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Swan Swan H wrote: I have great memories of Shea, of course, but I go to the park 15-20 times a year and I wouldn't trade Citi for Shea under any circumstances. This, I love going to Citi Field, my son loves going there. All the ads are garish but I really couldn't give a fuck at this stage....sponsors on the front of the shirt, we don't have that.

Can't beat that, great stuff.

A while back I was at the local CVS....I was wearing my when the cashier asked me what the numbers were(Mets she asked, tried to guess)......she thought it was very cool, told me she was a MFY fan and that they retire every damn player that pulled on the shirt......I agreed...

Ok, right now I retire Piazza....I wouldn't argue against Mex....but what about Mookie etc then?

and he's not even Mexican, not that there would be anything wrong with that if he was , he's Puerto Rican(born in NYC)....Twitter is a cesspool of hate a lot of the time.

I'm confused by the voting process. Should there be a poll?

Centerfield wrote: Jeter is a first-ballot Hall of Famer with a handful of rings, played his whole career for one team, and has managed to avoid controversy his entire career despite living in NY. Let's face it, young players should be modeling themselves after him. From many different reports, he is great with charity work, especially kids in the hospital where he really puts in the extra effort. He was also really cool to my son when we met him in person. My biggest complaint about him isn't even really his fault. It's that he's incredibly overrated by the fans, the media, etc. He's gotten himself to the point where if he strikes out, he's applauded for not hitting into a double play. Even when leading off an inning. Let's hope that Harvey follows this model. Plays his whole career with the Mets, wins a slew of rings, bangs a bunch of models, then gives a really douchy Hall of Fame induction speech. I'll take it

dgwphotography wrote: I look at Anne Vyalitsyna, and I see Memo Paris.... The biggest difference between Seaver's douchiness, and Harvey's, other than 300+ wins, is Nancy. Wow, been a while , good to see you posting.

Yeah he's a complete douche..... plus Matt, Jeter apparently has the clap.

Centerfield wrote: Thoughts on the Game: It was crowded. Everything was really expensive. Nice hand for Wright. Bigger reception for Harvey. I guess this is expected since he is the new phenom, but would have liked to see David get more love. Love how Collins and Davey Johnson got big hands. Laughed at the reception given to Wainright and YFM. Seaver looked a bit frail from where I sat. Everyone cheered when he toed the rubber, then groaned a little when he didn't go into the windup. I think not everyone knew he was sick. A bit awkward. Surprised Piazza was not asked to catch. That's like, you know, what we do. American Idol winner for the anthem? I guess it's on Fox. She sucked. Mets and Yankees fans were trying to get along in the crowd. Got tense when Cano got hit, even worse when he had to leave. The scoreboard said X-Rays negative and that eased things a bit. Mascot races are stupid. I'm so glad we don't have one. Not sure how I feel about Mrs. Met yet. Wish Beltran had gotten a better reception. Some idiot was booing. "I'll never forget 2006." Fucking idiot. Obviously he has forgetten about all of 2006 except one at-bat. Made me more upset than I can logically explain. Some Mets fans don't deserve a winning team. The seventh-inning stretch was stupidly long. Then they cut off Lazy Mary. Stupid stupid stupid. This made me mad and cranky. Stupid Mets. The game sucked. I guess whatever team I root for can't score runs. Cool moment. Trivia question about who had the most shutouts in one season. Everyone around was yelling Gooden but the guy on screen guessed Seaver. He got a prize, and then Gooden showed up to hand it to him. Great moment. Neil Diamond offered the most interesting moment of the night. When they announced he was going to sing, I couldn't imagine a worse fit than Sweet Caroline at a New York All-Star Game. Big groan from everyone around us. But then he started singing. I never thought I would ever see Yankee fans putting up their hands to touch hands. By the chorus, lots of people were into it. And Neil was having a blast. Turns out it's a catchy-ass song and Neil is charming and oblivious. I don't know. I still couldn't get into it. Maybe if it were presented another way. If I were king, I'd have intro-d it by saying let's be classy NY and show our support for Boston. Boston Strong bla bla blah. Nice hand for Mariano. Enter Sandman really is a fantastic song for a closer. Yankee fans irate that they would waste Mo in the 8th. Nice performance overall by the Mets. Harvey 2 scoreless, 3K. David 1 for 3 and an A as master of ceremonies. Had to drive so I limited myself to one beer. Thinking this is a bad idea and don't anticipate repeating that mistake again. Nice writeup too...interesting because on the telly is sounded like Beltran got a great hand....at the Futures game they did the same thing with the trivia, the answer was Strawberry and he greeted the winner.....very cool....yes, Wainwirght took the boos for what they were, a bit of fun.....

