There Used to be a Scoreboard Here

[soupcan]

Farmer Ted wrote: "The home run apple is being shined for its display outside the new stadium."

I'm finally conceding to the Apple.

Whether I like it or not, its been a part of the Mets for what - almost 30 years now?

I'm glad they are putting it on display outside the new place. Someone here said it already - it will be to Met fans what that big, stupid bat in the Bronx has been - a place to meet before the game - "meet me at the Apple"

So, I'm cool. I do hope that the new Apple inside ShittyField (that was for Val) does not have a top-hat though.

[soupcan]

In that NYTimes article that Greg posted - this picture accompanies with the caption: A photograph of the former Mets second baseman Doug Flynn.



The face is obscured but- it is a player wearing #23. However, the uniform is from '93-'94 (the ugly tail under 'Mets' remember?) so it couldn't be Flynn whose last year with the Mets was '81.

A quick trip to MBTN told me who it must be. I now know, do you...?

[seawolf17]

]Already 10,000 of 16,000 pairs of its seats have sold for $869 each.

What happened to the other 20,000+ seats?

]The home run apple is being shined for its display outside the new stadium.

"Outside?" Assholes.

]�They�re so high, and so close to Mr. Wilpon�s new baby.�

]�If it were me,� said Jeff Wilpon, the team�s chief operating officer, who wants Shea to be gone as soon as possible. �I�d just go in and bring them down.�

I hate you, Jeff Wilpon. Hate you with the passion of a thousand fires. Go eff your millionaire self and your new baby.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

="soupcan"]In that NYTimes article that Greg posted - this picture accompanies with the caption: A photograph of the former Mets second baseman Doug Flynn. The face is obscured but- it is a player wearing #23. However, the uniform is from '93-'94 (the ugly tail under 'Mets' remember?) so it couldn't be Flynn whose last year with the Mets was '81. A quick trip to MBTN told me who it must be. I now know, do you...?

Not looking it up.... Tim Bogar? Yeah?

Shame tht the Times blew this so badly.

[soupcan]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Not looking it up.... Tim Bogar? Yeah?

Yup - Bogar.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Shame tht the Times blew this so badly.

I know, right?

[Farmer Ted]

MBTN neds to fire off a statement of correction to the Times. Of course, the Times won't note the correction.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I guess they're not going to bother auctioning off a weather-beaten giant photograph of Tim Bogar.

[seawolf17]

Who the hell prints a giant picture of Tim Bogar? What on earth could that have been used for?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Probably hanging somewhere in the stadium in 1994 or 1995.

[Guest AG/DC]

Well, they knew even then what a good Quality Assurance Coach he'd be for the champeen Devil Rays.

[soupcan]

seawolf17 wrote: Who the hell prints a giant picture of Tim Bogar? What on earth could that have been used for?

...was the next thing that came to my mind.

[Farmer Ted]

Guessing that was from his rookie year as he was a somewhat highly touted rookie. "Hey, let's make a sign/banner with our newest star!" It's certainly not one of the banners of Mets stars that adorned the Shea concourses. Maybe Pete Flynn hooked it up to the back of a tractor to smooth out the dirt on the warning track.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

="soupcan"]In that NYTimes article that Greg posted - this picture accompanies with the caption: A photograph of the former Mets second baseman Doug Flynn. The face is obscured but- it is a player wearing #23. However, the uniform is from '93-'94 (the ugly tail under 'Mets' remember?) so it couldn't be Flynn whose last year with the Mets was '81. A quick trip to MBTN told me who it must be. I now know, do you...?

Times editor sez:

]We have researched the photograph you asked about, but we have been unable to confirm your information about Tim Bogar. The Mets gave our photographer the information to identify that individual as Doug Flynn. That said, it's impossible for us to re-confirm the name of the player the picture because half of the face is obscured. It's also not clear whether the picture was taken of a player in an exact uniform from that year or involved some artistic license on the part of the team.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I don't buy into the artistic license theory, but it's nice that they looked into it and got back to you. I like that they took the time to try to reconfirm the identity of a person pictured on filthy refuse.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

So the New York Times makes an obvious error, and can't be bothered to correct it?

That speaks volumes. Makes you wonder what else they get wrong and don't care to correct.

[Benjamin Grimm]

It looks to me like they did attempt to verify it, and ran into a dead end.

I know that a lot of people are down on the Times, and not without reason, but I don't think they did anything wrong here. They went further than I would have thought for something so insignificant.

[stevejrogers]

Though it appears they did try to deflect blame and say that it was the Mets that gave them faulty info though.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I have little reason to doubt that the Mets misinformed them.

[seawolf17]

Someone swing down to Philly and tap Tim on the shoulder and ask if it's him.

[soupcan]

Of course its Bogar.

He was the only 23 they had when they wore those tails.

What possible reason would the Mets have to create a giant picture of Doug Flynn in a 1992-93 version of the uniform when Flynn last played for them in 1981?

Sometimes common sense should win out.

It's cool that Lunchables contacted the the Grey Lady and that they responded though. I'll give them that.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I mostly wrote to complement Sandomir for having superbly meshed descriptions of twin disasters: Shea's destruction and Jeff Wilpon's sensitivity.