Comments on: TIME TO RE-WRITE GREATEST MOMENTS IN HISTORY OF SHEA STADIUM http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/27/time-to-re-write-greatest-moments-in-history-of-shea-stadium/ A daily account of the trials and tribulations of the New York Mets. Contact me at sinymets@aol.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:38:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David in Manhattan http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/27/time-to-re-write-greatest-moments-in-history-of-shea-stadium/comment-page-1/#comment-114680 David in Manhattan Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:41:07 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=723#comment-114680 You're right, Eagle, you're right!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('114680','David in Manhattan'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('114680','David in Manhattan','You\'re right, Eagle, you\'re right!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> You’re right, Eagle, you’re right!
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]]> By: Eagle http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/27/time-to-re-write-greatest-moments-in-history-of-shea-stadium/comment-page-1/#comment-114610 Eagle Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:24:31 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=723#comment-114610 David, Don't forget that Milwaukee fired their manager only, what?, three weeks ago. Amazing from their perspective that they didn't just fold. In my head I know you're right about this year's team. This year's failure wasn't as bad as last year's. They did suffer some pretty damaging injuries. (I don't count Alou there because no team should be so dependent on a fragile 41-year-old to be their everyday leftfielder.) I know you're right, but it doesn't make it feel any better.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('114610','Eagle'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('114610','Eagle','David,\r\n\r\nDon\'t forget that Milwaukee fired their manager only, what?, three weeks ago. Amazing from their perspective that they didn\'t just fold. \r\n\r\nIn my head I know you\'re right about this year\'s team. This year\'s failure wasn\'t as bad as last year\'s. They did suffer some pretty damaging injuries. (I don\'t count Alou there because no team should be so dependent on a fragile 41-year-old to be their everyday leftfielder.)\r\n\r\nI know you\'re right, but it doesn\'t make it feel any better.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> David,

Don’t forget that Milwaukee fired their manager only, what?, three weeks ago. Amazing from their perspective that they didn’t just fold.

In my head I know you’re right about this year’s team. This year’s failure wasn’t as bad as last year’s. They did suffer some pretty damaging injuries. (I don’t count Alou there because no team should be so dependent on a fragile 41-year-old to be their everyday leftfielder.)

I know you’re right, but it doesn’t make it feel any better.

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]]> By: David in Manhattan http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/27/time-to-re-write-greatest-moments-in-history-of-shea-stadium/comment-page-1/#comment-114578 David in Manhattan Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:28:04 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=723#comment-114578 All season I expected that these guys would win their division, even when they were in the dumps in May and June. There may have been little reason to think so then, but I figured, hey, might as well hope for the best, instead of groaning all the time. So now they drop off the table in the 162nd game for the second year in a row, which hurts, but in my book these guys played a solid season, they did not gripe about the many injuries (which were brutal...Alou, Maine, Wagner, Church, Tatis, etc.), they hustled, they scored a ton of runs (second in the league I think), and in the end they came close. I can handle it. Jerry Manuel, aka J-Gangsta, should be kept on...he is a class act. BTW, stork, pls try to listen to Caryn and Eagle's comments...relax a bit, stork, no need to react so much. No one is proposing cop-killing, violence, crime... Jerry Manuel -- a peaceful, intellectual, solid baseball mind, and motivator who happens to be black -- occasionally uses the word "gangsta" for when a player toughens up, mans up, steps, and gets the job done, as Santana did. These Mets gave us a lot of thrills this year, but finally got edged out. longtime Mets fans can handle losing. In a way, this is a fitting end for Shea...though I have always loved the place. I was there as a 10 year old for the first Shea game, in 1964. Also attended Bunning's perfect game two months later, and Seaver's Near Perfect, and his 19 K's game... And so many more amazin' games, concerts, etc. Give the Brewers credit, three months ago they figured they had a shot, and they knew they would lose Sheets to free agency, so they took the risk of trading great young talent to get three months of CC Sabathia and make a bid this year...Bob Melvin said, "We're going for it." I really hate that the Phils edged us again, but I am glad for Milwaukee that their fans get a chance at post-season play (though it may be turn out to be a brief one). Next year, with re-built bullpen, let's see what we can do at Citi Field.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('114578','David in Manhattan'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('114578','David in Manhattan','All season I expected that these guys would win their division, even when they were in the dumps in May and June. There may have been little reason to think so then, but I figured, hey, might as well hope for the best, instead of groaning all the time.\r\n\r\nSo now they drop off the table in the 162nd game for the second year in a row, which hurts, but in my book these guys played a solid season, they did not gripe about the many injuries (which were brutal...Alou, Maine, Wagner, Church, Tatis, etc.), they hustled, they scored a ton of runs (second in the league I think), and in the end they came close. I can handle it. \r\n\r\nJerry Manuel, aka J-Gangsta, should be kept on...he is a class act. BTW, stork, pls try to listen to Caryn and Eagle\'s comments...relax a bit, stork, no need to react so much. No one is proposing cop-killing, violence, crime... Jerry Manuel -- a peaceful, intellectual, solid baseball mind, and motivator who happens to be black -- occasionally uses the word \"gangsta\" for when a player toughens up, mans up, steps, and gets the job done, as Santana did. \r\n\r\nThese Mets gave us a lot of thrills this year, but finally got edged out. longtime Mets fans can handle losing. In a way, this is a fitting end for Shea...though I have always loved the place. I was there as a 10 year old for the first Shea game, in 1964. Also attended Bunning\'s perfect game two months later, and Seaver\'s Near Perfect, and his 19 K\'s game... And so many more amazin\' games, concerts, etc.\r\n\r\nGive the Brewers credit, three months ago they figured they had a shot, and they knew they would lose Sheets to free agency, so they took the risk of trading great young talent to get three months of CC Sabathia and make a bid this year...Bob Melvin said, \"We\'re going for it.\" \r\n\r\nI really hate that the Phils edged us again, but I am glad for Milwaukee that their fans get a chance at post-season play (though it may be turn out to be a brief one). \r\n\r\nNext year, with re-built bullpen, let\'s see what we can do at Citi Field.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> All season I expected that these guys would win their division, even when they were in the dumps in May and June. There may have been little reason to think so then, but I figured, hey, might as well hope for the best, instead of groaning all the time.

