The week that was versus Miami and Washington, and the weeks to come in Flushing.
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Showing posts with label Subway Series. Show all posts
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Tuesday, September 07, 2021
Monday, August 31, 2020
Subway Series Recap with The Coop on Another Metsian Podcast
From the desk of: HEAD-BUTTING MR. MET
with SAM, RICH & MIKE
GUEST
New York, New York, it's a hell of a baseball town where local Mets and Yankees fans ride in a hole in the ground (hopefully wearing masks while practicing social distancing). The subway system has run parallel with New York City's baseball history for well over a century. In fact, five score and sixteen years ago local fans via the city's new subway system begin commuting to the Polo Grounds and Washington Park in Brooklyn. Before long fans are third-railing their way to Ebbets Field and Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium decades later. Today's commute to the new modern parks is no different. However, Major League Baseball is doing its damndest to impose change upon the game and its fans. This begs the question: is it worth swiping a MetroCard be it to River Avenue or Rosevelt Avenue in order to see a seven inning ballgame?
A recap of the five game Subway Series that was between Bronx and Queens
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Tuesday, July 02, 2019
Mets vs. Yankees: 2019 Subway Series II
From the desks of:
HEAD-BUTTING MR. MET and BLAME CARLOS MAY
Mets/Yankees Split Series 2-2
I - Rain Out
II - NYY 12; NYM 5
III - NYM 10; NYY 4
IV - NYM 4; NYY 2
V- NYY 5; NYM 1
SUBWAY SERIES
New York Yankees
vs.
New York Mets
FROM
41 SEAVER WAY
QUEENS
Welcome back to the second installment of Subway Series featuring the American League's best team taking on the National League's third worst team. The Bombers are coming off a weekend wherein they score 29 runs on 32 hits through two games against the Red Sox at London Series. On Sunday, the Mets won their first game in a week and are 3-7 over their last ten games. With any luck the moribund Metropolitans face a flight fatigued jet lagged sleep deprived strung out Yankees squad when both teams meet Tuesday evening at Citi Field. Better yet, maybe the entire Bombers line-up all pull their hamstrings considering they're just one day removed from another seven hour return flight back home. The Mets need all the help they can get considering they're blowing more than half of their save opportunities.
Mets All-Stars:
- Jacob deGrom; selected.
- Jeff McNeil; selected.
- Pete Alonso; selected.
Yankees All-Stars:
- DJ LeMahieu; voted
- Gary Sanchez; voted
- Aroldis Chapman; selected.
AMAZIN'
- During an otherwise stellar ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1969 New York Mets Saturday at Citi Field, the organization incorrectly included two members of the '69 roster into their video tribute to those no longer with us whom are still very much alive. The Mets front office apologized. How does this happen?
HOLY COW!
- ICYMI: LONDON SERIES Recap and Pics.
GAME ONE
Yankees 2
Mets 4
FINAL
Playing left field, JD Davis is 2 for 4 with a double and his ninth home run in the sixth. Robinson Cano, finally moved out of the three spot and hitting fifth, goes 2 for 3 with a walk and run scored. Jeff McNeil and Amed Rosario also register multi-hit games.
Aaron Hicks strokes the Yankees lone extra base hit of the game. Starter James Paxton yields just one run on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts through six innings pitched. Adam Ottavino earns his third loss for his work in the eighth.
The Yankees record setting streak of hitting at least one home run in 31 consecutive games ends at Queens.
GAME TWO
Yankees 5
Mets 1
FINAL
Domingo German out-pitches Jason Vargas. There's your game.
The Yankees starter yields one run on five hits and no walks with six strikeouts through six innings. He improves his record to 10-2 with a 3.67 ERA. Jason Vargas surrenders three runs on seven hits and two walks wit six strikeouts through 5.1 innings. Steven Matz makes a relief appearance in the seventh. The Yankees get home runs from Didi Gregorious and Gio Urshela. Jeff McNeil's home run accounts for the Mets only run.
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Another Post Subway Series Metsian Podcast Production
From the desk of: HEAD-BUTTING MR. MET
2006 NLCS
Yadier Molina's Home Run Into The New York Night
Oh, The Pain!
