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Found this at a Metfan site. What kind of fan is the fool who did this?:

]He is also one of the few former players that we know of who will actually respond to fan mail. At least he has to the two letters he recieved so far. J/K--had 2 go there had to.

Edgy DC wrote: ]I have never seen anyone before or since track a ball with such total abandonment and hit a outfield wall so hard in my life. Well, there's Rodney McCray... Is that the centerfielder in the movie "The Natural"?

For the Bench play I think it went like: cooby wrote: "You can't (penalize?) me for....." ".....this perm."

Johnny Dickshot wrote: It was Perez on May 8, 1973: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B05080NYN1973.htm Garr hit the ball that Theodore and Hahn collided on. cripes. I even got the year wrong? And I did alot of research for that set to confirm things like dates. Daym. I know there was a great pic of that collision between Hahn and The Stork. Thats one I dont have and would love to see.

Dont listen to em Val. That is a classic and hilarious post. And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

two sentences from the article: ]For Yogi Berra, a man on a trampoline all summer, the game became one of the most nerve-racking of the 165 played by his meandering Mets. ...meandering Mets? Mr Durso, you sir, are a fool! ]He [staub] was knocked flat, but trotted off the field rubbing his injured shoulder while the crowd roared for another bit of the Mets' strange talent for survival. .....strange talent? I wonder if this guy watched game 7 of the 73 World Series ? You cant survive any longer than that,lol.

This is excellent, excellent EXCELLENT Bret. Thanks for sending this, and Ill share it with youz all.

I just noticed that batboy's workin overtime. 2 bats?

mlbaseballtalk wrote: ="Zvon"]lol@coob The Met special armpatch should date that. Anyone know what year? 1976 centenial of the National League Thank you sir.

I dont know how, but Peterson always comes off like guru when things are goin good and when things are goin bad the press sharks ignore him and go after others blood. I dont really think he's all dat. He hasnt proved it to me, anyway. The only thing he's proved to me is that he never thinks he's wrong.

Edgy DC wrote: Don't worry, Potsy. Fonz is gonna get us out of this. ROTFLMAO! LOTN (laugh of the night)

cooby wrote: I think I remember that play, is that the one that we've all seen the clip of , Buddy arguing he was safe? You may be thinking of the '73 World Series play at the plate. I have a series of those shots I have to set up to post.

cleonjones11 wrote: Who was the Atlanta Brave who almost killed him? Ralph Garr maybe? whew....... I thought you were gonna say Matlack was gay too. Thats a good question Cleon. I have absolutely no recollection. I did think they were playing the Braves that day, but i did a quick check at UMDB and on the date I use on the card they were playing the Expos. Can anyone confirm that June 17th date? Or who the Mets were playing that day? Or what day that actually happened?

metirish wrote: Cool, I live a few minuets from Pleasantville, I'll try and go see it. I live about 20 minutes from Pleasantville....... New Jersey

lol@coob Buddy almost ran right out of frame here. He was sneaky fast. Just ask Bench. The Met special armpatch should date that. Anyone know what year?

WOW. Is that a baseball card? Thats kool. When I first saw that photo online, years ago, I thought it was from the Harrelson/Rose fight. Then I noticed Rose wasnt wearing the Reds uniform with the elastic waistband, like the Reds did wear in '73. Of course, the date right on the mag would have been the logical way to tell. Heres that same pic with the magazine printing photoshopped out of it.

You sure you got that quote right metirish? Sure it didnt read: ] "In Rickey's mind, Rickey's not really done playing," Henderson said Friday in a conference call. "Anything can happen this year. Rickey's going to play it by ear. If Rickey gets the opportunity to play, or gets the opportunity to try out, Rickey's willing to do that, too."

I think that one/two/three punch of Seaver/Koosman/Matlack, a righty and two lefties, was one of the most powerful trios the Mets ever had in a rotation (even though for the most part Matlacks win/loss record does not reflect this). But if you saw him in the 73 playoffs, what he did to the Reds, you knew what he could do when he was on. He could bring it! I do believe that for the '73 World Series Yogi went with just those 3 for the starting rotation. Seaver/Koosman/Matlack It didnt see a Met rotation with punch like that until the mid eighties. I remember that time I talked with Matlack from the rail. Early seventies, Id guess 72. Dont remember anything that was said, just that he had a good laugh and funny smile. A good sense of humor. And he seemed like such a regular guy. I became a HUGE Matlack fan after that. And thats why the moment that sticks out the most was the comebacker that beaned him. I was watching this game on TV with one of my brothers. They were playin at Shea. The line drive came back at him like a bullet out of a gun, hitting him just below the bill of the cap. It hit him so hard, if I remember right, that it popped up and back and into the stands around the visiting dugout. I mean, you heard it hit his head with this loud thud/crack noise. My brother and I were in shock. It was a feeling of absolute dread. I thought I was gonna be sick. (I saw a friend of mine get hit by a car once. It was like that.) No one could survive what we just saw. This was reflected in the voices of the broadcasters, who had to be Kiner and/or Murphy at the time. I think it was Kiner, and he just sounded so.........sad. Sad and worried. Agonized. Just like my brother and I. It was amazing how fast he was back pitching again after that. I think he only missed afew starts. And the following year ('76) was his best in a Met uniform, though he had changed. He didnt seem to be the same power pitcher he was in the early 70's. Like afew of you I followed his career after the Mets traded him, cuz I had become a fan of the man himself, not just the Met pitcher.

sure thing. Hope it does. Thnx again Bret. Bye Rusty *sob* (its okay....we get him back again )

metirish wrote: .......anyway that was that...MFY fans for the most part are assholes. Lmao.

TransMonk wrote: Also, has anyone cut the backing out of the front of their cap? I actually use to insert a piece of cardboard in my hat for bridge backing, or support, back in the 70's, before they had these mesh things built in. Ill never forget my 1st pro Met hat which I ordered thru the mail. There were no Hermans in Queens or sporting good stores that sold authentic Met hats then, Im pretty sure. None that I knew of, anyway. Damn, I loved that hat. I collect Met hats and have ever since. But these days I would never order em thru the mail. As a matter of fact that was the only one I ever did order. Ive got to check out a hat and try it on b4 I plunk my money down. For me it needs to have a kool, solid bridge (tho styles these days dont seem to agree with me on that point). Ill go thru a stack of em looking for the perfect bridge. But im lucky. I live close enough to NY that I do see them in stores around here.