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TheMatts
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| WILLIAM A. SHEA STADIUM, NY – Tomorrow, we will be here again - likely for the last time. It will be a foreign event for us, as it will be for many of you. So, what will do differently so that we can retain some last, precious memories of what was as much of our play time as any building could be? We will stop. We will take a break from maniacally imploring the dead denizens of the Upper Deck, Mezz and Loge (we don’t have access to the Field Level) to incite those on the diamond and we will look around. We will take it in. We'll take a moment, or many moments, to remember events, faces, names, feats, wins, losses, weather and giveaways. We’ll look up and down and around and nod. We will allow our senses to each take their own special moment, to be logged deep in our respective mind’s hard drives forever. First, obviously, we’ll let our eyes do their cataloging. Dave Kingman Fallout Zone, Joe Pignatano’s Garden, the malfunctioning Batter’s Eye that got stuck in Pedro’s first (???) start, the Upper Deck seat where Tommie Agee’s moon shot landed, the Black Top Hat. We'll see Keith throwing a runner out at third on a bunt. We'll see Mookie flying around the bases. We'll remember Frank Howard working the coach's box. We'll remember Rusty returning. We'll remember Seaver returning. The Magic. Darling. Sid. Neil Allen throwing at the back stop. Skip Lockwood. The retired numbers on the fence. Where's Koos?! Then we’ll let our noses run wild -Matt's is bigger and mine's been broken too many times, so I'll need a few extra sniffs. What does one smell? Popcorn? Flushing Bay? Beer? Jet fuel? The Grand Central? Likely, it’s a mix of all – wonderfully awful. Then we’ll touch our seats (chairs, wiseguys!). The railings. The concrete – yes, the concrete. We’ll file those sensations away and then get ready for our favorite sense for Shea – we’ll simply listen. We’ll listen to the vendors. We’ll listen to the chatter around us. We’ll listen to the clapping, the moaning, the cursing, the pleading. We'll listen for the ball. We’ll listen for the bat. We’ll listen for planes. We’ll listen for Cow-Bell Man, whose wanderings, like ours, will be limited in the new park because of its design. We’ll listen to “Everybody clap your hands!” and wonder if they’ll bring it to the new park. We’ll listen to all of it. Then, ultimately, we’ll listen to our hearts and know, right then and there, that we don’t want to go. We like it here. Shea it ain’t so… See you at the game. Rex O’Rourke tomorrow. |
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Linda
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| Damn you! You made me cry! |
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Officer Bob
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| Hey! You guys giving up??? The Brewers are going to choke. In fact, the Phillies will choke too! We will be there past Sunday!!! |
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Cookie
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Speaking of remembering...I am extremely saddened that Paul Newman has passed away.
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Yankees Suck
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RIP Paul Newman
Sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand.
The Mets are playing with no heart. The team really needs a Sean Avery type. David Wright isn't going to cut it with his by the book talk to reporters.
I heard a stat yesterday that if baseball ended after 8 innings the Mets would be up 6 games right now. The numbers for games ending after six are even worse. This bullpen needs to be exercised.
Bring me the heads of Hanley Ramirez and that bitch Cody Ross. |
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Yankees Suck
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MEAGHAN & JAKE: COOLEST FANS |
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Nobody Remembers The Loser |
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MATTS-MATICS: Hockey Nuts Go At It |
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MATT FACTS:
Plaxico Burress is no longer spokesman for Thigh Master. Chad Pennington is NOT a Brett Favre fan... Hillary Clinton and Don Nelson have never been seen in the same place... Jerry Manuel is not related to Charlie ManuelJerry Manuel is not related to Charlie Manuel... Somebody namd Michel coaches the Pittsburgh Penguins... Tiki Barber quit the Giants. The Giants then won the Super Bowl... The New England Patriots only lost ONE game out of 19!!! Aaron Heilman was actually funny in re to Eli and Plaxico Burress helping the Mets as a pitcher and outfielder, respectively. Repeat, Heilman was funny... Jessica Simpson would rather date Tom Brady - trust us... Eli Manning is better than Archie - now... Alyssa Milano is a Met fan. RRRRR... Rickey Henderson speaks in the 3rd Person... Shawn Green has big ears... Howard Johnson likes to stay at the Holiday Inn, ironically... Sandy Alomar, Sr. is the youngest of 9 kids. That's why he was quick around the dish. Jiminy Cricket was the Philly Phanatic in a previous life…Fred Wilpon is pals with Sandy Koufax... Mike Ditka is a really tough guy.. Buffalo has a Triple A baseball team. They are NOT called The Snowballs... Chan Ho Park has people thinking of naming a ballfield after him - it would be called Chan Ho Park Park... John Maine has never been, oddly enough, to Maine... Curt Gowdy, Jr. has never been to Yellow Knife, Canada... Kevin Mitchell played 6 positions for the Mets in '86 and, according to Doc Gooden's book, didn't like cats... John Olerud & Wayne Gretzky have never been seen in the same place... Kevin McReynolds now makes his living doing laugh tracks for sit-coms... Tony Gwynn is nearing 300 lbs... Carlos Beltran has Mercedes Benz dealerships named for him in Barcelona, Spain... Willie Montanez was called Guillermo by Lenny Randle... Rusty Staub beat Jeff Kent in a race – TODAY... Jay Horwitz is a dynamite Cricket players – somebody said... Jeff Wilpon was a decent minor league catcher... Ziggy Palfy lives in Slovakia and is a big Met fan... Superman Returns, yet still can’t hit Billy Wagner... David Wright will win the Triple Crown – on a horse... Omar Minaya is Tobey McGuire’s stunt-double in Spider Man 3... Hilary Clinton has Mr. Met pajamas – we think... Albert Einstein was a HUGE Met fan... The Metropolitan Opera House was named for the Mets after their 2nd season in ’63... Wally Backman, ’86 sparkplug, considered changing his name to Wally Back-Matt... Neil Allen and Mike Stanton, former Mets, have Allen & Stanton Streets on Lower East Side named for them.
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