Preview: Mets vs. Cardinals
A METSIAN PODCAST
with SAM, RICH, and MIKE
Subway Series Review
Zack Wheeler ~ Anthony Kay ~ Jason Vargas
Pete Alonso ~ Amed Rosario ~ Jeff McNeil
John Milner ~ Bobby Jones ~ Daniel Murphy
Endy Chavez, and so much more..!
73 minutes
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Subway Series: Both Teams Seeking to Get Back on Track
From the desks of:
HEAD-BUTTING MR. MET and BLAME CARLOS MAY
SUBWAY SERIES
New York Mets
vs.
New York Yankees
FROM
161 Street and River Avenue
Desperation is the name of the game come Tuesday at Yankee Stadium, each team for their own respective reasons.
The Mets enter Wednesday's double-header one game under the .500 mark. Therefore in order to leave Bronx County above par they would need to sweep both games. Easier said than done. While their season teeters on the brink of near collapse, the seat under their manager's posterior continues heating up. They've responded of late with series victories over the Giants and most recently the Rockies. But for all their perceived troubles, real or imagined, they only trail the first place Philadelphia Phillies in the standings by 4.5 games. So there's that.
The Yankees on the other hand should be applauded for all that the B-Squad has accomplished. Faced with injury upon ruinous injury, they Yankees have somehow excelled in the absence of many of their premiere performers. But for all their efforts, they still can't seem to shake the Tampa Rays. Due to Monday's game one rain-out of the Subway Series, the Rays were able to put a licking on the Oakland A's and assume first place of the American League East. When the Yankees open for business on Tuesday, they'll do so in second place, one-half game behind the Rays. They're also coming two disappointing series losses against the Toronto Blue Jays and to a greater extent the Cleveland Indians by whom they were nearly swept courtesy of a rare bullpen meltdown on Sunday. So there's that.
SUBWAY SERIES SPECIAL
35 minutes
Monday, August 13, 2018
N.Y. Mets: Roosevelt Ave Sluggers Too Much for Bronx Bombers
From the desks of: HEAD-BUTTING MR. MET and BLAME CARLOS MAY
NEW YORK, NEW YORK;
It's a hell of a town.
The Bronx slipped up; Flushing Queens is down;
The people ride in a crumbling hole in the ground.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Run by a Bunch of Clowns!
Add C.C. Sabathia to the list of disabled. He will miss his next two starts due to right knee inflammation. On the brighter side, a troublesome knee is nothing new to Sabathia. It's something he manages. Nevertheless, it's an untimely setback for the Yankees starting rotation. The news comes on the heels of Sunny Gray's demotion to the bullpen, and newly acquired J.A. Happ contracting Hand, Foot, Mouth disease.
Sabathia is coming off a six inning one-hit shut-out performance in Sunday's Yankees victory over the Texas Rangers. In 22 starts to date, he's 7-4 with a very respectable 3.32 ERA and 1.28 WHiP, with 106 strikeouts through 119.1 innings pitched.
He was given a fourteen day break between starts during the all-star break. This next 10-day stint on the disabled list just may prove beneficial for the 38-year old veteran. If the Yankees are to catch the Red Sox, or at minimum maintain control of the Wild Card, they'll need a reliable C.C. in September. Although it's "only" mid-August, if one considers the length of a post-season run, his creaky hinge comes into question.
That said, the Yankees are now down three very key components: Sabathia, Gary Sanchez, and Aaron Judge, whom is still experiencing pain in his wrist. As such, their margin of error diminishes with every Boston, Oakland, and Seattle victory.
Despite Monday night's subway series make-up loss at the Stadium, the Yankees end the day with the second best record in baseball, but you'd never know it. Fans officially are in a panic. In a season only baseball can script, the best record of all belongs to the team atop the A.L. East standings hailing from Boston. While the Yankees sport an impressive (74-34) record, the idle Red Sox entered Monday's action FIFTY!! games over .500, and now own a ten game lead over the Yankees.
Jacob deGrom vs. Luis Severino
The crosstown Mets give the Yankees something else to ponder Monday night. They knock Yankees starter Luis Severino out of the box with a first inning home run by Amed Rosario, a fourth inning home run by Jose Bautista. Overall Mets strike seven hits off Severino in just four innings pitched.
- In his last seven starts, Luis Severino has surrendered 31 earned runs in 36 innings pitched for a very problematic 7.75 ERA. Despite 35 strikeouts, he has allowed 54 hits and nine walks for a 1.75 WHiP.
