We’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden, and by garden, we mean Two Boots Tavern [1] at 384 Grand Street for METSTOCK: 3 Hours of Pizza and Baseball, Thursday June 19 at 7:00 PM. That’s the night Mets fans everywhere will be flocking to our version of Yasgur’s farm (one sprouting an enormous Hubie Brooks poster on the wall) on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to watch the Mets remind the Orioles all about the 1969 World Series. Join three of your favorite Mets authors as we read a little, talk a little, eat a little, drink a little, sign a little and watch that evening’s Interleague matchup live from Camden Yards. On the bill:
• Stanley Cohen, author of A Magic Summer [2], the definitive 1969 Mets retrospective
• Jon Springer, co-author of the most entertaining Mets reference source ever published, Mets By The Numbers [3].
• Greg Prince, author of Faith and Fear in Flushing: An Intense Personal History of the New York Mets [4], also known as me.
Great pizza, great libations, good vibes and a less naked crowd than that which gathered at Woodstock forty years ago this August. SNY’s Mets Weeklyplans to be on hand as well. Full details here [5].
Should be an incredible trip, provided the Mets avoid the Emil Brown acid.