Favorite Memories of the Mets on the Road

[Guest themetfairy]

In addition to seeing the Mets at Shea/Citi Field, many of us have had the pleasure of seeing the Mets as the visiting team. What are some of your favorite memories of the Mets on the road?

More will come to me in time, but I'll start out in August 2015. In the span of four days I saw three Mets road games in which they scored a total of 44 runs -

Friday, August 21 - The Mets beat the Rockies by the Unicorn score of 14-9, in a game that featured three Yoenis Cespedes home runs (and came pretty damn close to smacking a fourth!)

Saturday, August 22 - The Unicorn immediaely became a Uniclone as the Mets once again beat the Rockies 14-9. This time we were sitting with The 7 Line Army, and the Rally Parakeet was in the house

Monday, August 24 - After falling behind by a score of 7-2 after three innings in David Wright's return from the disabled list, the Mets ultimately rallied to beat the Philles in Philadelphia by a score of 16-7; the Mets hit eight home runs in that game.

It was a good week, indeed!

[Guest cooby]

Ooh! Good idea!

I've got a few of these to think on too!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I've seen the Mets on the road in Philadelphia (Veterans Stadium and Citizens Bank Park), Pittsburgh (PNC), Baltimore (Camden Yards), Atlanta (Fulton County), Seattle (Safeco), Washington (Nationals Park), and San Juan (Hiram Bithorn, vs. the Marlins). None of the games really stand out except for the most recent one, October 1, 2016 in Philadelphia, the game where the Mets clinched the Wild Card.

[dinosaur jesus]

My first two major league games, June 23 and 24, 1973, in Pittsburgh. I have very few specific memories of those games, but I can say that I saw Wille Mays and Tom Seaver play. I remember that Mays got thrown out going first to third in the first game (looked safe to me), and that Seaver won the second after a shaky start. I remember how bright even the road uniforms looked compared to TV. I remember Milk Maid being announced as a pinch hitter for the Pirates in the first game, but not that Milk Maid drove in the tying run, or that Manny Sanguillen drove in the winning run in the 10th. And I remember that the Pittsburgh paper the next day saying that Tom Terrific wasn't so terrific at the start of the game, but took control after that. It was the first time I'd heard that nickname, and it sounded kind of stupid. (Which it does. Did anyone really call him that except sarcastically, making fun of his Frank Merriwell image?)

Edited February 3, 2017 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

My favorite story of Mets on the road involved me and Hubie Brooks after a game in Montreal one time.
The story's too long to go into here, plus the gag order on speaking publicly about it remains in effect until 2024, so I'll just say that it started out quite innocently at a bar on Rue Sainte Catherine and wasn't until later that things got a bit out of hand. Also, Hubie's "injury" during the next Met road trip that took them into Montreal had more to do with a hold on his visa then it did on the "hamstring issues" that were leaked to the papers.

It all ended well at least as the charges were eventually dropped after the goat was returned to its rightful owner. I also maintain to this day that I had no idea the goat was underage at the time.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Talking with Familia and Hansel Robles during a rain delay in Washington 2016; watching deGrom dominate from behind home plate on a sunny warm day eating garlic fries while the umpire mocker guys sat a few rows in front in San Francisco, 2016; tailgating with Transmonk in Milwaukee, 2015; Piazza hits into a triple play in Philly, 2011?

[Benjamin Grimm]

dinosaur jesus wrote: My first two major league games, June 23 and 24, 1974, in Pittsburgh. I have very few specific memories of those games, but I can say that I saw Wille Mays and Tom Seaver play.

You probably have the year wrong, since Willie Mays retired after the 1973 season.

[dinosaur jesus]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: dinosaur jesus wrote: My first two major league games, June 23 and 24, 1974, in Pittsburgh. I have very few specific memories of those games, but I can say that I saw Wille Mays and Tom Seaver play. You probably have the year wrong, since Willie Mays retired after the 1973 season.

Thanks. Corrected. I know it was 1973, but my fingers don't.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Ok, now I'm just feeling old... Philly 2001, The Diamond Knight's awesoma
Shinjo banner. I don't have a lot of pics of back when my wife like to go to
baseball games haha...

I have some forum Washington pics somewheres for later...

[Edgy MD]

Is that the game that featured Rey Ordóñez going deep off of Randy Wolf?

[Guest cooby]

Not sure if this is a good or bad memory, but it was a fun weekend.

I found this really cool website, UMDb, which helped me with the dates!

It was Sept 25,26, and 27, 1992, at Three Rivers Stadium. We went out with our daughter and our friend Hideki (last name forgotten) who grew up in Flushing and so was also a Mets fan.

The Mets and Pirates were neck and neck for the NL East Flag. Mets won first game, Pirates won very long, boring blowout second game, Pirates clinched after winning game 3 of weekend series.
Hubby, daughter and I couldn't take it...we stood inside the stadium corridors during the last outs; Hideki was more stoic and watched til the end.