So now they drop off the table in the 162nd game for the second year in a row, which hurts, but in my book these guys played a solid season, they did not gripe about the many injuries (which were brutal…Alou, Maine, Wagner, Church, Tatis, etc.), they hustled, they scored a ton of runs (second in the league I think), and in the end they came close. I can handle it.

Jerry Manuel, aka J-Gangsta, should be kept on…he is a class act. BTW, stork, pls try to listen to Caryn and Eagle’s comments…relax a bit, stork, no need to react so much. No one is proposing cop-killing, violence, crime… Jerry Manuel — a peaceful, intellectual, solid baseball mind, and motivator who happens to be black — occasionally uses the word “gangsta” for when a player toughens up, mans up, steps, and gets the job done, as Santana did.

These Mets gave us a lot of thrills this year, but finally got edged out. longtime Mets fans can handle losing. In a way, this is a fitting end for Shea…though I have always loved the place. I was there as a 10 year old for the first Shea game, in 1964. Also attended Bunning’s perfect game two months later, and Seaver’s Near Perfect, and his 19 K’s game… And so many more amazin’ games, concerts, etc.

Give the Brewers credit, three months ago they figured they had a shot, and they knew they would lose Sheets to free agency, so they took the risk of trading great young talent to get three months of CC Sabathia and make a bid this year…Bob Melvin said, “We’re going for it.”

I really hate that the Phils edged us again, but I am glad for Milwaukee that their fans get a chance at post-season play (though it may be turn out to be a brief one).

Next year, with re-built bullpen, let’s see what we can do at Citi Field.

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]]> By: Rich http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/27/time-to-re-write-greatest-moments-in-history-of-shea-stadium/comment-page-1/#comment-114563 Rich Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:54:35 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=723#comment-114563 The Marlins said they enjoyed doing it last year. They said they would enjoy doing it again. They did. They celebrated on the field. What is the reaction? I say drill a Marlin or two next year. Stand up for yourself. That was disgraceful to watch. I think I need a few months off at this point. Personally, this one hurts more than last year. The emotional ride that the season was, for it to end like this, such an empty feeling of an upcoming long winter. This sucks. I think I said that before.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('114563','Rich'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('114563','Rich','The Marlins said they enjoyed doing it last year. They said they would enjoy doing it again. They did. They celebrated on the field. What is the reaction? I say drill a Marlin or two next year. Stand up for yourself. That was disgraceful to watch. \r\n\r\nI think I need a few months off at this point. Personally, this one hurts more than last year. The emotional ride that the season was, for it to end like this, such an empty feeling of an upcoming long winter.\r\n\r\nThis sucks. I think I said that before.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The Marlins said they enjoyed doing it last year. They said they would enjoy doing it again. They did. They celebrated on the field. What is the reaction? I say drill a Marlin or two next year. Stand up for yourself. That was disgraceful to watch.

