NY Mets 1986 Anniversary Celebration Today at Shea and online

[jimnysf]

Posted: 8/19/06 at 1:42pm

Tonight at 7:00 the Mets will honor their 1986 World Series Team! I was at those games and will never forget them! The ceremony will be broadcast on streaming video at 7 pm Eastern (4 Pacific) on the Mets website. I will have to miss it as I will be at the movies in San Francisco attending a one day only showing of the restored 70mm version of "South Pacific" so I hope it gets stored on their site. It's tearing me apart to have to miss this reunion at Shea!

Log on to mets.com and click the "Watch Now" link to begin the free, live broadcast on your computer.


http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp?c_id=nym




http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060531&content_id=1481340&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym

FLUSHING, N.Y. -- The New York Mets today announced that Darryl Strawberry, Gary Carter, Keith Hernandez, Mookie Wilson, Lenny Dykstra, Howard Johnson, Ron Darling, Jesse Orosco, and other members of the 1986 World Champion Mets are scheduled to participate in an on-field reunion Saturday, August 19 at Shea Stadium to commemorate the 20th anniversary of their World Series title. More than 50,000 tickets already have been sold. Fans are encouraged to take mass transit to arrive early in time for the ceremony, which will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m. before the Mets host the Colorado Rockies.

Other members from the 1986 team confirmed to attend include: Rick Aguilera, Wally Backman, Kevin Elster, Sid Fernandez, Ed Hearn, Danny Heep, Kevin Mitchell, Randy Niemann, Rafael Santana, Doug Sisk, and Tim Teufel. General Manager Frank Cashen and coaches Bill Robinson and Bud Harrelson will also be on hand. The Mets have extended invitations to all of the 1986 World Champion players and coaches for this special celebration.

The Mets won their second World Series title in 1986, establishing a team record 108 wins in the regular season. The team clinched the National League East Division title by 21 1/2 games and came back from a 2-0 deficit in the World Series to defeat the Boston Red Sox in seven games in one of the most dramatic comebacks in World Series history.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 8/19/06 at 2:14pm

I remember watching them back in 1986

With the team they had, they should have been a more dominant force for a number of years. It will be fun seeing them again

[wexy]

Posted: 8/19/06 at 5:34pm

Richard, the Yankee fand did root for them over Boston in 86 and went to the parade since it was a block from my office (Went to 4 Yankee parades,a Ranger Parade and the Viet Vet parade as well)