Your Mets Library

[seawolf17]

I remember that thread. Still have my card.

[metirish]

That Frank Thomas was actually me........yeah, hard to believe that was 2005.

[Theoldmole]

Just reread the whole Frank Thomas thread...loved it. I must have somehow stopped reading it before the end the first time around, because I never got my baseball card. That's OK, though. Thanks again for the memories, Frank.

[Guest Kong76]

metirish wrote: That Frank Thomas was actually me........yeah, hard to believe that was 2005.

Pretty convincing ruse.

[seawolf17]

Kong76 wrote: metirish wrote: That Frank Thomas was actually me........yeah, hard to believe that was 2005. Pretty convincing ruse.

You couldn't tell? The Irish accent gave it away.

[G-Fafif]

seawolf17 wrote: Kong76 wrote: metirish wrote: That Frank Thomas was actually me........yeah, hard to believe that was 2005. Pretty convincing ruse. You couldn't tell? The Irish accent gave it away.

Now that you mention it, I thought it strange when Frank said "that was just Choo Choo takin' the piss."

[Guest Swan Swan H]

And when he called Marv Throneberry a feckin' wanker.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Now I feel guilty for not finishing Frank Thomas' book.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

And to think, Clifford Irving got a year and a half in the can for this sort of thing.

[Guest Kong76]

Feel dumb, getting used to that though.
I removed the books that don't belong from the Mets' area,
not that I'm anal about such things or anything.

[G-Fafif]

Kong76 wrote: not that I'm anal

Leiter was.

An Al.

[Ceetar]

so is Piazza's 2/12 release our first target?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Brief overview of Mets books that have come out in the past couple of years, and upcoming releases.

From Rogers' link:

July 10th [2012] saw the release of a tome that Amazon doesn�t have the product image of. It�s the first volume of Meeting The Mets: A Quirky History of a Quirky Team by a Ph.D. Thomas A. Droleskey. It appears to cover 1962-1986 with more volumes to come.

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And from a Droleskey web-piece,

Excerpt:

"Indeed, I went to 1,601 major league baseball games from July 15, 1962, through the last and most regrettable game of the 2000 World Series on October 26, 2000. Baseball and the Mets are in my blood. Mind you, I do not live for the sport. I have lived quite well without it during players� strikers and owner lockouts. But it has been a great diversion. And as is somewhat well-known, at least in baseball circles, in 1976 I helped revive the tradition of the baseball novelty figure, the fan who dresses up to entertain other fans. My adoption of the persona of The Lone Ranger of Shea Stadium added another dimension to my following of baseball and the Mets. The act, originally meant to be nothing more than a one-day lark, turned into a bit of an institution at Shea and became something that many fans expected and looked forward to during the games.

However, all things in this passing world must come to an end. I still love baseball. I will be a fan of the New York Mets until I die. But facts are facts. Although the good people who staff the Mets� ticket office have been most kind and gracious to me over the years, ticket prices are getting out of hand. The wonderful season seat I have had since 1994 is going to cost $60 a game for the 2001 season. That�s a total of $4,860 for the 81 home games, not including an additional $567 for the right to find a parking space for my car when I attend the games. And none of that includes the expense of gasoline to get to and from the Big Shea, as the ball park in Flushing Meadows is called now and then. All of that is a lot of money for a man who does not make a lot of money. Moreover, the full complement of post-season tickets a few months ago cost more than $1,800, payable in September. Enough. Uncle. It�s over. I�m out of the ball game.

Most of the people who own the seats around me are very wealthy people. The two seats immediately adjacent to the one I have had for the past seven seasons are owned by the agent for the singer Billy Joel. Wall Street financiers own most of the other seats in the area of my season seat. Those people can afford the increases that have occurred in the past few years. In 1994, when I had the chance to grab my season seat owing to the poor season the Mets had suffered through in 1993, it cost $14 a game. That rose to $17 a game by 1996 before skyrocketing to $25 in 1997, $35 in 1998, $45 in 1999, and $54 in 2000. I am being asked to help subsidize the millions of dollars paid out to athletes to play a game. Enough is enough.

