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Mookie Wilson took in Citi Field over the weekend and noticed something that many others have noticed: The Mets have really overlooked the 1986 team at the new ballpark. Specifically, there's nothing there he could find commemorating his hit between Buckner's legs:
I was a little surprised I didn't see anything inside. To not put that in there would be denying part of your past - part of your rich past. We'll have to wait and see. I think the '86 team would like to be known as the signature of the Mets ... you'd have to talk to upper management to see what they want to portray the team as.
Because Mookie Wilson is a class act, he was quite gracious about it, saying that he'd "reserve judgment" and see if the team came around over time, but he's got a point. The Mets have looked rather silly in their efforts to keep their new park free of character and history. Well, non-Brooklyn Dodgers history anyway. Yes, that sort of thing builds over time, but you'd think that the baseline would be to prominently honor both the 1969 and 1986 teams in the joint. Why they haven't done that is a mystery.
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I grew up a Mets fan. I was in my late twenties in 86. I was at Game 6, sitting on the first base side, about half way back in the field level bowl. That moment when the ball scooted out behind Buckner was maybe the happiest moment of my life that didn't involve my son. I now live in Dallas, where we have several no-hitters to reminisce about, but NOTHING that compares even remotely to THAT VERY MOMENT. Maybe they had something planned to commemorate Mookie's dribbler, but they realized that the money to pay for it was in an account controlled by Bernie Madoff. Other than that, there is absolutely no excuse to ignore a World Series moment that compares to Reggie's 3 HR's, or Larsen's perfecto. Shame on the Wilpons......
Mookie is unfortunately right in his assessment of Citifield, Shea Stadium where I attended many Met & Jet games over the years, concerts (The Who, Stones & Bruce Springsteen). Shea was old & behind the times ok a dump. When the Mets did well the building shook. Citifield is Mr. Wilpons dedication to his Brooklyn Dodgers old home Ebbets Field, unfortunately many younger people (including myself) visiting citifield weren't born when the Dodgers & Giants played in New York City.
The only Met related pictures of the 69, 86 and current met heroes are placed on the outside of the stadium. The met retired numbers are hung on a outfield wall. I know the Mets are a younger franchise than the yankees, but their stadium has many artifacts, pictures on display for the general public and Yankee fans to see. I bet the Met memorabilia is locked away in the bowels of the new stadium.
i hope this sums up the typical met fan
My sentiments exactly---we are the Mets---not the Dodgers--I took my sons and Dad against Washington earlier this year--It is nice to pay homage to Jackie Robinson--but he was not a Met!!! There is something missing--Mookie is RIGHT ON!!!
The Mets did a terrible job by not accentuating more of their history in CitiField. There should be pictures and areas named after past stars. I had no problem with the Jackie Robinson rotunda, but there should still be more of a Met feel to the place than a Dodger feel. You may not have the Yankees leve of history, but you have a history that is distinctly your own, and you should show it loud and proud.
This is what makes being a Met fan hard, they are CHEAP EXCEPT WHEN GIVING BERNIE MADOFF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.........
I went to the aTLANTA/ MET game where Santana pitched against Lowe, THE CHEAPEST TICKET WAS $120.00 X 5 = 600.00 at the window, I got 5 in the parking lot for $200.00. the game was GREAT, THE STADIUM GREAT ONLY IT HAD NO IDENTITY, WHERE WAS I, where were the Mets Heros, nothing, zip,nada ???
NEXT STOP YANKEE STADIUM, WON'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE KNOWING WHERE I'AM , THEY ARE PROUD OF THEIR HISTORY, THE METS ARE CHEAP ALWAYS WILL BE.
THANKS BERNIE MADOFF
I hope one day the Dodgers build a tribute to the 69 and 86 METS so Met Fans will have something to visit............