It's tough to eliminate a number of thoughts Oct 20, 2008
The Sox had a day off (rain) after their epic fold, then burst to a 3-0 lead in Game 7 at Shea Stadium before Bruce Hurst (anagram for B. Ruth Curse) wore down in the sixth and Calvin Schiraldi came on to lose it. Red Sox 8, Angels 1 (1986 ALCS) - Another easy Game 7, much like the Indians in 2007 and the Yanks in 2004. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Patriot League Announces Sites and Dates For 2008-09 Championships Oct 19, 2008
The Patriot League Outdoor Track Championship is set for Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2 at the U.S. Military Academy's Shea Stadium. The championship schedule wraps up with softball and baseball. (Patriotleague.com)
Koosman, Orosco bridge the gap Oct 17, 2008
NEW YORK -- A concoction of hope, frustration, 00001A09 joy, sadness, camaraderie and melancholy spilled at Shea Stadium in its final day as a ballpark last month. It ran down the dugout steps and into the runways leading to the clubhouses. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Dreams/Mounted Memories Co-Sponsors Historic Event with New York Mets Teams Oct 17, 2008
Also Forges Relationship with Current Mets for Catalogue Sales and Shea Stadium Memorabilia ... Also on hand will be select Mounted Memories items from the final season at Shea Stadium, including dirt from the field, and bases and balls used this past year, all mounted, framed and authenticated ... To further solidify Mounted Memories connection with the Mets, the company has arranged to have limited supplies of seatbacks from Shea Stadium available for purchase through the Mets website and... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
T.I. Continues To Rule The Charts With Paper Trail Oct 16, 2008
Tip keeps Metallica out of the top spot for the second week in a row (VHI.com -- Music News)
BU runs out 2008-09 hoops teams Oct 15, 2008
Tickets for the preseason opener currently are available at the Shea Stadium Box Office (1523 W. Nebraska Ave.) or online at. STUDENT SEASON TICKETS: Bradley 2008-09 men's basketball student season tickets will be available for pickup at the Student Activities Office in the Michel Student Center beginning Wednesday. (Pekin Times, IL)
Keane's Upward Spiral Oct 15, 2008
And this week, there's a fresh round of new product in the form of the concert album "Live at Shea Stadium," the DVD "The Clash Live -- Revolution Rock" and a lavish book, "The Clash by the Clash.". Few artists, if any, have had a more powerful impact on the Christian music industry than Amy Grant. (Billboard.com)
Ortiz snaps slump with bat and legs Oct 15, 2008
Gibson, the NL MVP that season, homered in the 12th inning against Roger McDowell of the Mets to help the Dodgers win Game 4 of the NLCS at Shea Stadium, and hit a three-run shot the following day against Sid Fernandez. But Gibson injured his left knee stealing second base later in that game, then strained a ligament in his right knee during Game 7. (International Herald Tribune)
Just call him Darth Victorino Oct 15, 2008
"Shane has always been a villain. He's a villain in the clubhouse," said Rollins, who can relate to being a marked man from his experiences at Shea Stadium in the last two seasons. "He's a guy everyone wants to wrestle and Shane wants to wrestle back. "I think this is the first time he's really been that guy, the guy the fans want to pick on. (The Trentonian, NJ)
Nostalgia repackaged as Clash cash in Oct 14, 2008
Last week there was a tripartite Clash release in Britain: the illustrated autobiography The Clash, the live compilation DVD Revolution Rock, and the CD Live At Shea Stadium ... "Legendary" and "long sought after by fans", claims the media release for the CD Live At Shea Stadium ... Revolution Rock and Live At Shea Stadium are released in Australia on October 18. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson have new CDs Oct 14, 2008
The Clash, Live at SheaHaving fired then-junkie drummer Topper Headon months earlier, the Clash that charged into Shea Stadium in October 1982 to open for the Who wasnt necessarily firing on all cylinders not by purist standards. But with Headons predecessor, Terry Chimes, back on the stool, it was still firing. (MSNBC -- Music)
Tempers Flare In Phillies Game Three Loss Oct 14, 2008
Then, in his first start, he had to oppose Mets ace in a first-place showdown at Shea Stadium. Welcome to the Phillies. (Philadelphia, TheInsiders.com)
Mailbag: Was Wright the MVP? Oct 14, 2008
You've written several stories about parts of Shea Stadium being sold or taken as souvenirs. Did you get any. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
'Red Sox Nation' has outpost in Triangle Oct 14, 2008
