Airline Pilots Say Goodbye to Shea Stadium

For all the discussion around how fans and players will miss Shea Stadium, there’s one perspective that hasn’t been broached, until now: the pilots who fly into and out of La Guardia Airport on a regular basis. They’ve been using Shea as their landing landmark for 44 years and it will be weird not seeing [...]

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Reason #72 Why They’re Tearing Down Shea Stadium

As the UniWatch Blog reports, apparently there are seats directly behind each foul pole at Shea Stadium. While some might think this adds to the charm of a stadium, most others agree this is why stadiums are torn down. But this is exactly the kind of stuff we need to know about before we go [...]

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A Pictorial Arrangement of the New York Leg

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Steve V. Ranks Shea Stadium & Yankee Stadium

Shea Stadium Food and Beverage – 4 Probably the best hot dog that I’ve had in a stadium to this point. Temperature, taste, bun – all perfect. I also like that they had the metal beer bottles. For an old stadium they had an unusually large number of concession stands. Stadium Condition – 2 It’s [...]

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R.I.P. Yankee Stadium

If you’re like me, you thought the broadcast opening of ESPN’s coverage of the final game at Yankee Stadium last Sunday night painted a somber hue on what should have been a celebration of baseball tradition. From the simplified tune of the ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ theme music, to the reverential tone in which Jon Miller [...]

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Brad Ranks Shea Stadium & Yankee Stadium

I can say with some certainty that the best thing about Shea Stadium is that it has a date with the wrecking ball. Words like ‘cozy’ and ‘intimate’ definitely do not come to mind, which could be why there were ample seats left in the upper deck for a crucial doubleheader against the Atlanta Braves. [...]

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Steve B. Ranks Shea Stadium & Yankee Stadium

Shea Stadium Food and Beverage – 3 I had a beer for $8.50 that was really watered down. The hot dog I had was good. They give you deli-style mustard, which was okay, but not what I am used to. Stadium Condition – 1 This place is old and it looks like people stopped caring [...]

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Jeff Rates Shea Stadium & Yankee Stadium

Shea Stadium Food and Beverage – 3.5 $8.50 for a double Miller Lite is really not bad. Peanuts were good – roasted and salted. Didn’t have much else to eat, but the italian sausages were HUGE and loaded with peppers/onions. Yum. Stadium Condition – 1.5 It’s old and run-down. The seats were not very comfortable. [...]

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Lounging at La Guardia

On a trip of this magnitude, we have the opportunity to talk to a lot of people, most of them baseball fans. Whether it’s a radio DJ from Tampa, or a couple baseball-loving chicks from Chicago & Milwaukee, we enjoy meeting and talking to each and every one of you, and we wanted to thank [...]

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In the Shadow of Shea

As the subject of this post suggests, we can see Shea Stadium and the soon-to-be home of the Mets, Citi Field, in the distance from our respectable accomodations here in Queens. Mad props go out to Steve B. for switching our room from smoking to non-smoking, but I’m sad to say he was unable to [...]

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