Know what you mean despite all that I feel. Not to beat my own drum but yesterday got a copy of my friend Greg Prince’s new book “The Happiest Recap – First Base”, in which he was kind enough to mention my name in the acknowledgements. He also wrote specifically about me when writing the forward for Janet Paskin’s book “Tales From The 1962 Mets”.

So you know how bad it has to be for me to feel this way now. The Mets have been a very, very big part of my life – so much that even my wife now watches the games with me when, in 1975 when we were dating, her knowledge of the game was so much that she wanted to leave in the seventh inning of the second game of a Yankee doubleheader with the Bombers ahead by something like 8-0. She had no appreciation of the fact that Catfish Hunter was pitching a perfect game to that point!

Gregg’s posting seems to be uplifting to all today! In the last few weeks I pulled out my Met videos and DVD’s with the anticipation of spring training and often watch Billy Joel’s “Last Play at Shea concert. My wife and I have a deal…..She wants her remains spread over Rockland Lake up in Nyack where we lived from 1993-2006 and I want mine spread over the footprint of where Shea stood!

Seeing all the good comments this morning makes me glad that I am one of the “Faithful”

Have a great day my friend!

Cried too when they tore down Shea. Have one of the bricks as a keepsake.

Too bad you weren’t at the 50th Anniversary celebration at Hofstra last year. I was moderating a panel discussion on past memorablia and one of the presentors was a photographer who had put together a video presentation of Shea as it was in the various stages of being torn down. It was played to the background of Frank Sinatra singing “There Was A Ballpark” – the one usually associated with Ebbits Field.

Not a dry eye in the house. And for the first time, I was too choked up for words.

But like a fine wine…..

This kind of post along with up to date news about the ball club is what this site should be about. I hope that real Met fans can convince the haters and detractors to go elsewhere to spew their venom and stop filling the site with ridiculous stats that are coming from a million different directions.

Keep up the great work!

Unfortunately, there are less and less people sharing our love of the orange and blue.

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/findings_more_facebook_like_yankees_9uZjYCo6gJzk8GzaJhakeJ

I wonder why. Certainly, it has nothing to do with the way the front office and ownership has been handling things the past few years, has it? With the Yankees being the aging club and the Mets the team of the future, one would think we’d be more up there, right?

How do you think it feels to be part of the 51+ club? But the memories are worth it!

Just joking of course…..

This is my 51st year waiting for the start of spring training for the Mets – though will admit, in 1962 I was not aware I was waiting for it. So for me, it is 82 percent of my life.

It would indeed be wonderful if the spirit and enthusiasm of the fans was reflected in the front office just a little bit…..

Just a side note….that wasn’t Natalie Wood with that quote: ‘Faith is believing when common sense tells you not to”. It was John Payne’s character Fred Gailey who said it it first to Doris Walker (Maureen O’Hara). Later in the movie Doris Walker uttered that to her daughter Susan (Natalie Wood).
I’ve probably seen this movie a hundred times. “-)