Comments on: The Best Owner Ever http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html Sun, 19 May 2013 01:15:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: t agee http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-171013 t agee Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:42:47 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-171013 Very well said. i felt exactly the same way. We were going to Grandma’s house and you just knew you were going to have a great time.

]]> By: t agee http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-171012 t agee Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:38:18 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-171012 That’s hilarious. Would have loved to have seen that myself.

]]> By: t agee http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-171011 t agee Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:36:27 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-171011 Farm Director Coop. Left when Yogi got the managers job. Makes you wonder huh?

]]> By: t agee http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-171010 t agee Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:34:50 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-171010 Big time. Hired Casey, George weiss, Gil Hodges, Yogi Berra, Whitey Herzog, Johnny Murphy, Bing Devine, the scouts who signed Seaver, Koosman, Ryan, McGraw, Jones, Harrelson, Matlack, Gentry, McAndrew took on salary for Clendennon, milan, Staub.

Doubleday was pretty decent but Payson was the best. I cannot understand why there is no statue of her outside the Rotunda greeting fans as they arrive.

]]> By: t agee http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-171009 t agee Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:29:13 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-171009 She did it with class though, not for attention

]]> By: Pete http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-170949 Pete Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:20:43 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-170949 They would need to stay behind a bulletproof screen!

]]> By: Kay http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-170811 Kay Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:03:39 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-170811 How I’d love to have seen that!

]]> By: Metsie http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-170747 Metsie Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:57:15 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-170747 Well I would point out that if the Wilpons had ever read some of the things sadi about them on this site alone no way would they ever go into the stands with the fans for fear of their lives!

]]> By: MetFan Lou http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-170580 MetFan Lou Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:30:45 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-170580 One of my fondest memories in life was going to Shea Stadium while on my in between combat tours from Vietnam. I remember a Memorial Day game sitting behind first base with mt sister and other members of my family and remember “Kong” Kingman almost killing me with a foul ball and then the next pitch he blasted it over the right field fence. I remember listening to Armed Forces Radio broadcasting the ’69 World Series and then when I got back my buddy who was in ‘Nam with me went to Shea and saw Willie Mays hit a home run. There were about 59,000 folks that day and the only seats we could get was the top row , left outfield but it was great. It was a real special day because about two months later my firend committed suicide like a lot of other ‘Nam vets did and it is sad it is still happening today. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES, MRS. PAYSON!

]]> By: Gregg http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-170574 Gregg Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:06:40 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-170574 Pearl Bailey!!! Now you’re talking Pete. How about Mrs. Payson and Casey hamming it up at Old Timer’s Day? No doubt Mrs. Payson loved her Mets, and we loved her for loving them!

]]> By: Pete http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-170561 Pete Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:02:49 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-170561 I became a Mets fan in 1967. That was the year I went to my first game at Shea, got my first yearbook, etc. I was 9. I remember Mrs. Payson and used to see her in her field box along the railing all the time. I remember Pearl Bailey down there too in her derby hat and pearl necklace. When I would look at Mrs. Payson back then, I remember my 9 year old heart swelling with pride, and I would think how lucky the Mets were to have the best owner in baseball. It was almost as if your grandmother owned your favorite baseball team.

]]> By: Pete http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-170558 Pete Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:52:00 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-170558 To this day I grind my teeth every time I see Yogi’s face.

]]> By: Pete http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-170556 Pete Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:47:59 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-170556 The last great owner of the Mets…….

]]> By: The Coop http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-170528 The Coop Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:56:51 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-170528 Oh totally, you can start with johnny Murphy, who was probably singularly responsible for the 1969 Mets construction (but it was Gil who got the most out of the players), and George M Weiss. Whitey Herzog, I actually forget his exact title,but he was in the Mets system for years as well and we all know how that all turned out (although we can credit him for the Keith Hernandez trade to NY in ’83 ha ha)

]]> By: The Coop http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-170526 The Coop Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:54:17 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-170526 Who? (that was a joke – according to Wilpon, you’d think he never existed)

]]> By: The Coop http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-170525 The Coop Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:53:49 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-170525 Thus starting the trend of post-traumatic Mets disorder…

]]> By: Gregga http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-170514 Gregga Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:11:48 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-170514 Coop,
my memory isn’t wht it used to be, but if you looked at all the names the Mets had working their front office, or in their scouting department during Mrs. Payson’s reign, it would read like a who’s who of baseball. She was 100% a baseball fan.
You make a great point about players still reffering to her as Mrs. Payson. Some of the old Mets still call Gil Hodges, Mr. Hodges. When Seaver talks about both Gil Hodges and Mrs. Payson, you can certainly hear the respct in his voice.

]]> By: Metstheory22 http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-170507 Metstheory22 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:46:35 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-170507 And where is Doubleday in the building?

]]> By: Metstheory22 http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-170506 Metstheory22 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:45:17 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-170506 Ya have to love Yogi, but if Whitey was around we might have won 73. Which of course biggest error was not having George Stone pitch a game and then had Seaver and Matlack.

]]> By: The Coop http://metsmerizedonline.com/2011/08/the-best-owner-ever.html#comment-170502 The Coop Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:28:55 +0000 http://metsmerizedonline.com/?p=56639#comment-170502 Annie she is in the Mets HOF and museum but I feel like there should be more recognition there for her. She was a visionary and knew the sport better than anyone in the old boys club. Sadly, no one has taken the reigns of it.

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