This song was a long time coming. It started out as song about the brass plates in the parking lot of Citi Field (where the bases at Shea used to be). That ended up being just a couple of lines in this one. Then I tried doing something about the Polo Grounds and that didn’t [...]
One of the early iconic moments in Mets history is the “Black Cat Game” which occurred on September 9, 1969. The Cubs came to New York for a two-game series holding a 2 ½ game lead over the Mets. The Mets won the first game to cut the lead to 1 ½ games. Game two [...]
This is another song that started in one spot and ended in another. The attempt was to write a song about a Met player that nobody would ever think of focusing on. It started with Barry Lyons but got nowhere fast. While doing work on the Lyons song, the focus shifted to one of the [...]
The Narrative: This one is half-based on the famous 1973 World Series photograph of Willie Mays and half-based on my experience at a Shea Stadium Camera Day. It sort of ties in what a kid or a fan feels during a game, what a player feels at the end of a season or a career, [...]
When Brian was looking for 2020 monthly contributors, I suggested a monthly item in the form of a song since that fits in with what I’ve been doing over the past couple of years. This first song emanated from an Art Shamsky trip to go see Tom Seaver. There were some photographs taken at a [...]