soupcan

Yancy puts me to shame.

You could boo star players from close-in seats, like Soupcan likes to do. - It IS fun. You guys should try it. You could be one of those douchejacks chanting "Yankees Suck!" - I prefer 'stink'. Sets a better example for my kids. You could arrive late or leave early. - If you don't get there early how can you expect to get the best parking spot in the 'Reserved Lot'? Duh. You could drink too much and start a fight. - I throw peanuts when I drink too much and when they turn around I point at the people behind me. You could be one of those asstards constantly moving to "better" seats that don't belong to them. - Drives me crazy! Who do they think they are? Me? You could take off your shirt or paint your face. - Gotta lose at least 15 lbs before I start that up again. You could be one of those cockrings who don't chant "Let's Go Mets!" but only chant "whoo!" - Yeah pick one or the other. Shouting both leaves no time to catch your breath. You could sit in the middle of the row and leave your seat 3 or 4 times a game. - that's why I bring a 'pee bucket' to every game. You could be one of those ignoramuses who take cues from MFY fans and chant shit like "Tom-my Glav-ine! (clap-clap! clap-clap-clap)!" - I got nuthin' You could be one of those buttwipes who talk on their cellphone all game. - Just so my wife knows I'm telling the truth about where I am. There's a history there. Or one of the ultabuttwipes who talk on their cellphones while being hyperaware of the cameras placing them in the background. - See above. You could get all excited only when they're launching t-shirts. - Used to until I caught one. Like i need a shirt that says 'Pepsi Party Patrol' Ooooh! You could sing along to Sweet Caroline but not "Take me out to the ballgame." Was surprised to learn it was 'OH, OH, OH!' rather than 'BA, BA, BA!' You could remain seated with your hat on during the Star-spangled banner. -Worst part of the game experience for me - exposing the hat head. You could applaud the first pitch when thrown out by some sales weenie from a sponsor but boo the first time a Met throws ball four. - I applaud the effort it takes to be #1 in the lower tri-state area in business machine sales. Good for him! You could be one of those peckerwoods who enters the out door of the Men's room and pisses on the floor. -Have never done both of those during the same visit but you've given me an idea. You could fail to pass the money down to the vendor at the end of the row, or tip him. - I like to ball-up the bills and throw them to the vendors. Not so much fun when they huck the quarters back at me though. You could elbow a kid in the face to catch a foul ball and not give it to him afterward. -or throw a box of popcorn at the guy about to catch it so he misses it - not that I've ever done that. More than once. You could be one of those shithammers who orders an ice-cream helmet sundae and selects the all-black helmet. -Did you know they had orange ones during the playoffs? Very kewl. You could be one of those pathetic adults waving a baseball and pen at ballplayers warming up. - Dude, it's for my son. I swear.

True dat. But let's not pretend that the Mets wouldn't have a reason to overhype. Make your chips look as attractive as possible to enhance possible trade value. I don't blame them when they do it, but when I was young and foolish I always fell into that trap and it drove me crazy. So when I read great things about minor leaguers I tend towards the skeptical. Which is not so bad really and works nicely on the rare occasion when the prospect does pan out. I never believed any David Wright hype, never expected much from him. Now it just shits and giggles whenever I think about the Mets third baseman for at least the next 7 years.

Yeah, that's how I meant it. Thought you were saying the same thing. As nicely as Reyes and Wright have turned out, I still think of the ones I was conned into believing in. Especially West for some reason even though his 'potential' or lack thereof ultimately worked in the Mets favor.

Just in terms of the Mets pushing their talent.

You can stop whining now.

David West, Alex Ochoa, Alex Escobar. 'Nuff said.

Do the anti-wave. Getting your whole section to do it is not as hard as you think. Start by yourself and eventually the people around you pick it up. We used to do it at football and basketball games at the Carrier dome. You stand up waving your hands frantcally while the wave starts on the other side of the stadia. As the wave circles around and ultimately reaches your section you all just sit. It throws off the timing of the next section and the wave just dies. Its very effective, promotes comraderie within your section and elicits hateful invective from sections around you. Hours of fun.

Frayed Knot wrote: MULLING MULVEY: ...The Phillies were heavily linked to Mulvey heading into the draft, but he wound up going to his favorite team--and the team his parents were watching while his mother Carole was going through labor. "I just found this out recently, but apparently they were watching the Mets-Cubs game on TV in the hospital," Mulvey said. "All I know is Doc Gooden was pitching, so it makes everything that�s happened a little more special." The kids birthday is 5/26/85 so this must have been the game. Yeah Doc was pitching, but what are the odds it would've been one of his only 4 losses that season?

That's pretty cool that he's still got some of unis.

This doesn't really bother me that much. We all know that all-star laden teams don't guarantee you anything anyway. I'd definitely like the Mets to add a frontline starter or two but I'm good with taking a pass on Soriano and Manny - two guys who haven't shown to be the best clubhouse guys out there. Okay Omar I'm with you. Let's give Lastings a shot in left, sign Schmidt and go hard after Matsuzaka. I don't care what you do at second. Lugo's fine if that's what you want just don't overpay.

Betcha there's a serial killer or two in that shot.

As Methead said - its the pineapples that really make it.

Home run derby

cooby wrote: Okay, Edgy, where's Jack Lord? Right behind Karl I think. Wearing the shades.

SteveJRogers wrote: No I'm saying the Grill Room is no longer there I think it was converted to the "Hot Corner" Nike shop OE: The late Mr. Lidle's name is misspelled, whomever writes the titles Oh I see now - we are talking about two different things. You're speaking of field level third base side, I'm talking about the Diamond Club. The Grill Room is the pub-like restaurant on your left as you come out of the elevator to get to the Diamond Club. That Nike store you are talking about used to be 'Casey's' I think. That was the only place in the stadium that Johnny Lunchbucket used to be able to get a mixed drink.

Oh. Well its called 'The Grill Room' ...and my post was better.

SteveJRogers wrote: Or I need to be a Hot Chick Well that would never hurt. Does everybody already know the secret Diamond Club entrance for the Unwashed who don't have passes? In case you don't (and you call yourselves 'Shea Denizens'?) you walk up the ramp to the D.C. Go past the main entrance where they check your stubs - a little ways down the hall is a door to the kitchen. It's always ajar - I suppose b/c it gets hot in there. Walk in hang a ralph and 'voila' you're standing at th bar in the Grill Room. I must have used that door 50 times, never been stopped and I'm not a hot chick. Well I'm not a chick anyway. Don't mention it.

Water Closet?

Super Bowl III Champs NY Jets first home game against Denver Broncos, Shea Stadium, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, September 12, 1964 Scoreboard shot from first game

Different year, different camp.

Vic Sage wrote: hopefully, that's one of the things the new stadium will fix. Also, why can't they fix the access to the subways and to the pedestrian bridge over to the LIRR/Tennis Center area, that links to the distant parking lots? The bottleneck at the 2 tiny staircases leading up to that area is even worse than the subway access. Ever experienced that after a concert? For some reason I think its always worse then. I would really like to think they will address this issue. metirish wrote: Shea Sushi....anyone ever eat from here? Yup. Not nearly as bad as you might think. When they first started serving sushi at Shea some years ago they had something called a 'Mets Roll', don't know if they still do. Anyway, I think the ingredients were those suspicious 'sea legs' some other crap and apple slices. Apple slices! With seafood! It was dis-gust-ing.

Fortunately, I was at summer camp in Livingston Manor, New York.

Oops - Game 4.

Post season - Game 6 '76 WS..