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Check out this gallery for cool pics of Shea from angles you’ve never seen – like up top behind the lights.
>Mets Walkoffs
>The folks over at Mets Walkoffs run a pretty amazing blog. Me, I’m just a loudmouth with a laptop. Walkoff actually has facts and statistics.
Here’s an interesting post about great ballplayers that didn’t do so well at Shea.
Did you know Johnny Bench only hit .229 at Shea? Of course you didn’t. Nobody does. Click the link.
>Good Luck To Torre and Rays; Stadium Closed
>I'm glad to hear the Yankees won't be having a final concert (or hockey game) at Yankee Stadium. The final game was a great event. Let the memories stop there and not with a Bon Jovi concert.
Good luck to Joe Torre, someone who was not considered to replace Willie Randolph. I bet Joe could have found two more wins had he taken over the Mets last winter.
Meanwhile don't think I've forgotten about The Rays. Nice scrappy team of nonames. Yes Red Sox – Dodgers will be more cinematic, but I'll root for the little guys in Tampa.
Who do you suppose the Steinbrenners are rooting for?
Welcome to Day 11 of the Mets not refunding our money for services unprovided (aka playoff tickets). Anyone know a lawyer?
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>No (Final) Closing Ceremony for Yankee Stadium
>The Yankees reported today that plans for a FINAL Closing Ceremony on November 9th have been scrapped.
Thank God!
Seriously, this was a bad idea right from the start. (The only thing worse was the Rangers hockey game proposal). The ceremony prior to the last game was about as appropriate as you could get for the cathedral of stadiums (and even that wasn’t perfect – personally I don’t think they did enough to honor the Babe).
But can you imagine how bad an outdoor ceremony in November would have been? Did they really think Derek Jeter’s speach on the mound could be topped? Just let it stay closed.
>So Much For The No Black Unis Rumor
>Well, that rumor was quickly shot down – knew it was way too good to be true. Mets By The Numbers corrects the error:
Turns out you can’t trust everything you read on the Internet. Who knew?
The below item about rumors of a uniform change was shot down this week by a source in the know. Not only are the Mets not ditching road greys for charcoal greys, but the black will continue to be an (unwelcome) element in caps, drop shadows and jerseys. The only changes, our source assured us, will be a sleeve patch advertising honoring CitiField, and the removal of the black road NEW YORK jerseys from the lineup, allowing the team to suit up in the same black Mets jerseys at home or on the
road.
