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Perhaps it was fitting that after yesterday's disappointing last game of the season-- where the Mets's playoff chances evaporated-- a bittersweet ceremony was held to say good-bye to Shea Stadium. The fans yelled at the Marlins, who reportedly took their time leaving the field, "Off the field, off the field, off the field."
The Mets are moving to CitField next year, but savored memories of their two World Series Championships and beloved players and managers. Returning to the stadium were former Mets including Willie Mays, Dwight Gooden, Keith Hernandez, Jerry Koosman, Mike Piazza, Darryl Strawberry, John Franco, Robin Ventura, Lenny Dykstra, and Tom Seaver, who threw out the first pitch. Ed Kranepool, part of the 1969 team, told MLB.com, "It was sentimental for myself, since I do have records here at Shea Stadium. Most games, most hits -- which means I was on the field more than any other player. When they tear it down, as [former manager] Casey [Stengel] used to say, 'They take their records with them.'"
And Amazin' Avenue wrote of the ceremony, "Only the Mets. Only the Mets could do this to you. Force you to smile when you want to wear a grimace." [Via NJ.com]
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Ed Kranepool, now there's a name that brings back some great memories.
I used to love you, Mets. It isn't even that you blew it, again. But the franchise's current manager drops 'Gangsta' when describing awesome and amazing performances by players. Gangsterism is not a euphemism for good or strong or winning. Or, it should not be. Gangsterism is for weak losers. That their manager claims to drop the term in order to relate to modern players is a smokescreen. He is a stupid thug, and can't PR spin it away. It is fitting that with the funeral of Shea, the Mets - baseball?, 'professional sports'? - have died a slow death, not to be reborn (even with new stadium) unless illegal drugs, bad behavior, and ill minded, metaphor deprived managers are rid.
wake up art. sports is gangsta culture. who is playing and where are they from. most professional athletes, are from a culture where being gangsta is glorified. the mets dumped milledge because he was too ghetto (oops! sorry!) and thought he might dull the stars of wrong and reyes.
felix milan and cleon jones. my favorite mets. in case anyone was wondering.
"Gangsterism is not a euphemism for good or strong or winning."
Amen.
The hip-hop/thug culture that permeates pro sports these last few years certainly has turned me off. I used to go to at least 5 games a year, now I don't bother at all.
I called the Mets this year. They were the same bunch of losers as last year. And they will be losers next year.
I'm not sure if any of the Mets players are "gangsta" except for that ex minor-league pitcher who killed his girlfriend's cat.
Seriously, Jerry Manuel has been a huge improvement over Willie Randolph and if "gangstas on the field, ladies on the bus" works for him, it works for me.
The Mets will always be the little sister to the big brother Yankees! But I'll say the Mets were much better then the Yanks, more exciting at that.
I think Darryl Strawberry is the only player who celebrated at both Yankee and Shea closing, but he is more of a Met then Yankee.
OK RoDogg...to think that the Mess were better than Yankees this year is moronic. Yes, while the Yankees and Mess finished with identical 89-73 records...the Yankees play in THE TOUGHEST DIVISION IN BASEBALL!!! The three bottom feeder teams in the NL East finished 60 games out of 1st, while the AL East bottom 3 (including the Yankees..as we finished in 3rd) finished 47.5 games behind the 1st place Rays.
You know what's gangsta...losing to the marlins two years in a row to choke themselves home...that's gangsta...because gangsta's are losers