Comments on: Blog: Five Questions about Being a Mets Fan

By: metskat

metskat — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:24:44 +0000

benitez balks reyes to second…then balks him home to tie the game…delgado hits walk off homer to right to win the game….there we maybe 15k fans left at the park but is sounded like 55…PRICELESS…armando let go by giants the next day——-

By: DerangedHermit

DerangedHermit — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:00:39 +0000

What is that, a John Cena promo?

By: georgetseaver

georgetseaver — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:27:33 +0000

I’d like to see intelligence and creativity to be cornerstones of the Mets organization. It ain’t gonna happen with this ownership.

By: Fonzie86

Fonzie86 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:28:37 +0000

1) 1993, I went to the Marlins first series at Shea Stadium in franchise history, and can recall routing for them from around that age on.

2) Game 6 of the 2006 NLCS. The building was shaking yes, and leaving the park that night was the best moment. Fans did not want to leave Shea’s parking lot and were on each others shoulders chanting and laughing. There was no doubt in anyones mind that evening that we would win game 7 and be playing in the World Series… hm sigh.

3) 2008 (Final game against Marlins) – I got together with 4 of my good friends, and all Mets fans to watch the game. We were optimistic (atleast on the outside) but as it went on, you could gradually feel the game slipping away. After it ended, we couldn’t believe it and decided to do the only logical thing we could think of… collectively drink the pain away.

4) Hm, maybe the owners not focusing on public opinion, the Yankees or even the Ghosts as Flatbush (Bklyn Dodgers) and instead the Mets being the best they can be.

5) I would have some serious say in the personel moves and spend like a drunken sailor this year on FA’s

By: Fonzie86

Fonzie86 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:11:51 +0000

I do not know who you are but I read your first two posts and was like, “who is this guy?”

I am the same age, and my top 2 answers are eerily similar.

1) 1993, I went to the Marlins first series at Shea Stadium in franchise history, and can recall routing for them from around that age on.

By: MetsFan06

MetsFan06 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:40:07 +0000

LOL, to second paragraph. For when you couldn’t move from the upper deck, I’d just get up to use the bathroom or something and sit in better seats like the Mezz or Lodge.

By: Sylow59

Sylow59 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:27:31 +0000

worst game: Gooden raely in 1986. A friend of mine ane me sat near the K Corner. Doc had 2 K’s and was harshly boo’d. You knew something was wrong.

On the bright side we almost made it into the press box. We were about 25 feet away from the open door and carrying 2 beers each. The guard let us past (we said they were for Ralph and Tim). At about T – 10 feet another guard stopped us and didn’t believe us as they had just got a recent beer delivery.

Runner up – a DH in April of 1983 against the Pirates. We weree in the upper decks. There was a freezing rain drenching us and the other 400 or so fans. Security would not let us decend to a lower level.

By: Sylow59

Sylow59 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:21:02 +0000

The best game was my first – summer of 1968. My friend’s dad got 3 box seats. His dad didn’t drive so my dad took the three of us to the game. The plan was for my dad to get a ticket somewhere near us and my friend’s dad and mine would take turs sitting near us. When we got to Shea my dad was able to get the ticket right next to mine so the 4 of us were able to sit together. Jimmy Wynn hit a HR for the Astros and the Mets lost 1 – 0 (remember it was 1968). My dad and I still talk about that game.

Another was the Bob Moose no-hitter in 1969,. It was on 9/20. The Cubs were 4 games back so it was inevitable and every last one of us knew that so the results really didn’t matter. I was 10 and went with my mom and dad. The feeling was unreal.

By: GhostofShea

GhostofShea — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:12:16 +0000

I’ve been a fan since the early 80′s. My first game was in the summer of ’80 or ’81 against the Dodgers. There couldn’t have been more than 4,000 people in the whole building.

Best game – 2008 2nd to last game at Shea. Santana threw a gem and the place was rocking.

Worst Game – ‘ 06 NLCS Game 7 when Heilman blew our WS tickets. That said I’ve never heard the place louder than when Endy made his famous catch. I also never heard it as quiet when Beltran struck out. Still worst game I ever witnessed live.

Best Game Runner up – ’86 NLCS Game 3 – The Lenny Homer. I can still close my eyes and see ‘Nails” jumping around as he ran the bases.

By: Beltranmynewfavmet

Beltranmynewfavmet — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:00:26 +0000

Agreed. Lets cut all this crap and just get to basics; building a winning team. Blah blah blah hustle blah blah blah teamwork. WIN.

Timo Perez was a pretty good example of a little guy, supposedly with “heart” and “hustle” who came out of nowhere to help the Mets. Ya know what happened? He dogged it, cost us a World Series game, and the Mets didn’t make it to the post-season for another 7 seasons.

Enough with the intangibles BS, lets just build a winning team.