Comments on: Funny Story From The Game Monday…

By: srt

srt — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:52:21 +0000

I’m surprised they let him exchange the Jersey.

So you turned down tickets offered from Joe on what turned out to be the Mets first no hitter? Oh boy…..

Congrats on your graduation, Clayton.

By: James

James — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:42:21 +0000

The awkward moment when that’s you.

By: sarge69

sarge69 — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:51:38 +0000

Awesome Joe, I p/u a McGwire card at a show a while back, 90′s, then sold it the year he and Sosa were tearing up the baseball for $100 then when the PED scandal hit I was glad I had sold it when I did.

By: Clayton Collier

Clayton Collier — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:54:18 +0000

I can confirm all of that except for the fact that I was at my graduation mass on the night of the no-hitter since the next morning was graduation, the nights of partying came the week before for after prom and then continued after graduation Lol.

Needless to say, I heard Howie Rose call the final out on the way home and started screaming, then within 20 seconds the screams of joy became screams of agony when I came to the realization of the fact that I did not accept Joe’s tickets for Santana’s no-hitter. Then I decided to keep texting Joe about my misfortunes and dilemmas long after he stopped responding.

I better get into heaven for that one. Lol.

By: Ceetar

Ceetar — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:43:39 +0000

Awesome.

I’m still waiting for someone to confess and admit they left the game early. I’m sure there were some.

By: Joe D

Joe D — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:42:10 +0000

Ceetar, you might enjoy this, and Clayton will confirm it. But as a present for Clayton’s graduation, I offered him a pair of tickets to the game last Friday. Yes, that game. Great seats just behind the third base. He respectfully declined so I gave them to my cousin whose birthday was actually the very next day anyway. At about 2 AM, Clayton starts texting me like a mad man after coming home from a night of partying with his friends bemoaning what he had sacrificed that night. Clayton will never forget that no-hitter. lol

By: Joe D

Joe D — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:37:51 +0000

You reminded me of something I bought back at Shea during the game in the 1986 season. I have always been an avid Mets collector and that day I saw that they had these minor league team sets for sale for only $2.00 of the Columbia Mets which was their Single-A affiliate back then. I tossed them in unopened into a storage box with a bunch of other Mets team sets I had purchased over the years and forgot about it.

Then in 1988 the Gregg Jefferies craze hit the baseball card market and his rookie cards were fetching anywhere between $50 to $150 after his 1988 September callup.

I remembered I had purchased that team set and sure enough there was a Gregg Jefferies card mixed in the pack, which I immediately took to a baseball card shop to have appraised. The dealer offered me $200 worth of cards in trade for it and I took it.

I walked out of there with two pristine condition Cal Ripken Rookie Cards, a gem mint 1969 Topps Tom Seaver card, and a stack of ten 1985 Mark McGwire Topps USA Olympic cards. A nice haul to be sure. I ended up selling the McGwire lot of ten mint cards on eBay for $775 about 14 years later. The Ripken cards I had graded by PSA and sold one for $300, and kept the other. And I still have the Tom Seaver card which is one of my favorite cards in my collection. Thank you Gregg Jefferies.

By: Ceetar

Ceetar — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:31:32 +0000

didn’t you read? He just graduated! (Congrats btw) He gets to let his brain be mush for 3 months now.

Fun story about the ups and downs of fandom. I imagine you’re friends emotions were allover the place last night too.

By: Clayton Collier

Clayton Collier — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:20:11 +0000

Joe you know titles for articles aren’t my forté

By: nycsoftwareman

nycsoftwareman — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:11:16 +0000

If there is one thing I learned about being a baseball fan. I always purchase player memorabilia after the game. Even then I have been burned many times. Since my enthusiasm for a player got the better of me. As the saying goes.You root for the laundry,
not the individual player. The last time I made an in game purchase of a player jersey
was a Gregg Jefferies jersey.

By: Joe D

Joe D — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:00:49 +0000

A funny thing happened on the way to the rotunda, would have been a better title.