Last Moments of Shea Stadium - September 28, 2008

[Dhfalcon62]

As a Mets fan, maybe a terrorist would bomb Citi Field (when empty of course!!) and we could get a real stadium with the insurance money. Now...I'm joking of course!!

[arhuxtable]

I was at Shea Stadium on September 6,1986. The New York Mets played the San Diego Padres. Another one of the Mets' wins that led to the World Series shortly thereafter.

[boroandfriends]

@jericho360 could not agree more perfect explination

[evansgt1961]

AND, BY THE WAY, I'VE BEEN TO THE OLD YANKEE STADIUM, TOO. DESPITE THAT OTHER TEAM'S SUCCESSES THERE, WHEN COMPARED TO SHEA, YANKEE STADIUM WAS A DEATH TRAP

[dwill123]

Shea Stadium first place I ever saw a MLB game back in 1965. Mets vs Dodgers. Don Drysdale vs Warren Spahn. Drysdale broke up a one to one tie by hitting a home run in the 7th inning. I'll never forget Shea

[johnnyd63]

I still haven't been to Shitty Field even though it's been 3 years since my beloved Shea was demolished...I don't like the stadium,I don't like the team,I don't like the owners.The Mets just as well as moved..Ahhh to go back a few years.Just more more night game at Shea...sigh.

[TheUNKNOWN393]

The Beatles actually played there... If anyone knows

[monstalicious]

@musicguy550 thnx, i realle like tht song n didnt kno wat it was, wish i could help u out but idr wat it sounded like

[monstalicious]

what was the name of the song that was played by the beatles??

[dave112296]

what the hell were they chanting lets go mets for? they had just finished their 2nd worst choke in there franchise history.

[obiwanobiwan13]

Seaver, Piazza, and a Beatles' song...

The perfect way to Shea Goodbye!

(I miss it... I live in California, and I always thought I'd get to see one game at least there...)

[linee2009]

LETS GO METS!!

bring the power to citi field

in 2010

[supersoveld]

1:34

[jericho360]

Lemme tell you, Citi Field is a dead park. When Shea was packed it was the loudest place on Earth. When Citi Field is packed, it is dead silent during key spots. I stood up during a key spot and some guy told me to sit down. I could not believe it! Baseball is not what it used to be. It is now just a business not the sport it was in the olden days.

[rswan5]

That's a little harsh; blaming the stadium for the fans' sudden rejection to, as the classic song goes, "root root for the home team." I understand how you feel, but I would just blame the fans and not the Mets' new home.

I wonder if the fans at the new Yankee stadium are behaving the same way.

[fdny442]

The Old days???? your 23. you dont know what the old days were

[jericho360]

Yeah, my dad was told me idiot. And from what I watched in the 80's.

[jericho360]

Well this is a stupid argurment, as we both agree that baseball is not what it used to be anymore, and it is sad that it is not.

[fdny442]

Yes it is stupid, there is no comparison to citi and shea number of seats down to square footage determines the way the place sounds and plays, and there are things to do at citi , unlike shea, people are up and about half the game checking it out and sightseeing, give the place a chance. One day youll be telling your kids about all the memories from citi . Be good

[nymetsfan9121]

im 18 and im deinfatly gonna do that tell my kids about how great shea was

[MalnourishedGoat]

@fdny442 Yeah, hey, let's all go to a ballgame to sight-see. Let's all go to a ballgame to check out the large team stores and the shake shacks! Hey, every now and then, we might even look down unto the field to see what's happening in the game.

The fewer number of seats certainly does determine the way a place sounds... Citi was constructed with over 12,000 less seats. These seats came out of the upper deck. Field level seats in Citi, though, increased. Real fans are scammed. Noise level down.

[TheOnlyNLMD]

@jericho360 i agree Shea was like a real home

[MalnourishedGoat]

@jericho360 Shea was the Mets. CitiField is named after a faceless corporation and modeled after an old stadium of another team that is still actively playing on the West Coast. The Wilpons were Dodgers fans as kids and so they knocked down the Mets home in order to erect a monument to another team. When the Dodgers play at Citi Field the Mets should wear their away jerseys. Shea stadium used to rock.. literally rock.. during big plays. I agree with you... Citi field is neutered in comparison.

[Crisgo3d]

This kinda brings a tear to my eye. It served its time. I can remember when I was young, I always wanted to see a game there. I was 8 at the time. I really got into baseball and watched alot of Met games on WWOR in Upstate NY. It was the only cable channel we got and i got into Mets baseball. Finally i saw two games there back in the early 90s, glad i did.

[bethygirl2986]

Forget it, Citifield could be around 100 years, and never give us the memories Shea Gave us in 44 Years, Long Live Shea Stadium Forever!

