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JOHN ROCKER QUOTES:
On ever playing for a New York team: “I would retire first. It’s the most hectic, nerve-racking city. Imagine having to take the 7 train to the ballpark, looking like you’re riding through Beirut, next to some kid with purple hair, next to some queer with AIDS, right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time, right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids. It’s depressing.”
On New York City itself: “The biggest thing I don’t like about New York are the foreigners. I’m not a very big fan of foreigners. You can walk an entire block in Times Square and not hear anybody speaking English. Asians and Koreans and Vietnamese and Indians and Russians and Spanish people and everything up there. How the hell did they get in this country?”
Quotes were taken from this Sports Illustrated post.
I shot this photo the night our beloved Mets clinched the 2000 wild card spot against the Braves. It was taken before the game during the Braves BP. Rocker was taunting the fans, pretending to throw balls up and flashing everyone the middle finger. Real class act.
If you frequent this website you may have seen my post back in October with two other photos from this roll of film. Yes, film… old school photography where you actually needed to know how to work your camera. No disrespect to digital, I own one too, but nothing compares to film photography. You never knew if you got the shot and correct settings until developing your film.
I was taking a photo journalism class at Nassau Community College at the time and picked this game to go towards a project I was working on. As a broke college student delivering pizzas, I loved that Shea Stadium allowed fans to sit free in the Pepsi picnic area on Wednesdays. You’d have to get there early to make sure you got in, but all it cost was trading in an empty can of soda. Luckily this game landed on a Wed night, and I saw it for $0.
I can’t remember exactly what that fan was saying to Rocker but I can only assume it was something very aggressive with multiple 4 letter expletives. This game was after the quotes became public and the Mets fans were PISSED. I’d never throw things on the field, but I did witness plenty of others partake in that. The bullpen even had a tarp over it so nobody would rifle anything in there. Rocker had no class. He was a different breed of animal and the Shea faithful really let him have it. Throwing a battery or soda at the guy wasn’t the right thing to do but I’m sure it made some fans happy.
Glad I brought my camera to the game that night. My only regret is that I didn’t do it more often.
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A streaker runs on the field during the fifth inning of a game between the Mets and Braves at Citi Field. 5/12/09.
100% not worth the 15 minutes of fame.
“Hey hunny you think KFC is open?”
Well.. we all had such high hopes after that sweep in Cincy, BUT in typical Mets fashion they lost back to back series against the Nationals and Marlins.
We had all hoped that when the Braves came to town this weekend a legitimate shot at closing the Wild Card gap would be possible. The teams defense has been horrible and the offense that was scoring 8+ runs per game seems gone overnight. The last three losses have been heartbreaking. All lost from shit plays in the field late in the game.
Although the summer is half over and the Mets are now back to .500 they technically aren’t mathematically out of this. They’re still 8 games out but if you rewind to 2007 you know anything can happen.
I’ve been seeing an overwhelming amount of shirts from The 7 Line all around the stadium and I gotta tell you it’s a great feeling. It’s really cool meeting people that are into the brand. It’s becoming a real community of fans and when you see someone else wearing a shirt you naturally have something in common. THANK YOU!
I’m not making it to any of these Braves games but fingers crossed on Monday morning we will have chopped 3 from the Braves… and Arizona and St. Louis both got swept. Hey, we can dream right?
LGM!
BELIEVE!
