| September 8, 1979 |
Mets beat the Pirates in 15 innings on a single by John
Stearns. |
| April 13, 1982 |
Home Opener - Mets beat the Phillies, 5-2. |
| May 5, 1984 |
Catching my first baseball at a Major League Baseball
game. It was pitched by Ed Lynch and fouled off by Jerry Mumphrey.
Mets lost to the Astros 10-6. |
| May 25, 1984 |
On a spur of the moment trip to Shea, on a beautiful
Friday evening, we found that it was Mets Mug night and we
were seeing a marquis pitching matchup: rookie Dwight Gooden
vs. Fernando Valenzuela. The Mets took a 2-0 lead to the
9th. Pedro Guerrero hit a leadoff solo homerun in the 9th to
make it 2-1. Dave Anderson was thrown out at home plate to
end the game. Dr. K struck out 14 in the win. |
| September 2, 1984 |
Mets beat the Padres in 12 on a 2-out single by George
Foster. |
| September 26, 1984 |
Juan Samuel sets the rookie stolen base record (eclipsed
by Vince Coleman in 1985) and the Mets beat the
Phillies, 7-1. |
| September 10, 1985 |
In the middle of a pennant race with the St Louis
Cardinals, an event occurred that for the 1st (and last)
time that caused me to be embarrassed to be a Mets fan. This
was the game that Keith Hernandez returned from the
Pittsburgh trial. He received a standing ovation from close
to 50,000 fans. My wife and I remained seated. I was, and
still am, a big Keith Hernandez fan. Everyone is entitled to
a second chance, however, to treat him as a returning hero
was just flat out wrong. The game - the Mets won 5-4. |
| July 3, 1986 |
On fireworks night, after the Astros scored two runs in
the top of the 10th, the Mets tied it on a 2-run Daryl
Strawberry homerun and won it on a Ray Knight homerun. Then
the fireworks started. |
| July 13, 1986 |
Rusty Staub Day, Mets beat the Braves, 2-0. |
| September 11, 1987 |
With the crowd chanting "Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na..."
and one out away from a victory, Willie McGee's game tying
hit and Terry Pendleton's 2 run shot off of Roger McDowell,
to complete a 3-run ninth to tie the Mets. The Cardinals
then went on to score 2 more in the 10th, helping dash the Mets play-off hopes
as the Mets lost to the
Cardinals 6-4. |
| July 24, 1988 |
Tom Seaver Day, Mets lost to the Braves, 4-2. |
| September 22, 1988 |
Mets clinch the National League East defeating the
Phillies, 3-1. |
| April 2, 1989 |
Mayor's Trophy Game |
| April 3, 1989 |
Opening Day - Mets beat the Cardinals, 8-4. |
| April 9, 1990 |
Opening Day - Mets lost to the Pirates, 12-3. |
| August 4, 1991 |
Setting foot on the turf on Banner Day. Mets lost to the
Cubs, 8-3. |
| April 5, 1993 |
Opening Day - 1st ever game of the Colorado Rockies,
Mets won 3-0. |
| April 11, 1994 |
Home Opener - Mets lost to the Cubs, 9-5. |
| August 20, 1998 |
Seeing Mark McGwire hit #50 & 51 en route to 70.
I'm still waiting to see Piazza's moon shot land. Mets lost
to the Cardinals 2-0 in the 1st game of the doubleheader but
won the 2nd game, 5-4. |
| October 3, 1999 |
The Mets beat the Pirates, 2 to 1, in the tenth
inning on a wild pitch to force a one game play-off with the
Reds for the Wild Card. |
| October 17, 1999 |
1999 NLCS Game 5 - Robin Ventura's Grand Slam Single in the 15th inning vs.
the Braves. |
| August 25, 1999 |
Completing a day-night doubleheader, seeing the Phillies
beat the Padres 15 to 1 in the afternoon at Veteran's
Stadium in Philadelphia and the Mets best the Astros 4 to 0
at Shea that same night (not really a Mets "moment" but it
was "cool"). |
| May 13, 2000 |
Celebrating my 40th birthday with a bus load of my
friends and the Mets. Mets lost to the Marlins, 7-6. |
| August 2000 |
In 2000, returning home from vacation in California (saw
the Mets in LA and San Diego) found a message on our
answering machine notifying us that our family was selected
as a finalist in the Most Amazing Mets' fan contest. Problem
was that we had returned after the deadline for returning
the call. However with an impassioned call explaining our
circumstances, we were allowed to remain in contention. It
was fun. We had a screen test at the stadium, went to a
game, but alas did not win. The experience alone was worth
it. Since we only received two free tickets, and it was a
family affair, I purchased two additional ones and the Mets
were nice enough to keep all four tickets together. The only
problem was that we weren't seated next to the other
finalists and therefore, weren't included in the group
photo. Wouldn't you know it, that photo ended up in the NLCS
and World Series programs. We missed an opportunity to be
connected with Mets history. |
| October 7, 2000 |
2000 NLDS Game 3 - Benny Agbayani's game winning homerun in
the 13th vs. the Giants. |
| October 8, 2000 |
2000 NLDS Game 4 - Bobby Jones' one-hitter to clinch the series. |
| October 15, 2000 |
2000 NLCS Games 4 - Mets win in a blow-out, 10-6, with
an LCS record 5 doubles (4 consecutive) in the 1st inning
leading to 4 runs. |
| October 16, 2000 |
2000 NLCS Game 5 - Mets win the series with a 7-0
3-hitter by Mike Hampton. Rick Ankiel's last warm-up pitch
went to the backstop and he later added 2 wild pitches
leading to a run. |
| April 1, 2002 |
Opening Day - Mets beat the Pirates 6-2. |
| October 3, 2004 |
Expos Last Game/Todd Zeile Hr in Last At-bat. Mets beat
the Expos, 8-1. |
| May 5, 2006 |
The Braves took a 7-6 lead in the top of the 11th, the
Mets tied it in the bottom of the 11th on a Cliff Floyd
homerun and won it, 8-7, in the 14th on a David Wright
double. |
| May 19, 2006 |
Subway Series regular season game - After the Yankees
scored 4 runs in the top of the 1st, the Mets came back with
3 in the bottom of the 1st and tied the game in the 5th. The
Mets won the game, 7-6, in the bottom of the 9th on a single
by David Wright off of Mariano Rivera. |
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2006 NLCS Game 7 |
| May 18, 2007 |
Subway Series regular season game - Mets beat the
Yankees, 3-2. |
| July 13, 2007 |
Ralph Kiner Day |
| April 26th-ish, 1984-2007 |
Birthday games for my Cathy and I (yes we have the same
birthday) |
| September 10th-ish, 1984-2007 |
Anniversary games for Cathy and I. |
| April 8, 2008 |
The 2008 Home Opener - the last at Shea. It was a
beautiful day in the shadow of the new Citi Field watching
the game from the bleachers. Well, at least it was a good 6
innings, we'll try to forget the rest. |