Mets fans with Ebbets or Polo Grounds memories.

[MSUlaxer27]

I realize because this a thread question that the results may end up skewed.

If you consider yourself primarily(or singularly) a Mets fan, do you have any individual memories of the Giants or Dodgers playing at the Polo Grounds or Ebbets field before 1958?

In other words, do you - yourself (not being told by family or having pictures) remember attending a game at Ebbets or the PG?

[parlo]

I realize because this a thread question that the results may end up skewed.

If you consider yourself primarily(or singularly) a Mets fan, do you have any individual memories of the Giants or Dodgers playing at the Polo Grounds or Ebbets field before 1958?

In other words, do you - yourself (not being told by family or having pictures) remember attending a game at Ebbets or the PG?

I was born in 1964, so I obviously dont remember the Brooklyn Dodgers or NY Giants. But I am old enough to remember Old Timers Games that were focussed on those teams. I was only 7 years old, but I remember the 1971 event at Shea that honored the 1951 pennant race. It is especially momentous, because Robinson and Gil Hodges both died in 1972.
There were also players from that era that played in the early 70s. I realize that is not the same, but the link was still much stronger than it is today.

[Dalkowski110]

No, but my father attended many games at both ballparks.

[JeepingBaseball]

No, I was born in '75.

However my grandfather worked at Ebbets and then to the Polo Grounds when the Dodgers left. Worked at Shea sinced their first opening day till he died in the mid 80's. His son also worked at Shea till the late 90's.

On the other side of my family, my Grandmother was close friends with many of the Brooklyn Dodgers till they left. Was usually a walk in for all the playoffs and World Series match ups. After they left, she started hanging out with the Yankees for awhile, even was on a double date with Mickey Mantle, and also enjoyed an evening at a piano bar with Billy Martin. The family relocated to the eastern part of Long Island and her baseball social days were over.

I grew up listening to a zillion stories on both sides of the family. My mother in particular never missed an opening day till she got married in 1968. Since opening day usually fell on or about her birthday on April 5th. Gil Hodges gave her his first baseman glove as a birthday present one year. Her brother took off with it.

I can still go to Shea today and find an old timer, mention my grandfather's name and I'll hear another story about those days at Ebbets or the Polo Grounds. They all hated working at the Polo Grounds they said.

The perk I got out of all that was my summer days on the field at Shea. Gary Carter gave me pointers on how to catch and once set up a toss and hit in the outfield for me. Strawberry told me it was all in the hips when I bat. I never paid for a single game ticket till I graduated high school. And my seats were always at 1st base.

Those were the days. I need a time travel machine.