Comments on: Read: History at Shea, too

By: gipper913

gipper913 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:42:09 +0000

The way the Wilpons treat mets history is pathetic with a capital “P”!!! They are naming everything at Citi after old Brooklyn Dodger or NY (baseball) Giants related people or stadia (Robinson Rotunda, The Ebbets Club, The Orchard, Coogan’s Landing, etc etc).

Why not name things at Citi after, I dunno, METS people and METS related history? I have no problem with the Jackie Robinson rotunda – he transcends team affiliation and is extra appropriate at the home of the NY NL team – but why not name things after Seaver, Koos, Bill Shea(!), Casey, Gil, Tug, Mookie, Carter, Keith, Rusty, Agee, Bob Murphy, Lindsay Nelson, etc etc etc??

Coogan’s Landing? Ebbets Club? Puh-lease.

By: gipper913

gipper913 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:31:45 +0000

Plus….the stadium they play in now is really a rebuilt stadium from 1975 built on the site of the old stadium….the house that Ruth built died in 74.

Whatever ….CitiField looks much nicer than the new Skankee Stadium.

By: mr_met

mr_met — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:27:03 +0000

i was thinking about buying that mini shea yesterday… haha…

By: Number41

Number41 — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:35:57 +0000

No BS;
My brothers and I “grew up” at Shea.
Some of the greatest days of my life and some of the greatest players….not just Mets players, but in baseball.
Such simpler times back in the 60’s and 70’s…
I will cry bitter tears that day
when we say solong to a old friend.
For those of us who grew up in the B&W TV age; you will never forget coming thru the tunnel and seeing that green, green grass; cut just so.
Seaver, Gibson, Mays, Clemente, Aaron, Rose, the list goes on and on….

By: metsfanbook

metsfanbook — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:47:35 +0000

I wish that everyone, including the Mets themselves, could get past this idea that the Mets don’t have a valuable history worth commemorating. The Mets have been around for almost 50 years and have meant an enormous amount to millions of people. There should be a powerful acknowledgement in the new stadium, and Shea should be getting the attention it deserves in its final year.

If you want to read my tribute to Shea, please visit my site and click on the link to “For Shea.” I am also writing a sequel to my book, Mets Fan, and it is going to be called The Last Days of Shea. Something of immense importance is ending, disappearing, and those of us who love it need to share what we’re going through. The NBC special last night was great to watch because of the wonderful footage they had. But there is a lot more to what we’re feeling and remembering than they got into those 22 minutes.

By: ghobot

ghobot — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:27:08 +0000

i love shea. i have a personal connection to it that has nothing to do with the beatles or the pope or other historical moments people will bring up to somehow attempt to compare it to yankee stadium. guys it isnt. who cares if it isnt. can we stop complaining about coverage here? the yankees are the most famous team in baseball. their stadium has seen almost all of those historical events. shea is not in the same ball park, historically, but it can be personally, so i hope we all enjoy its last year that way.

By: beltran the warrior

beltran the warrior — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:16:08 +0000

well if we want to go that route, the clash played shea too. in fact, the video for “should i stay or should i go” has them performing live from shea.

but in purely baseball terms, shea doesn’t have a leg to stand on in terms of relevance. i’m as die-hard a met fan as you will but i’m also a big baseball fan and there’s no way in terms of history of the sport that shea stadium can compete with the likes of yankee stadium.

i understand everyone wants to bash the skanks but outside of new york when people talk about new york, i bet you money they’re going to mention yankee stadium before they ever mention shea and why do you think that is?

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:04:46 +0000

don’t forget the beatles played a legendary concert at shea stadium, history that the whole world knows – i’m not american, so i’d heard of shea before i’d heard of the yankees (or the mets).

By: Mingo

Mingo — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:00:47 +0000

Yankee Stadium undergoing changes is not a fair comparison. Shea looks nothing like it did in 1969.
As far as historical comparisons, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig played in Yankee Stadium that link is inescapable and Babe is the most historic player in the entire history of the game.
However Shea has the Beatles in 1964 which may be one of the most well known concerts and it has Billy Buckner which may be one of the most memorable moments in the modern game.
It is all relevant to how well a team does. If the Yankees never won another pennant after 1964 they would view the stadium as an empty shell of its former self. However, if the Mets hosted 8 World Series at Shea it would be full of history.
Bottom line- Yankee Stadium has greater history but I would rather see a game in Shea any day.

By: beltran the warrior

beltran the warrior — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:46:20 +0000

true, that yankee stadium as it is currently constructed is not the same one but using that argument is faulty because they still won 5 ws in that park to our two in less time. they also have a bunch of great players who’ve played there in that time as well.

i was never a big fan of shea personally, i’m excited to see citi field as the mets deserve a park, not a mutli-purpose edifice which shea was. you can’t honestly tell me that just by looking at pics of both places for comparison, you’re not already salivating at the prospects of seeing a game at a new baseball-only ballpark.