The Mets receive much needed insurance on home runs by Todd Frazier, Brandon Nimmo, and Michael Conforto.
Starter Jacob deGrom surrenders three runs, just two earned, on five hits and a pair of walks through 6.2 innings pitched. He exits on the winning side of a 7-3 game but not before fanning twelve batters. Jerry Blevins closes out the seventh in relief of deGrom. However, Seth Lugo surrenders a two-run home run to Miguel Andujar making it a 7-5 Mets lead.
- Mets have all of a sudden scored fifteen runs in Jacob deGrom's last two starts. Jacob deGrom finally evens his record to 7-7 with a 1.81 ERA. He has surrendered four runs in a game just once all season, against the Marlins back on Apr. 10 at Miami,and is now just four innings away from tying Dwight Gooden's club record of consecutive starts allowing three runs or less (per SNY post game).
In the top of the ninth, Gleyber Torres mishandles Didi's throw to second base on a potential double-play ball, allowing the Mets their eighth run of the evening, and their final margin of victory.
Robert Gsellman closes out the Yankees in the bottom of the ninth to earn his seventh save of the season.
The Mets win their 50th game of the season.
Sunday, June 10, 2018
N.Y. Mets: Home Not So Sweet Home
From the desk of: HEAD-BUTTING MR. MET
New York Mets: Amazins have rarely if ever benefited from a genuine home field advantage through the nearly ten years since Citi Field has been open for business.
Little mention has been made insofar as the Mets being in the midst of their tenth season playing at Citi Field. To which the official tenth anniversary celebration must wait till next season.
Opened in 2009, Fred Wilpon's shrine to his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers is indeed closing in on its tenth birthday. I assume part of that commemoration will include some uniform patch irreverently representative of Ebbets Field.
How can it not?
At the same time, let us not put it beyond ownership to re-brand the original Domino Pizza design.
If it weren't for the Home Run Apple and the Shea Bridge, I don't know what ...
I digress.
The Mets posted an overall 700-758 record through their first nine seasons at their third address of record. This year, after jumping out to an organizational best 11-1 start, they've since gone 16-33 (.326) for an overall 27-34 record and fourth place standing in the N.L. East. Thus entering Sunday evening's subway series finale against the Yankees, the Mets bring a sub par 727-792 (.478) mark since moving into Citi Field nine and one-half seasons ago.
On Saturday, the Mets added to Citi Field's slowly growing list of milestones when they dropped their tenth consecutive game at home. It's been three full weeks (May 21) since they last captured victory in Queens (a 2-0 whitewash over the last place Marlins). Miami then won two straight for a series victory.
They would go on to lose another five of eight games on the road against the Brewers and Braves, and return home one game above the .500 threshold. Once back at Citi Field, the Mets proceeded to lose four straight against the Cubs, a pair against the moribund Orioles, and have so far dropped two straight against the Yankees.
Sunday marks the end of this home stand. Then it's back on the road through Atlanta, Arizona, and Colorado.
METS HOME RECORD at CITI FIELD
Attention Passengers:
This Train is Being Delayed Due To Sick Mets Fans
New York Mets: Amazins have rarely if ever benefited from a genuine home field advantage through the nearly ten years since Citi Field has been open for business.
Little mention has been made insofar as the Mets being in the midst of their tenth season playing at Citi Field. To which the official tenth anniversary celebration must wait till next season.
Opened in 2009, Fred Wilpon's shrine to his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers is indeed closing in on its tenth birthday. I assume part of that commemoration will include some uniform patch irreverently representative of Ebbets Field.
How can it not?
At the same time, let us not put it beyond ownership to re-brand the original Domino Pizza design.
If it weren't for the Home Run Apple and the Shea Bridge, I don't know what ...
I digress.
The Mets posted an overall 700-758 record through their first nine seasons at their third address of record. This year, after jumping out to an organizational best 11-1 start, they've since gone 16-33 (.326) for an overall 27-34 record and fourth place standing in the N.L. East. Thus entering Sunday evening's subway series finale against the Yankees, the Mets bring a sub par 727-792 (.478) mark since moving into Citi Field nine and one-half seasons ago.