[Moonshine418]

how about the William A. Shea Rotunda

[JJHARJR]

i was too depressed after the loss to watch the ceremony

[planelover3640]

Dude i know what you mean.. i was too upset to watch the ceremony also..

[Gurahk2]

Piazza is a good guy. Have they torn down Yankee Stadium already?

[special420player]

yankee stadium demo is planned for i think march sometime

[luvthoseclips]

Imagine what the feeling will be like if Wrigley Field ever goes! No new park for the Cubs will EVER be the same as the friendly confines!

[saulslayer07]

it was so sad to say good bye to shea. I will truely miss it. Shea was a home away from home. watching that on t.v bought a lump to my throught.all the amazing met games, the energy the excitement. i wish i went to that game, just for the ceremonies. good Bye shea 1964-2008

[nph88]

ok see u soon!

UMmm bye!! :D 0n

[jet4212006]

citi field will be the new stadium

but not home. it will be hard calling another stadium home for the mets

[sportsngames9631]

EXACTLY!!

[jet4212006]

i was there sitting in the red section

i cried (LOL!)

[gomets83]

me 2

[evansgt1961]

@jet4212006 I, TOO WAS AT THE LAST AGME AT SHEA STADIUM. I CRIED FOR HOURS. THEN, I DECIDED TO RISK GOING TO JAIL BY SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF GATE C WHEN IT FINALLY CLOSED LODGING MY ETERNAL PROTEST AGAINST TEARING OUR HOME DOWN. CITI FIELD WILL NEVER, REPEAT, NEVER BE THE SAME TYPE OF HOME THAT THE GREAT SHEA STADIUM WAS, IS , AND ALWAYS WILL BE. LONG LIVE WILLIAM A SHEA STADIUM FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!

[ilikeantoinette]

Well I can say i was there, tickets showed up on Wednesday and I think I sat in the Mezzanine, Despite The loss, It was so amazing to be there

[tjoceasde]

Somehow, I think the plane flying overhead was a perfect (though accidental) touch to the closing ceremony. After all, air traffic into LaGuardia has always been a staple of Mets games (and I believe that's where the Jets got their name from).

[giggitygoo9812]

i tried going to the last game...they were sold out when i tried which made me upset...then they lost and i just started crying, a while since ive done that..was hoping they'd make the playoffs and for shea to last a couple weeks more..anyway im gonna miss shea and so are the millions of fans...LETS GO METS!!!!!goodbye shea...but hello citifield (still dont think they should tear down shea there's like, nothing wrong with it)

[drummerstar2]

i cried for the first time since 2006 when they lost game 7. i was only 12 back then though. it was really hard to go to sleep, then yankees fans abused me the next day. it was the worst couple days of my life

[dbacks2194]

Final pitch and final players touching home, look at video responses

[isrot]

i loved going to shea

[HardcoreHogan]

wow for us here in st louis it took us a whole ten years to demolish all of our venues

kiel auditorium

st louis arena

busch stadium

new yorks putting their process in express besides msg

[KingCohn9]

MSG and Nassau Colliseum are under going 2 year renovation which will be finished in 2010

[punchproductions101]

don't knock down shea!

[amazingabby25]

oh man i sobbed through the entire ceramony i was sitting there in the upper deck first row behind third base.

[AMCamporeale]

goodbye shea

[cowboyzsuk81]

wow you mets fans are sore losers. i was reading the paper today, and half the fans left the damn ball park just cuz they missed the playoffs..some fans you are. mets suck shit go phillies

[germpunk6]

fuck the phillies.

[Mattcc9]

yea the way philadelphia fans treat their teams there'd be no one left in the ballpark to see your little-league dimensioned ballpark's last game.

[cowboyzsuk81]

yea right. do you know how many people citizens bank park accually holds? standing room included, about 48,500. the vet had about 65,000 and all the fans stayed there IN THE RAIN. Sold out game, stands were packed EVEN THOUGH they were out of the playoff race. They stayed cuz they are loyal

[Mattcc9]

That may be but the fact is that the mets let down all their fans the same EXACT day as the last game at Shea. If they had been previously eliminated of course all the fans would stay to see the last game...even in the Snow!

[gomets83]

bullshit, pure bullshit. I watched a late season Mets-Phillies Game in 2000 at the Vet and it felt like shea south and the place was only 1/4th filled

[coolgamer293]

citi field sucks

fuck the phils and brews

[xbabyholdontomex]

i miss it already :-( ... love you shea!!!!

[Lukeovitch]

y not tear down citi and leave shea?

[cowboyzsuk81]

cuz you cant playin a toilet

[drummer111396]

i miss shea

[sconzant]

my dad was there =]