tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post9207039549164173943..comments2024-03-28T09:39:23.145-04:00Comments on Mack's Mets: Peter Hyatt - Terry Collins on Leadership Mack Adehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09730548449011685243noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-8801012743882271562017-05-05T08:47:30.276-04:002017-05-05T08:47:30.276-04:00Peter, I think if you looked it up, you'd see ...Peter, I think if you looked it up, you'd see he fanned 16 in back-to-back starts as a 19 year oldTom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-6837272096061189332017-05-05T07:07:47.327-04:002017-05-05T07:07:47.327-04:00The most amazing game I ever attended? Reggie Jack...The most amazing game I ever attended? Reggie Jackson's 3 homer world series game. Ticket price? $15.Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-21059025615405984692017-05-04T17:38:46.738-04:002017-05-04T17:38:46.738-04:00I did not trust my memory thinking Gooden struck o...I did not trust my memory thinking Gooden struck out 16 batters and the place was empty enough for me to go down to right on the field but I looked it up:<br /><br /><br />Wednesday, September 12, 1984<br />Attendance: 12,876<br /><br />This was the end of his fabulous rookie season and the crowd was 12k. <br /><br />I'm too young to have my memory go, but old enough to remember thinking at some point, could this kid break Seaver's record of 19Ks??<br /><br />He ended up with 16 and I was shocked to see how empty Shea was. <br /><br />I think next year he became "Dr. K" and filled the place. <br /><br />Peter Statement Analysis Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13607372649929274491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-25517172515684503762017-05-04T17:18:49.869-04:002017-05-04T17:18:49.869-04:00Thomas Brennan said...
Cost my father somewhere ar...Thomas Brennan said...<br />Cost my father somewhere around $1 to get Yankee box seats partially obstructed by a girder view-wise, in the early 1960s. He slipped the usher $2 and we 3 sat around 15 rows back of the Yankee dugout for a grand total of about $5. VERY different times.<br /><br />May 4, 2017 at 5:13 PM Delete<br /><br /><br />We did something similar ($10 to an usher) and was brought down at a very empty Shea Stadium to see some new teenager pitch. <br /><br />I got to watch him from the railing above first base and was mesmerized at the power, poise and control of the kid.<br /><br />Gooden. <br /><br />No "Dr. K" anything yet, just some kid in an almost empty ball park. Strike out after strike out.<br /><br />wow! <br /><br />The only thing that topped this for me?<br /><br />Sitting behind home plate on the long walk that Seaver took from the bullpen on his return to the Mets. <br /><br />Hockey anecdote: a free playoff ticket to the Garden where The Great One, old and slow, scored a natural hat trick against the Florida Panthers. <br /><br />Those were some magic moments. <br /><br />One more...though on TV: Sunday, channel 9, as a 10 year old, I think Mother's Day seeing Willie Mays come out in a New York Mets uniform after hearing my father talk about him since time out of mind. <br /><br />See? I have positive things about the Mets, too!Statement Analysis Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13607372649929274491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-54687629855683758282017-05-04T17:14:17.515-04:002017-05-04T17:14:17.515-04:00Gary, Agreed. It is really tough for any manager t...Gary, Agreed. It is really tough for any manager to reign in someone making more money; it is a natural pecking order. But to roll over like Terry Collins does is not helpful. <br /><br />Anyone think Cespedes could try his leg at first base?<br /><br />Imagine his bat still in the line up. He is not likely to run away, so to have some more pop while not displacing someone hitting in the outfield could be interesting. <br /><br />Neil Walker not in the line up tonight and Conforto still leading off against Lefty. <br /><br />Statement Analysis Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13607372649929274491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-1688329263835096012017-05-04T17:13:17.114-04:002017-05-04T17:13:17.114-04:00Cost my father somewhere around $1 to get Yankee b...Cost my father somewhere around $1 to get Yankee box seats partially obstructed by a girder view-wise, in the early 1960s. He slipped the usher $2 and we 3 sat around 15 rows back of the Yankee dugout for a grand total of about $5. VERY different times.Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-15752632659863926902017-05-04T17:04:54.181-04:002017-05-04T17:04:54.181-04:00I've said it before and I'll say it again ...I've said it before and I'll say it again the day players started making more money than the manager and the front office they lost their power and now the results are the inmates definitely run the asylum. Gil Hodges must be looking down on all this and shaking his head "oh what have we wrought" and some people believe Marvin Miller should be in the HOF. Sorry but I used to like going to a game w/o having to take out a loan to afford it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674150694486256724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-30930805958289338152017-05-04T13:01:44.245-04:002017-05-04T13:01:44.245-04:00That would include pretty much everyone not named ...That would include pretty much everyone not named Conforto by that logic. Reese Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993445356545875409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592615130369356022.post-61182391935833829702017-05-04T12:53:20.806-04:002017-05-04T12:53:20.806-04:00Remember what happened to long time starting playe...Remember what happened to long time starting players Ed Kranepool and Rusty Staub? Both became pinch hitters extraordinaire. Guys cold for long periods should fully understand it if they are benched and be ready to pinch hit.Tom Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032383157195393857noreply@blogger.com