On Saturday, the Mets added to Citi Field's slowly growing list of milestones when they dropped their tenth consecutive game at home. It's been three full weeks (May 21) since they last captured victory in Queens (a 2-0 whitewash over the last place Marlins). Miami then won two straight for a series victory.
They would go on to lose another five of eight games on the road against the Brewers and Braves, and return home one game above the .500 threshold. Once back at Citi Field, the Mets proceeded to lose four straight against the Cubs, a pair against the moribund Orioles, and have so far dropped two straight against the Yankees.
Sunday marks the end of this home stand. Then it's back on the road through Atlanta, Arizona, and Colorado.
METS HOME RECORD at CITI FIELD
- 2009) 41-40
- 2010) 47-34
- 2011) 34-47
- 2012) 36-45
- 2013) 33-48
- 2014) 40-41
- 2015) 49-32
- 2016) 44-37
- 2017) 37-44
- SubTOTAL: 361-368 (.495)
- 2018) 12-21
- TOTAL: 373-389 (.489)
The Mets annually average 40.1 wins and 40.8 losses at home through nine and one-half seasons, to date.
Said another way, the opposition does just fine for themselves playing at Citi Field. This is, and always has been a home team problem.
Just one of many ...
Monday, May 12, 2014
NYC Subway Series: First Stop, 161st Street and River Avenue
From the desk of: HEAD-BUTTING MR. MET
Entering the opener of this year's Subway Series, the Yankees own a 19-17 record, and the Mets own a 17-19 record. Not much separates them, right?
One team spent $500 million dollars during the off season to refortify their roster, while the other team in town remains upwards of $850+ million dollars in debt.
One team will be retiring the number of a former manager, and adding three more plaques to Monument Park. However, the other team in town severed ties with the first all-star the organization ever produced, for still unexplained reasons, nor have they made a motion, or entertained the thought of retiring the number of a HOF catcher, who recently passed away as perhaps the classiest member of the Mets last championship team.
Yes, it Subwayy Series time again, only one team might be showing up to Yankee Stadium this evening in Pedi-Cabs.
As a Mets fan, yes indeed, this was all pretty deliberate. I'm in that kind of mood today. But, it is an expression nonetheless, of my frustration with the disparity between New York City's American and National League clubs, that for all intent and purpose, should not exist.
Am I am a disgruntled Mets fan? No, I am not. Rather, I am a pissed off Mets fan.
Mike.BTB
GAME ONE
NEW YORK METS
vs.
NEW YORK YANKEES
FROM
THE HOUSE THAT GEORGE BUILT
With A Parking Lot That Cost A Fortune To Build,
But Is Too Expensive To Park In, And Thus Remains Mostly Empty.
161st Street and River Avenue
BRONX
Entering the opener of this year's Subway Series, the Yankees own a 19-17 record, and the Mets own a 17-19 record. Not much separates them, right?
One team spent $500 million dollars during the off season to refortify their roster, while the other team in town remains upwards of $850+ million dollars in debt.
One team will be retiring the number of a former manager, and adding three more plaques to Monument Park. However, the other team in town severed ties with the first all-star the organization ever produced, for still unexplained reasons, nor have they made a motion, or entertained the thought of retiring the number of a HOF catcher, who recently passed away as perhaps the classiest member of the Mets last championship team.
As a Mets fan, yes indeed, this was all pretty deliberate. I'm in that kind of mood today. But, it is an expression nonetheless, of my frustration with the disparity between New York City's American and National League clubs, that for all intent and purpose, should not exist.
Am I am a disgruntled Mets fan? No, I am not. Rather, I am a pissed off Mets fan.
* * * *
Like everything else this season, this will be Derek Jeter's last Subway Series. I've stated many times in this blog, that I do not want to see Derek Jeter ruin his career .300 batting average. He is presently batting .250, with 29 hits in 116 at-bats. Derek started the season with a .314 lifetime mark, but has dropped 2 points, and presently owns a career .312 average.
* * * *
My greatest Subway Series moment/game?
Carlos Delgado's Nine RBI @ Yankee Stadium
Mike.BTB
Monday, May 27, 2013
Subway Series 2013 - Yanks Invade Citi For Game One
From the desks of:
HEAD-BUTTING MR. MET and BLAME CARLOS MAY
SUBWAY SERIES 2013
TONIGHT
GAME ONE
NEW YORK YANKEES
vs.
