to Honor William A. Shea

By: wilson1

wilson1 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:50:50 +0000

It’s embarrassing that the new stadium will be called citifield. The Yankees aren’t selling their rights. I’ve been a Met fan for 30 years and I’m sorry but it is just really without class.

By: hsimms

hsimms — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:54:39 +0000

No Bill Shea – No Mets. Simple.

If you don’t believe Bill Shea was the single most important mover in getting us the Mets, except maybe Joan Payson who put up the dinero, spill it.

By: gomets6091

gomets6091 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:25:07 +0000

haha I can’t believe I wrote Tex….of course, I wouldn’t complain if we were retiring his number in 25 years after he replaces Delgado next year!

I mostly agree with you about the number retirement issue: the only people I am conflicted about are Straw, Gooden, and Koos, because they were all extremely good ballplayers who had their best seasons as Mets, and were essential elements to the 2 WS teams. For example, nobody is debating Seaver, but what if he got injured his first year in Cincy and his career fell apart, and he never got close to 300 wins. Would he be retired. Just compare what Seaver and Gooden did as Mets:

Seaver – 182-107, .630%, 2.47, 2334 K, 2718 IP
Gooden – 154-81, .655%, 3.04, 1835 K, 2128 IP

Seaver’s better, but not by THAT much.

By: GeorgeThomas

GeorgeThomas — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:06:48 +0000

Yutz? I knew your name was Saltzberg. Hahahaha…

BTW, don’t be afraid to spell-check before you hit submit.

By: GeorgeThomas

GeorgeThomas — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:03:13 +0000

Again, Saltzberg. Check your stats. 2000 was his best overall year for us with his .398 OBP and .614 SLG.

You tried to make the point that he had the best years of any catcher in history while on the Mets, when that’s just not true. His best years by far were on the Dodgers.

You, sir, are a moron.

By: saltzy007

saltzy007 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:02:53 +0000

BTW you YUTZ…

In all liklihood they will both retire his number…is that OK with you?

And dont tell me its a bad idea, cause Nolan Ryan’s # is retired for all the teams he dominated with, and I’ve never heard a complaint….

By: saltzy007

saltzy007 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:45:09 +0000

I actually lauged out loud here…

His best season with us was .324 38HR 113RBI….man, why did we keep this bum?

THANK GOD he improved on his .303, 40HR 124RBI CRAPFEST from ’99!!!

You are a MOOOORRRRONNN!!!!

By: metsin080910

metsin080910 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:44:27 +0000

Nice.

By: GeorgeThomas

GeorgeThomas — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:39:11 +0000

Agreed, his # gets retired… by the Dodgers.

Again, check your stats.

By: zen

zen — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:38:29 +0000

so we should skip piazza’s

1998: .348 23hr 76rbi and 1999: .303 40hr 124rbi