Old Mets Pictures

[Guest d'Kong76]

Haven't seen this one in a while... geez, over fifteen years already...
[fimg=750:1uc3k203]http://www.kcmets.com/wewinnlcs.jpg[/fimg:1uc3k203]

[Guest d'Kong76]

[fimg=750:1x2gdhwu]http://www.kcmets.com/Pictures/Sunnyshea050601.jpg[/fimg:1x2gdhwu]

[Guest d'Kong76]

[fimg=750:1rfdzy1p]http://www.kcmets.com/Pictures/Shea092101e.jpg[/fimg:1rfdzy1p]

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

d'Kong76 wrote: Haven't seen this one in a while... geez, over fifteen years already... [fimg=750]http://www.kcmets.com/wewinnlcs.jpg[/fimg]

The Mike Hampton game? Had the same angle myself but about 400 feet higher.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Yup©!

[Guest d'Kong76]

*sniffle*

[Guest cooby classic]

What's that thing you have your foot on?

[Lefty Specialist]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: Haven't seen this one in a while... geez, over fifteen years already... [fimg=750]http://www.kcmets.com/wewinnlcs.jpg[/fimg] The Mike Hampton game? Had the same angle myself but about 400 feet higher.

That was me too, upper deck 3rd base side. My 5 year-old got interviewed by WCBS that night. Wish I had the tape of it because it was relentlessly cute.

[Guest d'Kong76]

cooby wrote: What's that thing you have your foot on?

Some kind of construction pallet of sorts, I guess. The visit was the day
before that last piece of Shea got knocked down. Toasting the ol' girl
with my Heineken keg can is a nice memory. I think I have a piece of
concrete somewhere around here. I shoulda thrown a big piece of the
pipes in the car. Wasn't thinking haha.

[HahnSolo]

Wow, I have zero recollection of Pat Hentgen being the starter for that 2000 NLCS game.

[Ceetar]

[Guest themetfairy]

Between Citi and Shea -

[Guest d'Kong76]

I walked through there a couple of times. I remember feeling it was
weird or something how little space there was between them.

[Frayed Knot]

Here's a picture of an old Met

[fimg=250:1oh08ogq]http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/casey_stengel.jpg[/fimg:1oh08ogq]

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

HahnSolo wrote: Wow, I have zero recollection of Pat Hentgen being the starter for that 2000 NLCS game.

With the exception of Jay Payton's "Hold-me-back!" bit on the HBP, itself sort of manufactured drama, it was probably the least dramatic postseason game you could imagine.

Cards fell behind early, and went without a whimper. They were clearly whupped in that series.

[Edgy MD]

I have zero recollection of Hentgen ever playing in the National League.

[dgwphotography]

I miss the old girl...

[Benjamin Grimm]

I do too. While I realize that, objectively, Citi Field is a nicer stadium, it will never hold the memories for me that Shea had. And of course I realize that's a factor of the generation I was born in. I do understand that younger fans will build their own memories at Citi Field.

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Polaroid from September 20, 1986

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Mookie pitches batting practice in Sept. 1997.

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Opening Day 2001

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Bobby V with a fan in Baltimore in 1997

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

[Guest d'Kong76]

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Bobby V with a fan in Baltimore in 1997

Two young whippersnappers!

[stevejrogers]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I do too. While I realize that, objectively, Citi Field is a nicer stadium, it will never hold the memories for me that Shea had. And of course I realize that's a factor of the generation I was born in. I do understand that younger fans will build their own memories at Citi Field.

Site of first Met no hitter and playing in a World Series does help.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yes, but at my age, not very much. I'll never have youthful memories of Citi Field, and those are the kind of memories that stir up nostalgia.