NEW YORK METS
FROM
CITI FIELD
Flushing, Queens
Give credit where it's due. I would never have predicted the Yankees would be playing .612 baseball on May 27th - not with the calamity of injuries they sustained even before Opening Day. As a matter of fact, I didn't. In my 2013 A.L. East Preview, I predicted the Yanks would fight with Toronto for second place, while Baltimore took the division. The standings haven't gone askew on my yet, but to date, Boston and Toronto certainly have thrown a wrench in my spokes. Otherwise, club members of the A.L. East have been beating each other senseless, which is exactly what I predicted.
If it wasn't for bad luck, Curtis Granderson would have no luck at all - tough break for him, and the Yankees. Names like Mark Teixeira, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Granderson, Kevin Youkilis, etc. reads like a hospital wing softball team. Mariano Rivera is amazin'. pardon the pun. At least the Mets won't have to face CC Sabathia - not that it matters after getting creamed by the Rays.
I'm setting the over/under for Ike Davis strikeouts at nine, in recognition of Carlos Delgado's nine RBI day at Yankee Stadium. Lucas Duda has been hot lately, so maybe he can so some crushin' against the Yanks this week. I look forward to the Mets opportunity to tee-off against Phil Hughes. Everyone else has. I would have liked an opportunity to tee-off on Joba as well - if only for his disrespectful treatment of Mariano. But he, like Andy "Oh yeah, I did it twice" Pettitte are currently with their other team mates back in the infirmary ward.
There's nothing to get overly scientific about. Let's all have some fun during New York's Subway Series. Let's go Jon Niese, time to get your season turned around. Seize the moment, and beat the Yanks at home tonight.
GAME ONE FINAL
Bronx Yankees 1
Queens METS 2
The Captain launched a deep fly to right field in Sunday's game that would have left Shea Stadium - right/center, David Wright's wheelhouse. Ownership took that away from him with their new park and a contrived wall scheme. So what did Wright do last night? He launched a ball high and far to left. We know when David is going to right, he is going well. So, which would you rather see?
Bobby Parnell looks to be getting real comfortable as a closer, and is throwing a lower, more biting curve ball these days. His high knuckle ball still flutters to the plate, but he's throwing something else now, and I like it.
Mike.BTB
Thursday, May 19, 2011
N.Y. METS ~ Back to Back Stellar Starts Beat Nationals
From the desk of: HEAD-BUTTING MR. MET
NEW YORK METS: Bullpen Indeed!
Dillon Gee just showed everyone why he should have never been in the bullpen when he was called up from Buffalo. The kid is a starting pitcher; period. There's a job description that comes along with that which states - START GAMES.
If you recall, I wanted him no where near our bullpen. For that I would have preferred he stay with the Bisons. Truth be told, I wish he was still back in Buffalo.
But here is; the former 2007 Brooklyn Cyclone crowd favorite. And since being called up after the first time Chris Young missed a start due to discomfort, Dillon Gee has done nothing but sparkle just about every time he's climbed atop a Major League mound. This afternoon's victory over the Nationals make him 3-0 on the season and 5-2 for his brief MLB career.
TODAY'S LINE vs. Washington Nationals:
7.2 innings pitched.
107 pitches/69 strikes
2 hits. No hits allowed over first 5.2 innings.
0 runs allowed.
3 walks allowed.
3 strikeouts.
Today's victory should be kept in perspective. After all, it came against Washington with whom we are wrestling with to stay out of last place. But being what it is, the kid pitched a hell of a game. And it doubled up an equally impressive start by Jon Niese last night in rain-soaked Citi Field.
JOHN NIESE Line a/o May 18th vs. Nationals:
7.0 innings.
112 pitches/72 strikes.
6 hits.
0 runs allowed.
1 walk
7 strikeouts.
Hey! Who can find an issue with that? And Mike Pelfrey has been stringing together some solid starts of late also. So, let's chalk one up for some home grown pitchers, won't we?
