Comments on: HERE WE ARE, WAVING GOOD-BYE AT THE STATION…….. http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2007/12/18/here-we-are-waving-good-bye-at-the-station/ A daily account of the trials and tribulations of the New York Mets. Contact me at sinymets@aol.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:27:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Lee Provenzano http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2007/12/18/here-we-are-waving-good-bye-at-the-station/comment-page-1/#comment-27722 Lee Provenzano Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:56:02 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2007/12/18/here-we-are-waving-good-bye-at-the-station/#comment-27722 Shea is a holy shrine. Is the vatican next?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('27722','Lee Provenzano'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('27722','Lee Provenzano','Shea is a holy shrine. Is the vatican next?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Shea is a holy shrine. Is the vatican next?
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]]> By: Rich http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2007/12/18/here-we-are-waving-good-bye-at-the-station/comment-page-1/#comment-27119 Rich Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:40:14 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2007/12/18/here-we-are-waving-good-bye-at-the-station/#comment-27119 Interesting stuff, guys. My best memory is that I went to all 1986 post-season home games. I guy I worked with went to college with a guy who became a Mets scout (he's now a scout with the O's). He hooked us up for the whole post season. Being there on 10/27/86 is a memory I will have on my death bed. I always took potential girlfriends there, too. It was my version of the Colts test from Diner. If they could tolerate my passion for the Mets, they were worth considering. And one more, taking my daughter in 1998 wen she was 5 for her first game. I created my own monster. Where I live in CT, it is 90% Highlander fans, they are everywhere with the jackets and hats. My kid, now in high school, sports her Mets gear every day and deals with the shit they dish out. But in the name of progress, it is time to say good bye. Thanks God above it is not the 1958 Dodgers, going forever. It is just a new place where we'll build new memories. Hopefully, good ones!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('27119','Rich'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('27119','Rich','Interesting stuff, guys. My best memory is that I went to all 1986 post-season home games. I guy I worked with went to college with a guy who became a Mets scout (he\'s now a scout with the O\'s). He hooked us up for the whole post season. Being there on 10\/27\/86 is a memory I will have on my death bed. I always took potential girlfriends there, too. It was my version of the Colts test from Diner. If they could tolerate my passion for the Mets, they were worth considering. And one more, taking my daughter in 1998 wen she was 5 for her first game. I created my own monster. Where I live in CT, it is 90% Highlander fans, they are everywhere with the jackets and hats. My kid, now in high school, sports her Mets gear every day and deals with the shit they dish out. \r\n\r\nBut in the name of progress, it is time to say good bye. Thanks God above it is not the 1958 Dodgers, going forever. It is just a new place where we\'ll build new memories. Hopefully, good ones!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Interesting stuff, guys. My best memory is that I went to all 1986 post-season home games. I guy I worked with went to college with a guy who became a Mets scout (he’s now a scout with the O’s). He hooked us up for the whole post season. Being there on 10/27/86 is a memory I will have on my death bed. I always took potential girlfriends there, too. It was my version of the Colts test from Diner. If they could tolerate my passion for the Mets, they were worth considering. And one more, taking my daughter in 1998 wen she was 5 for her first game. I created my own monster. Where I live in CT, it is 90% Highlander fans, they are everywhere with the jackets and hats. My kid, now in high school, sports her Mets gear every day and deals with the shit they dish out.

But in the name of progress, it is time to say good bye. Thanks God above it is not the 1958 Dodgers, going forever. It is just a new place where we’ll build new memories. Hopefully, good ones!

