Where are the farewell-to-Shea stories??

The 1962 Mets, the Beatles in 1965, Joe Namath and the Jets, the 1969 Mets, Tom Seaver, Game 6 ...
Yeah, not much happened there. You are right. Why should anyone care about it closing?

 

oops. Not the 1962 Mets. Sorry.

 

Don't forget David Cone's epic nailing of a groupie in the bullpen in '86.

 

the mets and NYC can choke on anything dodgers.

 

Mike Scoscia and his 1988 NLCS home run effectively ended my youth.

Anyway, Shea was nothing more than a multi purpose stadium; created in an era of multi purpose stadiums, there was nothing that really stood out about Shea. Shea's charm, such as it was (is?) comes from moments. 1969 Jets and Mets. The Beatles. Piazza's home run after 9/11.

That said, Shea cannot compete to the sporting cathedral that was Yankee Stadium and its history. That's why there aren't any weepy odes to Shea.

 

I have better memories at Shea than I do the toilet bowl in the Bronx and I like that just fine. Shea died a while back, it doesn't want the elegies. Onward, ho.

 

If by died a while back you mean in 1964...then yes. Yes it did.

 

Well, in fairness, someone did try to deliver one. No one heard it. It was drowned out by the takeoff of a 747.

 

It prolonged mine. Back then, I thought it was the Dodgers' birthright to be a playoff team at least every third year or so, with serious contention for the Series.

Then I got older.

 

BYH --

Where else are you going to see two guys smoking a joint in field level seats on Opening Day in 39-degree temperatures or a fat kid squatting over a sink in the boys' room? The new park will bring a natural selection. I don't know that it's necessarily a great thing.

 

you forgot to mention the sound of airliners.