You might find yourself aggravated this summer, but you won't find yourself alone. Not when there are other Mets fans like you just waiting to keep you company on three very special evenings.
Two weeks from tonight — July 21 at 7:00 PM while the Mets' bats are getting untracked in Washington — comes the first of three AMAZIN' TUESDAYS, happenings that will carry on the spirit of the already legendary METSTOCK festival. If you were a part of that, you'll definitely want to be a part of this. If you missed that, you won't want to miss this.
Two Boots Tavern owner Phil Hartman has invited all Mets fans back to his place on the Lower East Side for a monthly gathering that will feature “literary readings, game watching, consciousness raising, pizza eating, Rheingold drinking, cocktail shaking, Yankee baiting, memorabilia gawking and seven steps support as needed.”
Sounds like a great time. I know I'll be there.
Phil, as AMAZIN' a restaurateur as you will find — the first beer is free in exchange “for any Mets baseball card, even Bobby Pfeil's,” he promises — has asked Jon Springer of Mets By The Numbers and me to organize these AMAZIN' evenings, and we plan to touch all the bases…even third. In addition to hearing from Jon and me, we're putting together a 1986-style lineup of Mets speakers and scholars to share their work, their wisdom and presumably a little of their angst (because it comes with the territory.)
Our guests on the first AMAZIN' TUESDAY will include Paul Lukas, ESPN Uni Watch columnist and Mets fan extraordinaire, and Matt Silverman, leading Mets historian and co-author with Keith Hernandez of the great new book Shea Good-Bye. You'll hear from them, you'll hear from us, we'll hear from you; it will be a night of Mets fan unity and togetherness. Plus Phil will be creating pizzas like the Stork and the Choo-Choo and drinks like the Hammer and Murph's Law.
What else would you expect in an establishment anchored by an immense poster of Hubie Brooks by the bar?
The Mets-Nats game will, of course, be on every one of Two Boots Tavern's Hi-Def screens. All in attendance are pardoned in advance for interrupting the AMAZIN' proceedings with applause (or groans) directed at what's transpiring on SNY. We're Mets fans. Even when the Mets are in Washington, we know what comes first in the hearts of our countrymen.
Each AMAZIN' TUESDAY will take place with the Mets on the road, so consider Two Boots your Citi Field away from Citi Field, but with Mets stuff clearly in evidence. The dates are July 21; August 25 when the Mets go to Miami; and September 15 as the Mets visit Atlanta. Each evening gets underway around first pitch, 7:00 PM. Outstanding speakers and presenters for the second and third AMAZIN' TUESDAYS will be announced in the coming weeks.
(For my fellow Long Islanders, Two Boots is plenty accessible via the F train, which you pick up a block from Penn Station on 34th; e-mail me if you have transportation concerns.)
One Team…Two Boots…Three AMAZIN' TUESDAYS. We can't wait to see you there.
Two Boots Tavern is at 384 Grand St., between Norfolk and Suffolk. You can take the F to Delancey; the J, M or Z to Essex; or the B or D to Grand. Phone: 212/228-8685.
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