I think I need a few months off at this point. Personally, this one hurts more than last year. The emotional ride that the season was, for it to end like this, such an empty feeling of an upcoming long winter.

This sucks. I think I said that before.

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]]> By: stork http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/27/time-to-re-write-greatest-moments-in-history-of-shea-stadium/comment-page-1/#comment-114542 stork Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:43:57 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=723#comment-114542 Rich - it's not the end. Wilpons + minaya = failure. Wilpons + anyone = failure. You want to root for a team owned by Fred Wilpon? Expect more of this. Vote with your feet - don't go to Citi. Don't buy Mets gear. I'll continue to watch on TV but am pretty sure I won't spend a dime on this mess in my lifetime until fred wilpon sells. Hey caryn - was this 'gangsta' today? I think it was shit. Is that word ok or is there some new definition of shit you and your hip hop buds want to share with us?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('114542','stork'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('114542','stork','Rich - it\'s not the end.\r\n\r\nWilpons + minaya = failure.\r\n\r\nWilpons + anyone = failure.\r\n\r\nYou want to root for a team owned by Fred Wilpon? Expect more of this.\r\n\r\nVote with your feet - don\'t go to Citi. Don\'t buy Mets gear. \r\n\r\nI\'ll continue to watch on TV but am pretty sure I won\'t spend a dime on this mess in my lifetime until fred wilpon sells.\r\n\r\nHey caryn - was this \'gangsta\' today? I think it was shit. Is that word ok or is there some new definition of shit you and your hip hop buds want to share with us?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Rich – it’s not the end.

Wilpons + minaya = failure.

Wilpons + anyone = failure.

You want to root for a team owned by Fred Wilpon? Expect more of this.

Vote with your feet – don’t go to Citi. Don’t buy Mets gear.

I’ll continue to watch on TV but am pretty sure I won’t spend a dime on this mess in my lifetime until fred wilpon sells.

Hey caryn – was this ‘gangsta’ today? I think it was shit. Is that word ok or is there some new definition of shit you and your hip hop buds want to share with us?

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]]> By: Gary http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/27/time-to-re-write-greatest-moments-in-history-of-shea-stadium/comment-page-1/#comment-114536 Gary Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:19:01 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=723#comment-114536 Wait 'till next year.... :-(<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('114536','Gary'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('114536','Gary','Wait \'till next year....\r\n\r\n:-('); return false;">Quote</a></div> Wait ’till next year….

:-(

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]]> By: Rich http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/27/time-to-re-write-greatest-moments-in-history-of-shea-stadium/comment-page-1/#comment-114534 Rich Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:14:22 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=723#comment-114534 Wow. I feel like Mike Tyson just punched me in the groin. This hurts. Maybe the closing of Shea will mean the end of the bad karma the organization has felt over the last few years. Maybe Citi will be a new beginning, with hopefully a winning tradition. This is truly an awful feeling.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('114534','Rich'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('114534','Rich','Wow. I feel like Mike Tyson just punched me in the groin. This hurts. Maybe the closing of Shea will mean the end of the bad karma the organization has felt over the last few years. Maybe Citi will be a new beginning, with hopefully a winning tradition. This is truly an awful feeling.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Wow. I feel like Mike Tyson just punched me in the groin. This hurts. Maybe the closing of Shea will mean the end of the bad karma the organization has felt over the last few years. Maybe Citi will be a new beginning, with hopefully a winning tradition. This is truly an awful feeling.
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]]> By: stork http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/27/time-to-re-write-greatest-moments-in-history-of-shea-stadium/comment-page-1/#comment-114517 stork Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:42:26 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=723#comment-114517 caryn - i understand fully well what 'gangsta' means. it's revolting. i agree there's some racism going on here. you just need to check where your finger is pointed<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('114517','stork'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('114517','stork','caryn - i understand fully well what \'gangsta\' means. it\'s revolting.\r\n\r\ni agree there\'s some racism going on here. you just need to check where your finger is pointed'); return false;">Quote</a></div> caryn – i understand fully well what ‘gangsta’ means. it’s revolting.

i agree there’s some racism going on here. you just need to check where your finger is pointed

