Good stuff in the Daily News
“Fans can find comfort knowing they will have a permanent reminder of the Shea they remember,†said Marisa Berman, executive director of the Queens Historical Society.
OK that sounds cool…tell me more…
Markers for home plate, the pitching rubber and second base will appear in traffic lanes, while first and third will be denoted in specific parking spots.
Um OK, “appear in traffic lanes” worries me….so there will some paint that everyone drives over?
I like this guy, Jason Antos (hey Jason if you’re Google News tracker catches this, contact us).
But Jason Antos, the author of “Shea Stadium: Images of Baseball,” sides with fans who want a few more plaques in the lot.
He envisions outfield markers honoring the 1969 Miracle Mets on the sites where Tommie Agee and Ron Swoboda made run-saving catches, and where Cleon Jones caught the final out to clinch the club’s first championship.
Antos is also pulling to mark the spot where a Mookie Wilson ground ball infamously trickled under Boston first baseman Bill Buckner’s glove, handing the Mets an unlikely win in Game Six of the 1986 World Series.
That sounds like a great idea! The Mets honor the Brooklyn Dodgers and their stadium, why not honor their own history? Right Mets?
But a Mets spokesman said the club doesn’t plan to mark additional spots.
Oh.
Exactly.
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This sounds like a job for a random fan with spray paint, google earth, and way too much spare time on his hands.
They should have the whole infield marked! even go as far as to mark where the old Shea Stadium wall went around the outfield. How could they do this? SIMPLE! put a bronze infield, bases, and the wall outline inside the tar of Citi Field’s lot where Shea once stood!