We are still accepting nominations for The Dopiest Moment In Shea Stadium History. So far nobody has nominated any Yankees or Jets or concert moments so I’ve added a few.
Here are the submissions through Tuesday night:
- Juan Samuel Trade For Lenny Dykstra & Roger McDowell
- Not Protecting Tom Seaver 1984
- “Swoosh jerseys” (the underlined ones)
- Dave Magadan rots on the bench so Garry Templeton can play.
- Fran Healey broadcasts games for over a decade.
- ‘Mettle’ the donkey that the Mets trotted out as a mascot in the 70’s
- Driving away the ‘Sign Man’ – early 1980’s
- MERCURY METS – one of the most embarassing things I and many Met fans have endured.
- ‘Who let the Dogs out?’ – I was at Shea when the Mets won the NL pennant in 2000. When they played that song I actually stopped cheering and started complaining. A genuine WTF moment.
- Anything involving Bobby Bonilla, Vince Coleman, Bret Saberhagen, Doug Sisk, Victor Zambrano and Mel Rojas. There was genuine hatred among fans at the sight of these guys.
- Ignoring the Mets Hall of Fame for years…
- How they used to call the last home game of the season “Closing Day” (what’s the opposite of Opening Day)
- dumping Ray Knight after he won the World Series’ MVP in ’86
- Signing Bobby Bonilla…twice!
- “Show Up At Shea,” “Your Season Has Come” “The Magic Is Back”…they all qualify.
- That dopey Mets rap song thing they came out with two years ago. Notice how fast it came…and went.
- Jeff Torborg reports on Mike and the Mad Dog. Brutal.
- Bobby Valentine coming back to the bench with a mustache after being ejected.
- Never happened but had Mookie’s ball not gotten past Buckner–Doug Sisk was coming in to pitch the next inning of the World Series with the score tied.
- Bruce Springsteen allows Patti Scialfa to sing harmony (2003).
- Jets leave for NJ to have “better bathrooms.”
- People pay good money to sort of see The Beatles for twenty minutes with a hideous sound system.
Or perhaps it will be one of yours! Nominate now!