This Is How ADDITION By SUBTRACTION Works; Pay Attention:
I'm not about to predict anything about Justin Turner, but this kid justifies every reason why second-base needed to be freed from Luis Castillo's clutches. It showed how malignant 2b had become and how a stagnated situation can cripple a team. You can argue that we had to get through Brad Emaus to get to Turner. But the point is 2b became available for someone to step in and make good on a chance. Yes, the Mets have problems. But second base is so much less of a problem today that it has been in four years. Not because how well Turner has stepped in, but because the opportunity for someone to step in, in the absence of Luis Castillo, was made available by his release.
The Mets are 7-3 with Justin in the line-up. He's batting .333 since being called up from Buffalo and his .393 OBP is stellar. The kid also has 13 RBI in ten games!
And there you go; One Happy Post.
We aren't playing all that badly lately. We've taken some series' against teams we should have beaten, but you play who's on the schedule. We now sit 21-22 for the season. The New York Yankees are next. It's time for the Subway Series again. ....(next post).
Let's Go Mets!
Mike.BTB
NEW YORK METS: Bullpen Indeed!
Dillon Gee just showed everyone why he should have never been in the bullpen when he was called up from Buffalo. The kid is a starting pitcher; period. There's a job description that comes along with that which states - START GAMES.
If you recall, I wanted him no where near our bullpen. For that I would have preferred he stay with the Bisons. Truth be told, I wish he was still back in Buffalo.
But here is; the former 2007 Brooklyn Cyclone crowd favorite. And since being called up after the first time Chris Young missed a start due to discomfort, Dillon Gee has done nothing but sparkle just about every time he's climbed atop a Major League mound. This afternoon's victory over the Nationals make him 3-0 on the season and 5-2 for his brief MLB career.
TODAY'S LINE vs. Washington Nationals:
7.2 innings pitched.
107 pitches/69 strikes
2 hits. No hits allowed over first 5.2 innings.
0 runs allowed.
3 walks allowed.
3 strikeouts.
Today's victory should be kept in perspective. After all, it came against Washington with whom we are wrestling with to stay out of last place. But being what it is, the kid pitched a hell of a game. And it doubled up an equally impressive start by Jon Niese last night in rain-soaked Citi Field.
JOHN NIESE Line a/o May 18th vs. Nationals:
7.0 innings.
112 pitches/72 strikes.
6 hits.
0 runs allowed.
1 walk
7 strikeouts.
Hey! Who can find an issue with that? And Mike Pelfrey has been stringing together some solid starts of late also. So, let's chalk one up for some home grown pitchers, won't we?
This Is How ADDITION By SUBTRACTION Works; Pay Attention:
I'm not about to predict anything about Justin Turner, but this kid justifies every reason why second-base needed to be freed from Luis Castillo's clutches. It showed how malignant 2b had become and how a stagnated situation can cripple a team. You can argue that we had to get through Brad Emaus to get to Turner. But the point is 2b became available for someone to step in and make good on a chance. Yes, the Mets have problems. But second base is so much less of a problem today that it has been in four years. Not because how well Turner has stepped in, but because the opportunity for someone to step in, in the absence of Luis Castillo, was made available by his release.
The Mets are 7-3 with Justin in the line-up. He's batting .333 since being called up from Buffalo and his .393 OBP is stellar. The kid also has 13 RBI in ten games!
And there you go; One Happy Post.
We aren't playing all that badly lately. We've taken some series' against teams we should have beaten, but you play who's on the schedule. We now sit 21-22 for the season. The New York Yankees are next. It's time for the Subway Series again. ....(next post).
Let's Go Mets!
Mike.BTB
Friday, June 18, 2010
SUBWAY SERIES; METS vs. YANKS
SUBWAY SERIES
Friday June 18, 2010
Yankee Stadium
Bronx, N.Y.
GAME 1
METS 4
YANKEES 0
Saturday June 19, 2010
GAME 2
METS 3
YANKEES 5
Sunday June 20, 2010
GAME 3
METS 0
YANKEES 4
Yankees win weekend Subway Series
two games to one.
METS
end their road trip
7-2
BTB
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Unexpected Blues
Blue. Met Blue. Like a cloudless rich blue sky you find on the other side of mornings. It's the Blue that reminds me of the Mets from my younger days. The Blue with an Orange inter-locking NY on their caps symbolic of over a century of baseball in NYC; that when worn with their traditional pinstripes takes me back in time. These uniforms take me back to a day my mind was unencumbered with the minutia of a self aware adult.