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When push comes to shove, baseball salaries are out of control. Baseball clubs are catering to the big-money people who can afford the increased admission costs mandated by ever-escalating salaries. Major League Baseball, the entity that runs the game, caters to the demands of the TV networks that televise the games, starting night World Series games as late as 8:30 p.m. so that they run well after midnight in most cases. The fan in the stands is simply window dressing for the TV cameras. The fan�s convenience (and the needs of those watching at home to go to bed at a reasonable hour) means nothing to the scions of baseball. (By the way, I�ve crossed swords with the head of Major League Baseball, Commissioner Allan H. �Bud� Selig, on the matter of the double standard applied to Ted Turner�s anti-Catholicism vis-a-vis the allegations of insensitivity made against former Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott.)

The game itself retains its charm and its beauty. As far as I am concerned there is nothing else like it. But the greed of both the owners and the players has reached a point where average people who work hard for their living are being priced out of the game. Mind you, there is no such thing as a free ride. You get what you earn in life. I simply don�t earn enough to warrant spending money I don�t have on a game that is run by billionaires and played by millionaires. It�s time for me to take myself out of the ball game."

http://www.griffnews.com/droleskey/010222.shtml


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[seawolf17]

Some info from Paul of Paul's Random Stuff:

http://randombaseballstuff.com/2013/01/18/baseball-book-signings/

Spring is just around the corner, and that means a new crop of baseball books. Among them: * Mike Piazza�s �Long Shot� is probably the one that will get the most buzz, and the former Mets catcher is scheduled to do two book signings in New York next month. One will be at the Barnes & Noble on 5th Avenue in Manhattan on Feb. 11th; the other will be at the Barnes & Noble in Carle Place on Feb. 12th. For more information, visit Mets Hot Corner. * Former Red Sox manager Terry Francona is scheduled to hold a book signing for �Francona: The Red Sox Years� on Wednesday, Jan. 23rd, at the Barnes & Noble on East 54th Street in Manhattan. For details, check Celebrity Book Signings & Events. * WFAN Mets broadcaster Howie Rose�s �Put It In the Book!: A Half-Century of Mets Mania � is due out March 1st. I�m not sure he rates a book signing, but I�m mentioning it because it�s the one book of this group that I actually want to read. * Dwight Gooden�s �Doc: A Memoir� is scheduled for publication on May 28th, and I would be very surprised if he doesn�t have a few New York-area book signings to support it.

I would totally go to a Howie Rose signing, by the way. Tempted to hit the Piazza, but I can't imagine how insane that line would be.

[Ceetar]

seawolf17 wrote: I would totally go to a Howie Rose signing, by the way. Tempted to hit the Piazza, but I can't imagine how insane that line would be.

Over/under on the percentage of people, upon handing him their book to sign, say "Put it in the book"?

[Guest MrInbetween]

seawolf17 wrote: I would totally go to a Howie Rose signing, by the way. Tempted to hit the Piazza, but I can't imagine how insane that line would be.

I would definitely go to a Howie Rose book signing too. I thought about going to the Mike Piazza one in Manhattan for a few seconds, then I realized how bad the crowd will probably be & how early I'd need to get there and decided that it isn't really worth it to me.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Uh oh... watch out for Mr. InBetween!

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Welcome aBordick!

Don't know where you're from, but Piazza will be in Carle Place on Long Island on Feb.12, and that store is huge.

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Uh oh... watch out for Mr. InBetween!

You just don't mess with Mr. In-Between

[seawolf17]

MIB appears to be Paul of Paul's Random Stuff; I dropped him a line after I copied his post here.

[Edgy MD]

Welcome aboard. Hope you visit back.

[G-Fafif]

If you haven't enhanced your baseball library with The Happiest Recap: First Base (1962-1973) yet, here's your chance to make up for that shameful void. Contest to win a copy here.

[G-Fafif]

Howie! From the Big Lead (h/t bmfc1).

7. Are there events you would still like to call in your career? Yes. The one where I get to proclaim that the New York Mets are world champions.

[bmfc1]

Your Mets Library...

won't include this book:
http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/03/25/lenny-dykstra-is-a-massive-turd-stain-on-humanity-racist-and-pretty-disgusting-new-book-claims/