Nice write up Ceetar......seemed to me that the Dodgers and Giants players got good hands.......agree on the universally liked players ....the Braves players took the booing in good nature, unlike Cliff Lee......agree on the dip after Harvey left, it felt very muted on TV and the game dragged....loved when Harvey was interviewed by Erin he said of course he didn't mean to hit him(Cano) but he was pitching in....nice touch having the players greet the service men and women with American flags, great touch too by FOX to actually have a meaningful exchange on "sounds of the game" when we got to hear the exchange between Brandon Phillips and the service guy he greeted....Phillips just seems like a great guy......

Ceetar wrote: metirish wrote: That's three potentially great matchups....might go to one. one? how about two! (Friday and SAturday, making five straight events at Citi Field. ) Sunday is Doc's bobblehead day.... How as the ASG in person?....thoughts over in that thread would be appreciated, Swannie too.

That's three potentially great matchups....might go to one.

According to mets.com Jeremy Hefner vs Kyle Kendrick Zack Wheeler vs Cole Hamels Matt Harvey vs Cliff Lee you can get 30% of tix by using the code WRIGHT I entered that and it said code was not valid

Gwreck wrote: Inexcusable managerial malpractice by Boxhy, allowing Brown to face the lefty and not pinch-hitting. ah ha, see, have you heard Joe and Tim mention once tonight that Bochy is here to win, unlike Leyland who is managing this like game 7.

Wright with the NL second hit of the night.

Here's the moron http://deadspin.com/all-star-game-idiot-on-the-field-did-it-because-twitter-808296195

Wearing a Cano shirt some on twitter are saying...

Kinda boring right now, but please Joe and Tim regale us with stories about great MFY's.

Harvey gets through the inning unscathed.....unlike Robbie got hit on the knee don't ya know.......

Ah fuck off Davey, Christ, commentators wax poetic about the advertizing in the Polo Grounds and old Shea..

July 16, 1967 Ed Kranepool hits a home run in each game of a doubleheader at St. Louis. July 16, 1971 Cleon Jones grounds into a triple play during a 9-4 loss to Houston. July 16, 1977 Steve Henderson blasts his third game-winning home run in less than a month as the Mets top Pittsburgh, 5-3. July 16, 1984 Sid Fernandez wins his Major League debut, 13-3, at Houston. July 16, 1994 John Franco eclipses Jesse Orosco's club mark with his 118th Mets save in a 5-4 win vs. San Diego. July 16, 1997 Steve Philips is named the club's new general manager. July 16, 1999 Rickey Henderson swipes three bases, collects three hits and scores three runs in a 9-7 win at Tampa Bay. July 16, 2006 The Mets tie a Major League record by hitting two grand slams in one inning when Cliff Floyd and Carlos Beltran go deep in the sixth. The Mets score a franchise-record 11 runs in the sixth in New York's 13-7 win over the Cubs. always amazes me how long Franco served the club,yet seems oddly placed in the minds of most Mets fans.

Ceetar wrote: metirish wrote: Swan Swan H wrote: Boy, I hate working in the suburbs. seriously, I want that job where I can loaf off at the parade... any sign of Seaver? yeah, flooring it down 42nd at the front of the Parade. Nancy too. (It is Nancy right?) was that Tom asking if it was Nancy?(kidding)

Christ, I am reading it super fast as I imagine you trying to type that out , good job Sweeney ....

Swan Swan H wrote: Boy, I hate working in the suburbs. seriously, I want that job where I can loaf off at the parade... any sign of Seaver?