Our logo. It is my belief I can say without being Mets-centric about it, the Met logo is among the best in all of Baseball. The baseball with the city's skyline, symbolic of all 5 boroughs; the bold Mets script underlined with a bridge, as we are called the City of Bridges; a neatly tucked orange NY and orange baseball stitching complete, for me, a thing of beauty.
This year the Mets tinted our traditional home white uniform with a touch of the original ivory from our first decade in the League.
My traditional home pinstriped white uniforms, canvas to my summer afternoon Blue and NYC dusk Orange bring back memories of Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Jon Matlack and Skip Lockwood pitching from our Shea mound. I think Rusty Staub, John Milner, Felix Millan and Buddy Harrelson. Tug McGraw, Cleon Jones, Eddie Kranepool and Jerry Grote come racing back into my recollections.
In those days the Mets played the Yankees once a year in an exhibition called the Mayor's Trophy game. The game was never televised. The Mayor's Trophy Game is most responsible for introducing me to an amazing baseball game tuning device called radio.
As I watched the Mets take on the Yankees this evening, these things I described above are what came to mind as I watched big 6 foot 7 inch Mike Pelfrey nurse a 3-0 lead (at the time). The Blue and Orange captivated my thoughts tonight in what turned out to be a great throw-back game in the sense my mind wandered free from the thoughts that keep us ensnared in that bear trap called adulthood; and with that looking upon these players with a critical eye.
I myself am not a fan of the Mets use of the alternate all white homies, nor do I like the incorporation of black into their scheme. Perhaps that is why I wax nostalgic when they go traditional.
Sure today's win over the New York Yankees is satisfying. I would be lying if I said it wasn't. But what's most important to me is that we start playing some consistent baseball. A win is welcome anytime we can get it.
To be honest with you, the win today over our cross town rivals is secondary to what I took away from the day as a whole. I was 9 years old again. The aesthetic improvements made to Citi Field made the place more recognizable to the Met fans and it feels a lot more like our home now. Glory to that.
Of all things that battled for my attention today/tonight; Blue - Met Blue; A blue, more recognizable to me than the color of my own hair overwhelmingly stole my attention as the sky above me turned to NYC Orange at dusk.
That's the power of Baseball and a small glimpse into the effects this team has over me. I've had this kind of day at the park before. They just seem to occur less frequently, although that may be a perception wholly clouded by emotion on my part. Whatever the reason, I've learned to keep these days filed under the reasons I love baseball.
I know we won today and it was against the Bombers. But that's not what today was about. Today stands apart with other selected games that reinforce one's unconditional passion for this game and our teams. The National Pastime showed up at Citi today; Front and Center. That's not what I anticipated walking through the Jackie Robinson Rotunda. But that's what Baseball did to me today.
Blue. Met's Blue. When the Mets took the field today my ticket failed to indicate I'd be taken back to more simpler days and innocent times I've ever had rooting for my Mets. I saw Blue, and Orange, and Pinstripes, and it was good. Baseball does that. It takes you away sometimes. There is no other place like a ball park that gives you a sense what ever is outside the park in unimportant or exists at all. And that's where I was today ~ Safe in my second home as a kid.
That Blue also represents reality. If you're looking skyward from the streets of METropolis, that deep rich blue sky is really the eye of a hurricane. METropolis has been battered since their 9-1 home stand. Today's Blue sky is merely the eye passing through. One game and one day at a time is all we can do because the Mets season has been that stormy. The backside of this hurricane is still coming and there will be more damage. Players will lose their dignity, fans are losing their faith, managers may lose their jobs and GM's may lose everything they've built too. Do not let today's Blue skies give my fellow Met fans false hope. There is more damage to come. The other side of this storm will come rambling through and we need to see how this organization will respond to the emergency. Before that happens, I thought it wise to take the brief break in the storm system to resupply myself with good memories and improve fortifications before Flushing by the Bay gets whipping again.
Surf's up dude!!
BTB
*** I have the ESPN Fan Panel Show burned to a disk. As soon as I learn how to get this friggin thing uploaded so you can hear it, you'll be the first to know. How did it go? I think it went well. I'm laughing at myself over a mistake or two I made. But over all, I guess i did OK. I had a blast though!
