An important date in New York Met history. Forty years ago today, at 9:07PM Eastern time, the Mets clinched the Eastern Division of the National League and began their journey to postseason greatness. It also capped the greatest summer of my childhood. And it all happened at Shea Stadium.
I snapped these photos in the adjacent parking lot next to Citi Field. It is amazing how close the new stadium is to where the Shea diamond resided for 45 years.
And tears form in my eyes one more time.
Dinner last night: Chicken piccata and risotto rice cakes.
3 comments:
You would think Wilpon could have spent some bucks to make the bases real monuments. This looks very low budget.
Er, the Wilpons have no bucks. Lost a lot of their portfolio to Bernie Madoff. These plaques are actually more than they might have wanted to spend.
Typical Mets.....
Is there nothing in NY not touched by Madoff?
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