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]]> By: Eagle http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/27/time-to-re-write-greatest-moments-in-history-of-shea-stadium/comment-page-1/#comment-114472 Eagle Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:47:47 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=723#comment-114472 Okay. Game time is about 2 hours away. I'm sure you're on the way to Shea for what I hope is not your last time. I can't tell you how much I wish I was able to go today. It's killing me. However, I found out that I'll be able to watch today's game too. Our American sports network announced that they'd be showing today's Met game about 3 hours ago. I doubt my network will stay with the post-game ceremonies, but I'm hoping for that too. The Mets have to win today. They're going to. Right? My wife has a big dinner on right now. I don't know how to tell her that I'm not sure I'll be able to eat anything. By the way, don't miss the interview with Ron Swoboda from Joe & Evan's show earlier in the week. http://www.wfan.com/pages/744514.php<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('114472','Eagle'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('114472','Eagle','Okay. Game time is about 2 hours away. I\'m sure you\'re on the way to Shea for what I hope is not your last time. I can\'t tell you how much I wish I was able to go today. It\'s killing me.\r\n\r\nHowever, I found out that I\'ll be able to watch today\'s game too. Our American sports network announced that they\'d be showing today\'s Met game about 3 hours ago. I doubt my network will stay with the post-game ceremonies, but I\'m hoping for that too. \r\n\r\nThe Mets have to win today. They\'re going to. Right? My wife has a big dinner on right now. I don\'t know how to tell her that I\'m not sure I\'ll be able to eat anything. \r\n\r\nBy the way, don\'t miss the interview with Ron Swoboda from Joe & Evan\'s show earlier in the week.\r\nhttp:\/\/www.wfan.com\/pages\/744514.php'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Okay. Game time is about 2 hours away. I’m sure you’re on the way to Shea for what I hope is not your last time. I can’t tell you how much I wish I was able to go today. It’s killing me.

However, I found out that I’ll be able to watch today’s game too. Our American sports network announced that they’d be showing today’s Met game about 3 hours ago. I doubt my network will stay with the post-game ceremonies, but I’m hoping for that too.

The Mets have to win today. They’re going to. Right? My wife has a big dinner on right now. I don’t know how to tell her that I’m not sure I’ll be able to eat anything.

By the way, don’t miss the interview with Ron Swoboda from Joe & Evan’s show earlier in the week.
http://www.wfan.com/pages/744514.php

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]]> By: Eagle http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/2008/09/27/time-to-re-write-greatest-moments-in-history-of-shea-stadium/comment-page-1/#comment-114402 Eagle Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:36:39 +0000 http://www.kranepoolsociety.com/?p=723#comment-114402 Kranepool, I got to see yesterday's game. (Rain delay allowed the family to see Arsenal vs Hull City to the end.) I couldn't agree more about Santana. I was a skeptic when the Mets got him and thought maybe they'd been sold a bill of goods two months into the season. Not that he was awful, but he wasn't the dominating ace I thought the Mets were getting. Yesterday was unbelievable. That's how the Mets are supposed to win. 2-0. I don't like having a team that relies on scoring loads of runs. Hitting is streaky, pitching is forever (unless you have Oliver Perez in your rotation - he's gotta come up big today).<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('114402','Eagle'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('114402','Eagle','Kranepool,\r\n\r\nI got to see yesterday\'s game. (Rain delay allowed the family to see Arsenal vs Hull City to the end.)\r\n\r\nI couldn\'t agree more about Santana. I was a skeptic when the Mets got him and thought maybe they\'d been sold a bill of goods two months into the season. Not that he was awful, but he wasn\'t the dominating ace I thought the Mets were getting.\r\n\r\nYesterday was unbelievable. That\'s how the Mets are supposed to win. 2-0. I don\'t like having a team that relies on scoring loads of runs. Hitting is streaky, pitching is forever (unless you have Oliver Perez in your rotation - he\'s gotta come up big today).'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Kranepool,

I got to see yesterday’s game. (Rain delay allowed the family to see Arsenal vs Hull City to the end.)

I couldn’t agree more about Santana. I was a skeptic when the Mets got him and thought maybe they’d been sold a bill of goods two months into the season. Not that he was awful, but he wasn’t the dominating ace I thought the Mets were getting.

Yesterday was unbelievable. That’s how the Mets are supposed to win. 2-0. I don’t like having a team that relies on scoring loads of runs. Hitting is streaky, pitching is forever (unless you have Oliver Perez in your rotation – he’s gotta come up big today).

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