The lowest moment in franchise history likely hit on Oct. 25, 1986, against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium. Game 6 of the World Series should have been the day the Babe Ruth Curse was cracked. (News & Observer -- Sports)
NLCS NOTEBOOK Manuel pays tribute to his mother, his first manager Oct 13, 2008
They sent him to the mound at Shea Stadium against the Mets. He allowed five runs in six innings, but the Phillies won 8-6. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
5 Questions: Pittsburgh Pirates announcer Greg Brown weighs in on postseason games and growing up in Mechanicsburg (6) Oct 11, 2008
Shea Stadium is the pits, though. Im glad theyre blowing that up. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Up Next: Cincinnati Bengals Oct 11, 2008
The Jets led 3-2 in five games played at Shea Stadium. They handed the Bengals their most shocking playoff loss in history. (SteelCitySports.com)
Bobby Cox on TV's "CSI" ... sort of Oct 11, 2008
the new Clash live album from the 1982 Shea Stadium show is outstanding. It s got the guy s full intro of The Clash ( We don t have no baseball tonight, no baseball. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Samson inspired by Shea about stadium Oct 11, 2008
Citi Field, the home of the Mets beginning in 2009, was built right behind Shea Stadium ... MIAMI -- All the fanfare and festivities that went with the closing of Shea Stadium in New York recently struck home in many ways for Marlins president David Samson ... Raised in New York, Samson has an attachment to Shea Stadium. (MLB.com -- Florida Marlins)
Clashing Good Oct 10, 2008
She recalls: "At the end of the night, he said, 'I did the three things I hated the most: I rode in a limousine, hung out with Andy Warhol and went to Studio 54 - and I had the greatest time.' " A new album, "The Clash: Live at Shea Stadium," recorded on O 00004000 ct. 13, 1982, hits stores this week. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Ex-NHL goalie Malarchuk accidentally shoots self Oct 10, 2008
Directional signs are among memorabilia from now-defunct Shea Stadium being offered at an online auction. American flag flying above Shea Stadium. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Hojo buoyed by former teammates Oct 10, 2008
Darling, Tim Teufel, Lenny Dykstra, Darryl Strawberry, Sid Fernandez, Wally Backman, Jesse Orosco, Gary Carter, Dwight Gooden, Bobby Ojeda, Keith Hernandez and Lee Mazzilli, each a member of the team that produced the Mets' World Series championship in 1986, had come together that day, gathered for the final day salute to Shea Stadium ... Moreover, Johnson and his former colleagues lost the opportunity to revel in their final Shea Stadium moment. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Michael Young's Web chat transcript Oct 10, 2008
Chuck: Y'all had a lot of fun this year, but what about the night it was raining at Shea Stadium and you took off out on the tarp ... It was the first time I had been to Shea Stadium. (MLB.com -- Texas Rangers)
Tradition in Tampa? We're on thin ice Oct 10, 2008
It was retaliation for Strawberry's Cadillac trot after homering off Nipper in the seventh game of the 1986 World Series at Shea Stadium. No discussion of the Red Sox in Tampa Bay is complete without mention of the Sox' central Florida hotel headquarters, a plush resort where Babe Ruth lived when he went to spring training with the Yankees in the 1920s. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
When Clash played Shea, it was punk at its peak Oct 8, 2008
The Clash, from left, Joe Strummer, Terry Chimes, Mick Jones and Paul Simonon, rode in an open-topped car from Manhattan to Shea Stadium for their video of "Should I Stay or Should I Go." ... NEW YORK - Now that Shea Stadium is closed for business, New York Mets fans are able to buy mementos from the venue that housed the 1969 "Miracle Mets" and an improbable 1986 World Series comeback ... Jones can't recall why the show was recorded that night, probably because the band was making a video (The... (MSNBC -- Music)
The Clash's Topper Headon Oct 8, 2008
And this week, there's a fresh round of new product in the form of the concert album "Live at Shea Stadium," the DVD "The Clash Live -- Revolution Rock" and a lavish book, "The Clash by the Clash." ... Terry Chimes had stepped back in by the time of the 1982 Shea Stadium gig on the new live album ... All of a sudden they've got the f*cking Shea Stadium thing coming out and it's not really the Clash. (Billboard.com)
One Shea locker holds lots of memories Oct 8, 2008
And, of course, the locker stalls, the Shea Stadium homes of the 788 men who played as Mets in the now de-commissioned ballpark, have been taken away as well. Most of the stalls are nondescript now that their contents and nameplates have been removed and their locations have been changed. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Fans can hold onto Shea memories Oct 7, 2008
