The day started out so bright for the Mets with Johan Santana giving the Mets a chance to breath for another day with his gem on Saturday. The Weather in Queens could not damper the Met fans that started showing up at Shea as early as 9 am this morning.
Well of course we know by now how it turned out. We had 3 different ways of the day turning out and it ended today with the worse one possible. No playoffs for the Mets and Shea closed its doors for its last game .
The Post game ceremonies were not something people could really stomach after the Mets loss but I would say 80% of the fans stayed for the festivities. They saw the likes of old time Mets like Al Jackson, Willie Mays, Ed Kranepool, Ed Charles . Some more recent Mets like Doug Flynn, Felix Millan, John Stearns. They brought back Wally Backman, Bobbie Ojeda, Jessie Orosco and Doc Gooden who received an incredible ovation. Of course the 2 stars were Tom Seaver and Mike Piazza. When the festivities were over and you saw Piazza and Seaver walk out the center field fence and close it for the last time, We had to say goodbye to ole friend. Allot of people stayed and took pictures of the field, the stands , basically everything.
We here at 24 hours will spend some time over the next couple of days of what went on today at Shea. We love that old place. I personally went to my first game in the summer of 1974 as a 8 year old with my family. I could not believe how big the place was and how immense the field was.
I was lucky enough to be one of the fortunate people that were there today. Yes it was not easy to see our beloved Mets lose . Also I take offense to the Marlins and how they spent an incredible amount of time on the field congratulating themselves for knocking us AGAIN out of the playoffs.
We spent plenty of summer days at our Teams home. We will miss it.
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