wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (04/10/84)
HOORAY FOR THE METS!!! FLASH---- For the first time in recorded history, the Mets have swupped a series from the Astros in the Astrodome. Great rejoicing can be heard throughout the land. (Well at least in parts of Queens and New Jersey.) They did it with names on the roster that no one ever heard of other than Foster and Strawberry. They are even starting a new catcher tonight in Atlanta. Think of that, three guys on the starting nine under 20 years old. What's the world coming to? Heard they bought a rocking chair for Staub. With any luck, old Bowtie Cashin will be leaving this year so they can keep some of the good players for a change. I will never forgive him for trading Ryan. I propose that the All Star game be cancelled this year. Why, you ask? Well, every time the Mets are in the top 3 of the division at the All Star break, they fall on their kesters when they come back. Just so that will not happen, all Mets fans should petition to have the game cancelled. :-) I will be taking orders for World Series tickets next week. I will get a big block and we can put up a big sign, NETS FOR THE METS T. C. Wheeler
citrin@ucbvax.UUCP (Wayne Citrin) (04/11/84)
> With any luck, old > Bowtie Cashin will be leaving this year so they can keep some > of the good players for a change. I will never forgive him for > trading Ryan. > > T. C. Wheeler What are you talking about? Nolan Ryan was traded when Johnny Murphy was GM. Frank Cashen (not Cashin) only became GM when Nelson Doubleday bought the Mets. In between the two there was Butcher Bob Scheffing, the man truly responsible for the terrible shape the Mets have found themselves in since Seavver was traded to the Cincinnati Reds. Anybody seen this new kid Dwight Gooden? Is he any good? Also, I understand that Tim Leary pitched a few innings last week. How did he look? Wayne Citrin (ucbvax!citrin) (a Met fan with the baseball season on hold for the Stanley Cup playoffs. Go Islanders!!!)
david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) (04/11/84)
Let us not damn the innocent. Ryan was traded a decade before Frank Cashen arrived as general manager.
lincoln@eosp1.UUCP (Dick Lincoln) (04/11/84)
> HOORAY FOR THE METS!!! FLASH---- For the first time in recorded > history, the Mets have swupped a series from the Astros in the > Astrodome. Great rejoicing can be heard throughout the land. (Well > at least in parts of Queens and New Jersey.) They did it with names > on the roster that no one ever heard of other than Foster and > Strawberry...... > .....I will be taking orders for World Series tickets next week. > I will get a big block and we can put up a big sign, > NETS FOR THE METS > T. C. Wheeler The Mets deserve credit for producing some interesting and winning baseball at the beginning of the season (5-1 now, I think). Cheers for Oquindo, Bachman and the young, unheard-of pitching staff. But Shay is the worst armpit every produced for a ballgame: utterly filthy and dangerous! I don't think anyone could watch a full World Series there without coming down with a fatal social disease.
wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (04/11/84)
[] Sorry about Bowtie, got carried away. I was thinking about his contract being up in '85. He said, in the NEWS, that he would take a walk if the Mets did not make it to the top by the end of the contract. Oh yeah, about Shea. Eddie the K (the mayor) announced a 25 mil cleanup of the place last night on the news. The biggest item seems to be 50 enclosed boxes for the hoi poloi. Big deal. He also said they will put in more restrooms. Finally! Whew! Hope they don't forget to fix the water fountains. The rest goes for paint. Gee, last time I sat in the loge, I was two inches high on the seat because of the paint. Wonder where they will put a new coat? I still like shea better than the Bronx House of Detention--oops I mean Yankee Stadium. T. C. Wheeler
burton@fortune.UUCP (04/12/84)
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fortune!burton Apr 11 12:25:00 1984
As a veteran of the 1969 World Series (yah, Mets, there's no time as good
as the First Time), I propose that we ban politicians from attending
series. Or at least throw John Lindsay out, instead of the traditional
first pitch.
Philip Burton 101 Twin Dolphin Drive-MS 133
Fortune Systems Redwood City, CA 94065 (415) 595-8444 x 526
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{ihnp4 [ucbvax | decvax!decwrl]!amd70 harpo hpda }!fortune!burtoncitrin@ucbvax.UUCP (Wayne Citrin) (04/13/84)
> But Shay is > the worst armpit every produced for a ballgame: utterly filthy and > dangerous! I don't think anyone could watch a full World Series there > without coming down with a fatal social disease. Hey, I LIKE Shea Stadium. It may be grimy, but I've always loved the cavernous area under the stands with all those walkways. Going to Shea is always exciting, probably because it's where I saw my first baseball game. I never get that same feeling going to Candlestick or the Oakland Coliseum. Besides, you can actually go to a summer night game and not have to wear warm clothes, which is more than you can say about the ball parks out here. Shea, with its subway and LIRR stations, is much more accessible than, say, Candlestick, which is in the middle of nowhere and accessible only by car. And I've never found Shea to be dangerous; certainly Yankee Stadium and Comiskey Park in Chicago are in much more dangerous areas. Also, the food's better at Shea. The main thing that I find wrong with Shea is the low-flying planes. I must admit, though, that the nicest ball park I've ever been to is Fenway in Boston. Wayne Citrin (ucbvax!citrin)
greg@zinfandel.UUCP (04/14/84)
#R:pyuxa:-68700:zinfandel:11300002:000:174 zinfandel!greg Apr 12 14:11:00 1984 Nobody's ever heard of Keith Hernandez????? Would you like to trade him for Allen and Ownbey? Greg (I'm for the Cardinals) Boyd ...decvax!sytek!zehntel!zinfandel!greg