Shea Stadium has been host to many great moments since its opening in 1963 ... Fortunately, there's a way to hold onto the memories with the Shea Stadium Memorabilia auction ... he letter "S" from the Shea Stadium lettering on the outside of the park, near the roof. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Perspective: A baseball odyssey Oct 6, 2008
Game Number 4: Colorado Rockies versus the New York Mets, July 13, 2008, Shea Stadium ... We visit another park destined for the wrecking ball, Shea Stadium in Queens, next to the site of the 1964 World s Fair. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
Soprano family values Oct 6, 2008
Big-hearted Daily News readers were eager to help a woman barred from retrieving her father's ashes from Shea Stadium. Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economic growth. (Yahoo News -- The Sopranos)
Suppan set for pressure situation Oct 5, 2008
With the Cardinals in 2006, Suppan established himself as a big-game pitcher when in Game 7 of the NLCS against the Mets at Shea Stadium, the veteran right-hander gave up one run in seven innings. The Cardinals emerged victorious on that night, and they went on to win the World Series. (MLB.com -- Milwaukee Brewers)
How can Mets erase memories of '08? Oct 4, 2008
NEW YORK -- By the end of the last Saturday of the season, most thoughts about the Mets involved Johan Santana and all he had accomplished in nine, genius innings in the dank of Shea Stadium. He had saved the Mets' season, albeit temporarily, and put one single-game performance on equal footing with almost any other performance by any other pitcher who had worn white while pitching in Queens. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Helms re-signs with Marlins Oct 4, 2008
The Marlins ended up beating the Mets, 4-2, in the final game at Shea Stadium. In '08, Helms was in his second stint with the Marlins. (MLB.com -- Florida Marlins)
Selig to attend NLDS in Milwaukee Oct 4, 2008
But he admitted feeling emotional last Sunday when the Brewers defeated the Cubs at home and the Mets lost to the Marlins at Shea Stadium to decide the NL Wild Card berth. Selig was not at Miller Park. (MLB.com -- Milwaukee Brewers)
Mets Flop on Final Day Again, Miss Playoffs Oct 3, 2008
Doomed by a dreadful bullpen that failed them again Sunday, the New York Mets completed their second consecutive September slide with a 4-2 loss to Florida that knocked them out of playoff contention in the final game at Shea Stadium. Scott Schoeneweis and Luis Ayala served up back-to-back homers in the eighth inning that put the pesky Marlins ahead, and New York (89-73) lost out to Milwaukee (90-72) for the NL wild card on the last day of the season. (WOKR13 Rochester)
Mets keep Minaya, likely Manuel, too Oct 3, 2008
Wilpon said demolition of Shea Stadium is to start Oct. 13, but that major structural pieces wont be removed until bear the end of the year. Minaya said the Mets are awaiting results of a police investigation of pitcher Ambiorix Burgos. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Forecast in the Bay Area: Warriors' Thunder is done Oct 3, 2008
Reggie Hayes of the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel in Indiana, after the Mets blew a 3 -game lead in September for the second straight season: As they exited Shea Stadium, female fans received a commemorative choker. TRIVIA TIME. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Mascots Are Not For Manhandling Oct 3, 2008
Authorities said Christien Hansen harassed the mascot at a game in May, refused to leave Shea Stadium and took a swing at a security guard. Images. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
Pedro uncertain Oct 3, 2008
The Mets were eliminated in the final game at Shea Stadium, and Martinez was forced to walk away with his future in doubt and only his mind to tend to. Martinez cannot fall back on baseball anymore following the passing of his father in July, because he doesn't even know if the Mets have him in their plans for 2009. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Last look for greats Oct 3, 2008
I NEW YORK -- Edgardo Alfonzo, once a stellar Mets second baseman and a member of the 2000 World Series team, took only a second to reply when asked what he'd take home as a lasting memory of Shea Stadium. "My locker," Alfonzo said as many of his former teammates and Mets from other decades gathered for lunch before the final regular-season game at Shea Stadium on Sunday ... Brooklyn native John Franco, the Mets' all-time saves leader, remembered coming to Shea Stadium as a kid with his dad and... (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Former players honored as Shea closes Oct 3, 2008
