tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386152.post7067440167487250623..comments2023-10-26T04:19:16.153-04:00Comments on Mets Guy in Michigan: Baseball place No. 57: Forbes Field remainsMets Guy in Michiganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048899230969074579noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386152.post-25315466814537363082009-06-02T14:56:50.737-04:002009-06-02T14:56:50.737-04:00Hey, I know this isn't relative to this particular...Hey, I know this isn't relative to this particular post, but I couldn't find any contact info for you on the site, so I thought I'd do it this way. <br /><br />A few of us have teamed up with the American Cancer Society in an effort to get the Mets to wear their traditional colors a bit more often. <br /><br />Please check it out at: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/blueorangeandpink<br /><br />And help get the word around!<br /><br /><br />Thanks!<br />CarloUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582969217211762251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386152.post-2336560941052070952009-06-02T10:17:54.058-04:002009-06-02T10:17:54.058-04:00Good call on Maris, guys! Oops!
That WAS a great ...Good call on Maris, guys! Oops!<br /><br />That WAS a great night. Except for all the Pirates fans giving me grief for wearing my Matt Murray Braves jersey.Mets Guy in Michiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048899230969074579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386152.post-71737705280589535822009-06-02T10:00:55.278-04:002009-06-02T10:00:55.278-04:00I was gonna chime in on Maris, but someone beat me...I was gonna chime in on Maris, but someone beat me to the punch. That night in Pitt was one of the better ones. The Forbes Field jaunt followed by the game at PNC, which is one of the best new parks, complete with Chipster Jones humiliation and awesome fireworks just past the right-field wall. Good stuff to be sure.<br />YKWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11386152.post-19895490560922529402009-06-01T16:05:17.765-04:002009-06-01T16:05:17.765-04:00>And the 1960 loss was so >traumatic that th...>And the 1960 loss was so >traumatic that the team fired >legendary manager Casey Stengel >two days later and raided their >farm team -- err, American League >rival -- Kansas City Athletics >for Roger Maris.<br /><br />Dave, Maris was on the 1960 Yankees, even won the AL MVP that season (a fact that the "Maris for HOF birgade" loves to bring up to counter the "Only one HOF caliber season" argument)Steve J. Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615826237732378110noreply@blogger.com