Lil' Jeffy Wilpon to Mets fans: You and your memories mean nothing to me

I get that he wants his new home, and I do, too, although I'm going to miss Shea. I wish he'd lie to me just one more time.

 

That's how they tore down the Orange Bowl.

The OB, which housed, legitimately, the most great, important football memories of ANY stadium, deserved spectacular implosion.

Instead, I got this piecemeal crapola.

 

Li'l Jeffy and his darling GM ought to go out and corral at least . . . say . . two players, with more than .375 of an ounce of guts.

Too much to ask?

 

Now, this is something to get pissed about. Yankees president and strong arm man Randy Levine said that if the City of New York did not subsidize the financing of the new(er) Yankee Stadium, the team would have moved.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/25/sports/baseball/25yankees.html?ref=sports

 

Please. This is a stretch even for you, BYH. Why is Wilpon an asshole for wanting to finish the demolition ASAP? There's been an entire season of farewells. They brought in the old players to countdown the final days. They had a nostalgic ceremony after the final game. They've said goodbye over and over and over again. How long is Wilpon supposed to weep?

 

Let me, if I may, throw a little perspective on this since I drove from Hopatcong, N.J., to Shea Stadium about 100 or so times a year from 1979-1992. The place had deteriorated so much, it had to go. I don't understand completely what the complaint is, BYH. The opportunity for nostalgia has been offered, and accepted by some, rejected by others. What's the problem?

I was never close to Jeff Wilpon but knew his father well, and Fred cared a lot about his fans. Jeff is nothing more than an heir to whatever the throne is now. And I am told that he is a good businessman.

Bottom line? The place has had its run, let it die. As someone who spent more time there than I care to remember, I don't -- and won't -- miss it. Like most other ballparks this side of Boston and Chicago, Shea had to go. What else do you want? Jeff to shed tears about it? Why?

 

Face it Met fans Jerry Grote is not coming back.

 

That's OK, Boom. We've got Brian Schneider.

 

I hope they bury the memories of the last two seasons (and '88) with that dump.

 

Has a new stadium ever been built with public funds without at least an implied threat to move?

 

My question is where does David Cone go now to masturbate?

 

Laredo, of course.