The format will be slightly different. Banner Day will return Sunday, May 27 prior to the Mets playing the San Diego Padres at 1:10 p.m. at Citi Field. In its original incarnation, Banner day was often a doubleheader, with the parade of posters and bed sheets occurring between games.
My friends and I did participate in one Banner Day. It was 1985, the season after a young prospect named Ross Jones came up, had a couple good games, then disappeared.
We went to banner day with two banners. One said "Bring Back Ross Jones." The other banner was really just a sandwich board that said "Or Die." We did not win any prizes. If you were at any banner Days between 1963 and 1996, Loge13 would love to see some photos or hear some tales.
I was at several banner days.... six times I won prizes ( second place twice ).... and I have photos of ALL of my banners.... if you give me an email address I can share the files.
No one seems to want to talk baseball this week. It's as if everyone is distracted by some other upcoming game. How Sunday's contest could be more interesting than the state of Daniel Murphy's knees or John Franco's induction into the Mets Hall of Fame is beyond me.
Loge13 makes only one football prediction this week: if you watch the HBO documentary on Joe Namath, you will be happy. Great overview of Broadway Joe's life and fantastic footage of Shea Stadium in its football playing days. Here's a little Joe Jingle to get you excited:
The Mets just announced that John Franco has been elected to the team's Hall of Fame.
The Mets Hall of Fame now has 26 members. The previous Hall of Fame members in order of the year they were inducted are: Joan Payson (1981); Casey Stengel (1981); Gil Hodges (1982); George M. Weiss (1982); Johnny Murphy (1983); William A. Shea (1983); Ralph Kiner (1984); Bob Murphy (1984); Lindsey Nelson (1984); Bud Harrelson (1986); Rusty Staub (1986); Tom Seaver (1988); Jerry Koosman (1989); Ed Kranepool (1990); Cleon Jones (1991); Jerry Grote (1992); Tug McGraw (1993); Mookie Wilson (1996); Keith Hernandez (1997); Gary Carter (2001); Tommie Agee (2002); Frank Cashen (2010); Dwight Gooden (2010); Davey Johnson (2010) and Darryl Strawberry (2010).
So what do you think? Of these 26 names, not sure if this one fits. Yes he was a longtime presence in the bullpen and had some good years. He also almost killed a few residents of Loge13. Any other Mets you think should be on this list instead?
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interest in the copyright to approximately 350 tunes, including "Baba O'Riley," "Pinball Wizard" and "Won't Get Fooled
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Why am I telling you this? So I have an excuse to post this vintage clip from The Who's appearance at Shea Stadium. Hard to believe this gig was 30 years ago. I can remember hearing this show from my childhood bedroom in Jamaica Queens, which is about 15 miles away from Shea.
I was at several banner days.... six times I won prizes ( second place twice ).... and I have photos of ALL of my banners.... if you give me an email address I can share the files.