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Last Wednesday, I started making posts about my Five Favorite Moments at Shea Stadium, from games that I attended.
In addition, each post will be followed by a quick video segment of me talking about the specific moment.
I hope you enjoy them, and feel free to share your favorite memories in each post as well.
To see Number 5, click here, to see Number 4, click here, and to see Number 3, click here.
On October 18, 2006, John Maine picked up the baseball to start Game 6 of the NLCS against the Cardinals in Shea Stadium, while I was sitting in Section 30 of the Upper Deck.
The thing that stands out to me, and what made this game so special for me, was how unified, pumped up and persistent the fans were during all nine innings. It was relentless positivity and support, especially in the several moments when St. Louis threatened with men on base.
Yes, there are other player-achievements that are probably more worthy of greatness, but, as a fan, Game 6 of the NLCS was one our best moments, which is why it’s among my favorites.
I was at that game, it truly was intense. The energy was tangable.
I was at game one of the NLDS that year against the Dodgers. It will always be my favorite Shea memory.
Also a great outing by Maine – we won the game – and it featured the two-men-out-at-home play. But like Matt, what stood out for me was also the electricity… fans chanting Let’s Go Mets from BP to the parking lot on the way home. The noise was deafening – my ears felt like I’d been to a rock concert. When Wagner got an out in the 9th, the stadium was shaking so much it felt like it might collapse.
I will miss that terribly about Shea. Citifield looks great, but there’s a big drawback to “cozy” or “intimate” parks. If I want to watch a game in a cozy setting, I can do it with a few friends in my living room. When I’m at a big postseason game, give me 55k fans packed shoulder to shoulder anytime… In fact in those moments, Shea’s small seats and insufficient legroom actually magnified the experience.
I was there too…upper deck 1rst base side…
Reyes and his leadoff HR in the 1rst was the perfect spark for the crowd to go wild…and we kept going wild throughout.
Like I said in an earlier post, the upper deck shaking up and down stands out the most to me…One of my favorite moments ever at a Mets game. Unbelievable feeling.
Not to mention we HAD to win that game to stay alive.
Wait, I thought Jose Reyes wasn’t clutch?
That was the only playoff game ive ever been to so I dont have anything to compare it to but the atmosphere was electric and unforgetable. I was in the upper deck too and remember feeling the stadium shake underneath me.
that was our year, hands down
I was also there…the atmosphere was truly AMAZIN!!
1st base upperbox with my Mets Flag on a Crutch.
The good ol’ days…
And the helmet. Ohhhh, the helmet…
I too was at that game, my only Mets playoff game I’ve ever been to. It was amazing, I can say I’ve never experienced so much positive energy in my life. That game alone made me think that John Maine was going to be a fixture for at least a few years. He came out of nowhere (okay, Baltimore; where I now live) and pitched us back to a tied series. You know that intangible thing that really good teams have? The 2006 Mets had that and have not had it since.
Great game….lo duca got a big hit too and you know what our bullpen actually finished the game…what a concept !!!!
I was at that game… sitting in the Mezz above one of the tunnels… phenomenal view from the 1st base side, unobstructed…
it was sheer insanity….
I went to UF, and the crowds on a saturday at the swamp are LEGENDARY…
that day at shea… 1/2 the people made 10x the noise from the swamp…. the crowd WILLED that win….
that has to be simply the best baseball game I’ve ever attended… and I was at the 18 inning phillies game Beltran won with a homer in the bottom of the 18th in 06 as well…
I only wish we got crowds like that more often….
Shea, my old friend… I shall miss thee… you may not have been the fair haired maiden that citi field will be… but you were always there for us… stalwart & steady….home to memories of my youth… and stuff of legend to my young children (whom have all been to shea numerous times).
I look forward to opening day next year.. and countless future seasons to be played in our new home….and even though the wilpons may have shafted those of us of “giant” descent…. I can’t wait to walk my children through the rotunda & to seats in the new ballpark… As I expect them to do someday far in the future…