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Our logo. It is my belief I can say without being Mets-centric about it, the Met logo is among the best in all of Baseball. The baseball with the city's skyline, symbolic of all 5 boroughs; the bold Mets script underlined with a bridge, as we are called the City of Bridges; a neatly tucked orange NY and orange baseball stitching complete, for me, a thing of beauty.
This year the Mets tinted our traditional home white uniform with a touch of the original ivory from our first decade in the League.
My traditional home pinstriped white uniforms, canvas to my summer afternoon Blue and NYC dusk Orange bring back memories of Seaver, Jerry Koosman, Jon Matlack and Skip Lockwood pitching from our Shea mound. I think Rusty Staub, John Milner, Felix Millan and Buddy Harrelson. Tug McGraw, Cleon Jones, Eddie Kranepool and Jerry Grote come racing back into my recollections.
In those days the Mets played the Yankees once a year in an exhibition called the Mayor's Trophy game. The game was never televised. The Mayor's Trophy Game is most responsible for introducing me to an amazing baseball game tuning device called radio.
As I watched the Mets take on the Yankees this evening, these things I described above are what came to mind as I watched big 6 foot 7 inch Mike Pelfrey nurse a 3-0 lead (at the time). The Blue and Orange captivated my thoughts tonight in what turned out to be a great throw-back game in the sense my mind wandered free from the thoughts that keep us ensnared in that bear trap called adulthood; and with that looking upon these players with a critical eye.
I myself am not a fan of the Mets use of the alternate all white homies, nor do I like the incorporation of black into their scheme. Perhaps that is why I wax nostalgic when they go traditional.
Sure today's win over the New York Yankees is satisfying. I would be lying if I said it wasn't. But what's most important to me is that we start playing some consistent baseball. A win is welcome anytime we can get it.
To be honest with you, the win today over our cross town rivals is secondary to what I took away from the day as a whole. I was 9 years old again. The aesthetic improvements made to Citi Field made the place more recognizable to the Met fans and it feels a lot more like our home now. Glory to that.
Of all things that battled for my attention today/tonight; Blue - Met Blue; A blue, more recognizable to me than the color of my own hair overwhelmingly stole my attention as the sky above me turned to NYC Orange at dusk.
That's the power of Baseball and a small glimpse into the effects this team has over me. I've had this kind of day at the park before. They just seem to occur less frequently, although that may be a perception wholly clouded by emotion on my part. Whatever the reason, I've learned to keep these days filed under the reasons I love baseball.
I know we won today and it was against the Bombers. But that's not what today was about. Today stands apart with other selected games that reinforce one's unconditional passion for this game and our teams. The National Pastime showed up at Citi today; Front and Center. That's not what I anticipated walking through the Jackie Robinson Rotunda. But that's what Baseball did to me today.
Blue. Met's Blue. When the Mets took the field today my ticket failed to indicate I'd be taken back to more simpler days and innocent times I've ever had rooting for my Mets. I saw Blue, and Orange, and Pinstripes, and it was good. Baseball does that. It takes you away sometimes. There is no other place like a ball park that gives you a sense what ever is outside the park in unimportant or exists at all. And that's where I was today ~ Safe in my second home as a kid.
That Blue also represents reality. If you're looking skyward from the streets of METropolis, that deep rich blue sky is really the eye of a hurricane. METropolis has been battered since their 9-1 home stand. Today's Blue sky is merely the eye passing through. One game and one day at a time is all we can do because the Mets season has been that stormy. The backside of this hurricane is still coming and there will be more damage. Players will lose their dignity, fans are losing their faith, managers may lose their jobs and GM's may lose everything they've built too. Do not let today's Blue skies give my fellow Met fans false hope. There is more damage to come. The other side of this storm will come rambling through and we need to see how this organization will respond to the emergency. Before that happens, I thought it wise to take the brief break in the storm system to resupply myself with good memories and improve fortifications before Flushing by the Bay gets whipping again.
Surf's up dude!!
BTB
*** I have the ESPN Fan Panel Show burned to a disk. As soon as I learn how to get this friggin thing uploaded so you can hear it, you'll be the first to know. How did it go? I think it went well. I'm laughing at myself over a mistake or two I made. But over all, I guess i did OK. I had a blast though!
http://thebrooklyntrolleyblogger.blogspot.com/
http://thebrooklyntrolleyblogger.mlblogs.com/
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