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]]> By: Eagle http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2007/12/18/here-we-are-waving-good-bye-at-the-station/comment-page-1/#comment-27108 Eagle Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:26:33 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2007/12/18/here-we-are-waving-good-bye-at-the-station/#comment-27108 I won't even try to out Met-fan you, but I too will be a bit weepy when Shea goes down. I've already started working on my wife to cut me loose for a solo run to NY in late September. Even if I can't get to the last regular season game, I'd like to see one of the last few games there. The only wrench in my plan is that I'm already going with the family for mid-August. I've already penciled in Aug 7 for the family trip to Shea next summer. Not sure if I can justify the second trip. I wish I could remember my first trip to Shea more clearly than I do. It was July 1970. The Mets lost to Montreal. My father wasn't much of a baseball fan, so I had to convince him to bring me to Shea. We sat in the Loge (the only time - after that it was strictly Upper Deck). He brought me and my two brothers. The only clear memory I have is of a foul ball smacking off the empty seat next to my brother (who was 4) and his shock that they were using a hard ball. He never moved to pick up the ball, unfortunately. I was at the game in 1973 when Don Hahn and George Theodore collided on a Ralph Garr hit fly ball (inside-the-park home-run). When I returned to NY as a college student in the 1980s I went to many games, including Opening Day 1983 & 1984. When I got married I brought my Irish wife to games many, many times. In 1990 we probably went to 20 games because we lived in Astoria and I used to just come home from work and say, "Let's go to Shea". In her mind, Sid Fernandez was pitching every game (she couldn't stand his deliberateness). The first time I held my oldest daughter, I looked up at the t.v. and David Cone was warming up for his start against Houston (June 14, 1991) at Shea. Oh, there's a whole year to write memories and no doubt more will come back. A bitter sweet season ahead.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('27108','Eagle'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('27108','Eagle','I won\'t even try to out Met-fan you, but I too will be a bit weepy when Shea goes down. I\'ve already started working on my wife to cut me loose for a solo run to NY in late September. Even if I can\'t get to the last regular season game, I\'d like to see one of the last few games there.\r\n\r\nThe only wrench in my plan is that I\'m already going with the family for mid-August. I\'ve already penciled in Aug 7 for the family trip to Shea next summer. Not sure if I can justify the second trip.\r\n\r\nI wish I could remember my first trip to Shea more clearly than I do. It was July 1970. The Mets lost to Montreal. My father wasn\'t much of a baseball fan, so I had to convince him to bring me to Shea. We sat in the Loge (the only time - after that it was strictly Upper Deck). He brought me and my two brothers. The only clear memory I have is of a foul ball smacking off the empty seat next to my brother (who was 4) and his shock that they were using a hard ball. He never moved to pick up the ball, unfortunately.\r\n\r\nI was at the game in 1973 when Don Hahn and George Theodore collided on a Ralph Garr hit fly ball (inside-the-park home-run). When I returned to NY as a college student in the 1980s I went to many games, including Opening Day 1983 & 1984. \r\n\r\nWhen I got married I brought my Irish wife to games many, many times. In 1990 we probably went to 20 games because we lived in Astoria and I used to just come home from work and say, \"Let\'s go to Shea\". In her mind, Sid Fernandez was pitching every game (she couldn\'t stand his deliberateness).\r\n\r\nThe first time I held my oldest daughter, I looked up at the t.v. and David Cone was warming up for his start against Houston (June 14, 1991) at Shea.\r\n\r\nOh, there\'s a whole year to write memories and no doubt more will come back. A bitter sweet season ahead.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I won’t even try to out Met-fan you, but I too will be a bit weepy when Shea goes down. I’ve already started working on my wife to cut me loose for a solo run to NY in late September. Even if I can’t get to the last regular season game, I’d like to see one of the last few games there.

The only wrench in my plan is that I’m already going with the family for mid-August. I’ve already penciled in Aug 7 for the family trip to Shea next summer. Not sure if I can justify the second trip.

I wish I could remember my first trip to Shea more clearly than I do. It was July 1970. The Mets lost to Montreal. My father wasn’t much of a baseball fan, so I had to convince him to bring me to Shea. We sat in the Loge (the only time – after that it was strictly Upper Deck). He brought me and my two brothers. The only clear memory I have is of a foul ball smacking off the empty seat next to my brother (who was 4) and his shock that they were using a hard ball. He never moved to pick up the ball, unfortunately.

I was at the game in 1973 when Don Hahn and George Theodore collided on a Ralph Garr hit fly ball (inside-the-park home-run). When I returned to NY as a college student in the 1980s I went to many games, including Opening Day 1983 & 1984.

When I got married I brought my Irish wife to games many, many times. In 1990 we probably went to 20 games because we lived in Astoria and I used to just come home from work and say, “Let’s go to Shea”. In her mind, Sid Fernandez was pitching every game (she couldn’t stand his deliberateness).

The first time I held my oldest daughter, I looked up at the t.v. and David Cone was warming up for his start against Houston (June 14, 1991) at Shea.

Oh, there’s a whole year to write memories and no doubt more will come back. A bitter sweet season ahead.

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]]> By: Dan in Texas http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2007/12/18/here-we-are-waving-good-bye-at-the-station/comment-page-1/#comment-26927 Dan in Texas Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:15:59 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2007/12/18/here-we-are-waving-good-bye-at-the-station/#comment-26927 Great Post. I am going to try and savior every homegame this year. It finally seems a reality that after this year, every opener will be somewhere else. I hope I can get up to New York one more time this year to say goodbye.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('26927','Dan in Texas'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('26927','Dan in Texas','Great Post.\r\n\r\nI am going to try and savior every homegame this year. It finally seems a reality that after this year, every opener will be somewhere else. I hope I can get up to New York one more time this year to say goodbye.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Great Post.

I am going to try and savior every homegame this year. It finally seems a reality that after this year, every opener will be somewhere else. I hope I can get up to New York one more time this year to say goodbye.

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