I NEW YORK -- Ed Kranepool will be sad to see Shea Stadium leveled, a fact the popular former Mets first baseman thought about on Sunday as he stood on the infield during a ceremony that served as the last rights for a ballpark that opened for business on April 17, 1964 ... Shea Stadium, which opened with a 4-3 Mets loss to Pittsburgh, will next play a series with a wrecking ball that it will lose ... "It was sentimental for myself, since I do have records here at Shea Stadium," Kranepool said. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Disappointing loss ends Mets' season Oct 3, 2008
Shea Stadium in pictures ... The Marlins returned to Shea Stadium and beat the Mets, knocking them out of the playoffs for the second successive season ... Only moments later, Shea Stadium's scoreboard, on what turned out to be its last day of use, burned an uncomfortable truth into the afternoon sky: Brewers 3, Cubs 1. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Mets' Santana has surgery on left knee Oct 3, 2008
"He didn't tell many people. But I knew it was bothering him pretty bad. ... I waited for him after he pitched Tuesday [against the Cubs at Shea Stadium]. He said, 'I need you to do me a big favor, first thing in the morning -- get me a new knee. It's killing me.' "He said he was finishing the season no matter what. The only way they'll get me to a hospital is in an ambulance. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Trouble in eighth Oct 3, 2008
NEW YORK -- All Sunday afternoon, the Mets could hear that there were two games being watched at Shea Stadium ... Until the eighth inning, all four digits on the Shea Stadium scoreboard seemed to add up to a National League Wild Card bid for New York. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Rebuilding of Mets officially begins Oct 3, 2008
NEW YORK -- The dismantling of Shea Stadium began in earnest Monday at 12:01 a.m., some seven hours after the reconstruction of the ballpark's primary tenant began. Barry Meisel, president of The MeiGray Group, the folks who have purchased and now are selling the ballpark -- clock, sock and Darryl -- began making plans, digging up sod and removing tons of what George Carlin used to call "stuff.". (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Piece by piece, Shea coming down Oct 3, 2008
A shovel sits atop what remains of the Mets logo on the Shea Stadium field ... NEW YORK -- Few people had witnessed more games at Shea Stadium or watched them more closely than Bob Waterman of the Elias Sports Bureau. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Fans remember magic Oct 3, 2008
On Sunday, Mets fans will say good-bye to 45 years of memories at Shea Stadium ... I I I NEW YORK -- Citi Field offers no escape to the wandering eye at Shea Stadium, imposing on the center-field skyline and reinforcing the imminent and often sold-as-necessary change to come ... Joe Stevenson, 39, plans on cozying up to Shea Stadium's aged walls on Sunday, reacquainting himself with every bolt and hole that has served as his baseball home since his first game in 1977. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Mays' presence inspires awe at Shea Oct 3, 2008
I NEW YORK -- One last time, the legend was on hand to say "hey" to New York fans at Shea Stadium ... Willie Mays, 77, received among the loudest cheers when introduced as part of the closing ceremonies at Shea Stadium late Sunday afternoon ... From 11 a.m. to 12:10 p.m. ET, New York icons Ron Swoboda, Jerry Koosman, Bud Harrelson, Darryl Strawberry, Ed Kranepool, Yogi Berra, Dwight Gooden and Tom Seaver -- "The Franchise" -- walked across a soggy red carpet into Shea Stadium. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Wilpon offers positives Oct 3, 2008
He ran down the list of replacement players who had populated Shea Stadium -- Daniel Murphy, Luis Ayala, Nick Evans and Brian Stokes. And Wilpon smiled, best as he could. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Mets' Maine undergoes shoulder surgery Oct 3, 2008
NEW YORK -- True to his word, John Maine underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder on Tuesday, one day after packing his bags and leaving Shea Stadium ... He made his final start of the season on Aug. 23, allowing eight runs in 5 2/3 innings in a loss to the Astros at Shea Stadium. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Farewell too soon Oct 3, 2008
I I I NEW YORK -- Sally Spiller has been a season-ticket holder at Shea Stadium for the last 14 years, driving up from Philadelphia to find seasonal satisfaction from her beloved Mets ... Shea Stadium in pictures. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Fan: Mets should take along luck-bearing cats Oct 3, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Mets should bring along the wild cats of Shea Stadium to their new home, says one fan. After all, at least one feline brought the team luck - a black one that pranced in front of the Chicago Cubs' dugout during a 1969 game. (New York Post)
