Video: The Last Tour of Shea Stadium
By Matthew Cerrone - Oct 16, 2008 1:57 pm

On Tuesday, SNY’s Ted Berg and I took a quick tour of Shea Stadium, which is now no longer open to the public.

The following is a short video of our trip around the ballpark, and, yes, I hurt my knee on that jump:


For additional photographs from the day at Shea, courtesy of Barry Wittenstein of SNY, click here.

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42 Responses to “Video: The Last Tour of Shea Stadium”

  1. sethman says:
    October 16, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    SAVE SHEA STADIUM!! (say that 5 times fast)

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  2. sethman says:
    October 16, 2008 at 3:18 pm

    It’s not actually *the* last tour, is it? “You see where that 1982 Chevy is parked? That’s where Ron Swoboda made an amazing catch in the 1969 World Series!”

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  3. m29w_12789 says:
    October 16, 2008 at 3:42 pm

    Matt:
    NIce Job !!!! Please update us , with photos or videos when the heavy equipment comes in and the stands are taken down. Hey when can I expect to get my orange seats ? If anyone know please post

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  4. Cactus says:
    October 16, 2008 at 5:03 pm

    Mets baseball has officially “jumped the shark”

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  5. danthemanmurphy says:
    October 16, 2008 at 5:21 pm

    i love the shots of them walking in and out with their backpacks on like little kids.
    it is sad to see that place go - even sadder that i’m still bitter and heartbroken anytime I catch a glimpse of a postseason game.
    there is no way that i can watch the world series with the phillies in it - even to root against them… unless it happens to be a beating like the sox took from the rays the other night.

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    • sethman says:
      October 16, 2008 at 7:05 pm

      I know how you feel, but it is still baseball. It’s a long, cold winter ahead so just enjoy it for what it is — baseball. And who knows — you might actually get to see the Phils lose something. :-)

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  6. Dr. Alan Lans says:
    October 16, 2008 at 5:37 pm

    Glad you guys are having a good time….

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  7. Reyes es el Rey says:
    October 16, 2008 at 6:09 pm

    So, uh, what’d you guys steal?

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  8. www.metsextreme.com says:
    October 16, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    great video matt, looks like you had a good time.

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  9. kowalski69 says:
    October 16, 2008 at 7:12 pm

    cant believe you f’kers threw out the last pitch at shea stadium

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  10. mr_met says:
    October 16, 2008 at 7:24 pm

    it’s so sad… so what happens to the hr apple? no transfer to citi?

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    • sethman says:
      October 16, 2008 at 7:45 pm

      Don’t worry, you’ll see the apple again! I read in an earlier blog post that “…the Mets have a solid core for 2009.” Heh, heh, couldn’t resist.

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  11. hsimms says:
    October 16, 2008 at 7:49 pm

    When do the wrecking balls arrive? How long will that take?

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  12. zen says:
    October 16, 2008 at 8:03 pm

    “Citigroup Reports $2.8 Billion Loss”

    citifield to be renamed: “bailed out by the tax payer field”

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  15. rigsay says:
    October 16, 2008 at 8:17 pm

    2-0 Rays already. B.J. Upton- 9 regular season HR’s, 6 in the playoffs.

    Go through their lineup and stats. Us Met fans are WAY too enamored by numbers. They don’t mean that much. It’s a team game. The Rays have zero .300 hitters and 1 guy who got 30 hrs and 1 guy who got 100 rbis (Pena).

    You need to get contributions from everyone and have people step up in the clutch. The Rays are the anti-Mets, and the more I watch the sadder I get.

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  16. Dr. Alan Lans says:
    October 16, 2008 at 8:26 pm

    I saw the team stats as well and this is a very good point. Character is important - not just stats. We don’t need to field an all-star at every position like the Yanks try to do.

    The thing is this town is not kind to building up franchises from thr ground up. It has become win now at any cost.

    Aside form the bullpen, the character and mental make-up of this team is the main thing that needs to change for next year and should be the main consideration in trade discussions - with everybody on the table.

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    • rustyjr says:
      October 16, 2008 at 9:13 pm

      gotta give maddon alot of credit with the team he feilds - mostly rookies - no big name stars with big contracts and a grizzled vetern who leads ( cliffy)

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  17. rustyjr says:
    October 16, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    guys did u notice ted berg looks like matthew broderick and cerrone looked like bobby flay?? .. for some stupid reason when i was watching the piece corey feldman and corey haim came to mind matt are u2 lost boys??

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  18. rustyjr says:
    October 16, 2008 at 9:17 pm

    well it looks like rays / shills in the world series - rays will dominate and take the whole thing in 5 games

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    • MetsFan4Decades says:
      October 16, 2008 at 10:07 pm

      That’s my prediction too. Rays in 5.

      I’ve watched all these post season games. Was so obvious to me is above all teams, this mostly young group of Rays just exude confidence - not even cockiness, just plain, old fashioned confidence.
      The Phils? They always looked like they were playing with that deer in the headlights look - just waiting for the other shoe to drop. To me, they don’t even compare to this Rays team….

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  19. Santana57 says:
    October 16, 2008 at 10:30 pm

    What makes you so special that you get to go on the field at Shea?

    Just because you write a blog…

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  20. EliPorter says:
    October 17, 2008 at 2:43 am

    teddy, you gained some LBs…. you on the matt stairs diet?

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  21. cver says:
    October 17, 2008 at 7:54 am

    Nice job, Matt and Ted. Even though this is such a sad and traumatic thing for me, this was a nice way to dampen the blow a little - to have a couple of blog-friends give us a final tour with the love. Thanks!

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  22. Free Aaron Heilman III says:
    October 17, 2008 at 3:43 pm

    Nice job, guys. Very sad to see Shea like that. Even sadder knowing if Omar had paid more attention to the bullpen, the Stadium would most likely still be totally intact, in pristine condition, and waiting to host the WS right now.

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