Memory of one of many many games in Veterans Stadium was my husband wearing a "I hate the Phillies" shirt and getting pummeled with food.
That might be the game we barely got missed by some guy peeing off the upper deck as we were leaving.

Also, at one game(still laughing) some poor girl in a tube top (remember those?) in the dash for cash on the infield during the seventh inning stretch. She pulled out her top to stuff her cash in and sudddenly realized the whole stadium got an eyeful. The Phillie Phanatic's reaction was priceless

Another time, not long after Three Mile Island, the sky turned a really weird color and everybody was nervously joking about TMI again

[Guest d'Kong76]

Is that the game that featured Rey Ordóñez going deep off of Randy Wolf?

Good memory, it was indeed!

http://www.ultimatemets.com

[Lefty Specialist]

June 6, 1998- Mets 1, Red Sox 0 at Fenway. The only run scores on a balk by Tim Wakefield.

Bobby Jones throws 8 shutout innings and John Franco gets the save. Special post-game bonuses- we were staying at the Mets hotel so we got to see Bob Murphy knocking back scotches at the bar, and when the players came back Franco saw my son with a Winnie The Pooh doll and came over to him, got down on his knees and started talking to him about how his little boy loved Winnie the Pooh and Tigger and Piglet, too. My son held up his end of the conversation about as well as a 3-year-old could. A very surreal moment.

[dinosaur jesus]

Edgy MD wrote: Is that the game that featured Rey Ordóñez going deep off of Randy Wolf?

Speaking of Randy Wolf, does anyone know if he ever found that girl he met at Grand Central in 2003? I've been wondering about that ever since.

[Edgy MD]

Phillies Notes: Wolf Searching for the One That Got Away May 22 John R. Finger ComcastSportsNet.com NEW YORK — You know that commercial where two young, hip-looking 20-somethings angrily bump into each other on a subway platform and then realize, as they catch a glimpse of each other that true love may have just walked onto the No. 7 train? The ad ends with the sultry young woman writing her phone number on the fogged up window of the train... it's a gum commercial or something. If your name is Liz and you had a great converation with a red-headed stranger Thursday morning on the New York City subway at the Grand Central terminal, then Randy Wolf is looking for you. (AP) Anyway, something like that kind of happened to Randy Wolf at Grand Central Station before Thursday afternoon's game at Shea Stadium, but with one big catch — the lefty didn't get the number and now he needs some help. Here's what happened: On his way to Shea Stadium, Wolf met a woman he knows only as Liz at the Grand Central Station terminal as he was heading to the subway. It seems as if Liz was lost and confused about how to get to Times Square, so Wolf — despite being a Californian, but being a friendly guy — gave her a hand. Along the way, Liz and Randy struck up a conversation before each hopped on trains heading in opposite directions. If only he had acted sooner. Ah, but there is still a chance for Cupid's arrow to deliver its intent. So smitten was Wolf that he could describe Liz's outfit from head to toe — brown suede bell bottoms and a black coat, with brown hair and brown eyes — and he wants to get the word out that he wants to meet her again. In fact, he was even considering taking out an ad in one of the New York papers. So, if young Liz is out there and is interested in meeting up with that helpful 6-foot, 180-pound gentleman she met on the train on Thursday who enjoys movies, music, the beach and recently signed a four-year, $22 million contract, she should contact Randy through the Phillies public relations department at pubrel@phillies.com.

He appears to have finally given up, as he married a blonde named Lindsey a year ago.

"Just a lot of embarrassment and ridicule," Wolf, now with the Dodgers, said when asked if anything ever came of the search for the mysterious subway rider. "(My current girlfriend) loves hearing about that, too."

That's from a 2007 story.

[dinosaur jesus]

Thanks! Now can you tell me the name of Napoleon III's finance minister during the Second Republic, whether Archaeopteryx is considered a bird or a non-avian dinosaur, and whether I should get this lump in my groin checked out?

[Gwreck]

Strangely, a lot of the Mets road games I go to wind up being soul-crushing losses, usually of the walk-off variety for the home team. It's actually a problem.

There have been a few good ones, though. I can pick out several satisfying victories at that "other" stadium in New York but my favorite road win is still May 23, 2009: the Omir Santos game.

[G-Fafif]

July 24, 1998, Mets sweep Cubs a Friday afternoon doubleheader at Wrigley, picking up two games in the Wild Card race. I'm watching from Tribune Company seats a few rows behind the Cubs on-deck circle, courtesy of a great friend who worked for them at the time. As perfect a baseball day as I could imagine, save maybe for one menacing Cubs fan who was a few Old Styles to the wind on the way out and saw my Mets shirt as a red cape.

I sort of prefer to see road parks in neutral circumstances, getting into the home team spirit where applicable, but it is nice to pack a win.

[RealityChuck]

The only Mets game I've seen on the road was in Wrigley Field. Degrom pitched to no decision, but gave up a home run to the pitcher to lose the lead. The Mets came back, but lost it in the end.

The best part was seeing the game at Wrigley.