Amy K. Nelson Oct 3, 2008
And once again, the home clubhouse at Shea Stadium was in mourning ... That very bullpen caused the Mets' downfall Sunday, when the Marlins won 4-2 in the Shea Stadium finale. (ESPN -- Baseball)
Santana shines for Mets Oct 3, 2008
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Looking at this Braves winter and beyond Oct 3, 2008
I cried when Shea Stadium played It s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday in honor of him ... BossLady I cried when Shea Stadium played Its so hard to say goodbye to yesterday in honor of him. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Marlins-Nats game washed out by rain Oct 3, 2008
There is a chance the 24-year-old could be used out of the bullpen in the three-game series with the Mets that begins on Friday at Shea Stadium. "He will go into the bullpen," manager Fredi Gonzalez said of Sanchez. (MLB.com -- Florida Marlins)
Marlins play spoiler with win over Mets Oct 3, 2008
Hanley Ramirez had four hits, three runs scored and two stolen bases, while Josh Willingham homered to lift the Marlins to a 6-1 win over the Mets at Shea Stadium on Friday night. For the second successive season, the Marlins are finishing up at Shea Stadium, and once again they are damaging New York's playoff hopes ... As fate would have it, the last winning pitcher at Shea Stadium to wear No. 41 is Volstad, a 6-foot-7 right-hander from Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (MLB.com -- Florida Marlins)
Sore shoulder sidelines Hanley in finale Oct 3, 2008
NEW YORK -- A sore left shoulder kept All-Star shortstop Hanley Ramirez out of the Marlins' starting lineup in the season finale against the Mets on Sunday at Shea Stadium. Ramirez, who has had a sore shoulder for a few weeks, made a couple of diving stops in Saturday's 2-0 loss to the Mets. (MLB.com -- Florida Marlins)
Nolasco shines, but Marlins shut down Oct 3, 2008
But it wasn't enough as, behind Santana's three-hit complete game, the Mets claimed a 2-0 victory in front of 54,920 at Shea Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Nolasco put a ribbon on his splendid season with another outstanding outing, limiting the Mets to two runs on five hits while he struck out 10 and issued one intentional walk. (MLB.com -- Florida Marlins)
Marlins' Jacobs remembers time with Mets Oct 3, 2008
NEW YORK -- Bidding farewell to Shea Stadium will be a sentimental time for Marlins first baseman Mike Jacobs ... With this weekend marking the final regular-season games at Shea Stadium, Jacobs says he is proud to be part of the festivities ... " In his days with the Mets, two big Shea Stadium moments stand out. "Two big home runs that I hit," he said. "My first homer, in my first at-bat. (MLB.com -- Florida Marlins)
Shoring up defense important to Marlins Oct 3, 2008
The Marlins turned three double plays and made a handful of other nice plays to secure their 6-1 win over the Mets at Shea Stadium. Shortstop Hanley Ramirez enjoyed one of his more dominating all-around performances. (MLB.com -- Florida Marlins)
Nolasco learns from Mets' Santana Oct 3, 2008
The Marlins fell victim to Johan Santana's superior performance on Saturday afternoon at Shea Stadium. In a splendid pitchers' duel that lasted two hours, 17 minutes, Santana tossed a three-hit shutout, striking out nine in his complete game. (MLB.com -- Florida Marlins)
Marlins set power marks in 2008 Oct 3, 2008
As a team, they entered Sunday's finale with the Mets at Shea Stadium with 206 homers, which tops the previous standard of 201 set a year ago. This actually is the third straight season Florida set a new home run standard. (MLB.com -- Florida Marlins)
Olsen reaches for plateau in Marlins finale Oct 3, 2008
NEW YORK -- For all the fanfare of pitching in the final game of the season on Sunday, Scott Olsen will also be carrying a little extra incentive when he takes the mound at Shea Stadium ... There will be some extra emotions at Shea Stadium on Sunday, as it will bring down the curtain on the ballpark. (MLB.com -- Florida Marlins)
Helms' homer catapaults Marlins to win Oct 3, 2008
The long ball came to the rescue once again on Sunday in an emotional game that closed the curtain on Shea Stadium. Back-to-back home runs by Wes Helms and Dan Uggla in the eighth inning lifted the Marlins to a 4-2 win over the Mets at Shea Stadium in front of 56,059 who witnessed the Mets' playoff hopes vanish ... Sunday brought an end to games played at Shea Stadium, as the Mets will play at Citi Field in 2009. (MLB.com -- Florida Marlins)
