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The Lovable, Awful Old Ballpark
in response to reader comment: No, it's not the worst park in baseball....

Submitted by Randy Vegas, Apr 24, 2007 19:38

This 13 year old is spending a few hours at the World's Fair but looking forward to an afternoon at a new ballpark neaby. He has spent the last two years becoming a Mets fan and watching many a game in a real old park called the Polo Grounds. From that park you could stare accross the Harlem River at the newer park called Yankee Stadium, a place I also loved to go. My father, uncle and I make what seemed then to be a long trek to a beautiful gleaming Shea Stadium. We had loge seats that day and when we finally entered the portal to the field I was awe struck with the beauty of this new palace. The Mets lose to the Pirates and we return to the World's Fair later but it was the real beginning of the New Breed. I know it's time but Shea will always be the real home of the New York Mets.

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A friend and I once did a tour of a dozen stadia and ranked each one immediately after our visit.... [MORE]

The Doctor

May 15, 2007 15:59

April 17, 1964. My father skipped work and wrote me a note to take me out of school so that... [MORE]

Boy from Queens

Apr 26, 2007 15:18

...there are actually are two others that make Shea Stadium look like the Taj Mahal. One is the late but... [MORE]

Rich

Apr 10, 2007 23:05

This 13 year old is spending a few hours at the World's Fair but looking forward to an afternoon at...

Randy Vegas

Apr 24, 2007 19:38

OK, so it's a dump, but it's our dump! Let's look at the positives; first of all, the back drop... [MORE]

Bill Martin

Jun 12, 2007 19:09

Los Angeles Dodgers official can believe Shea Stadium is junk construction. If LA Dodgers players were part Brooklyn Dodgers will... [MORE]

Matt

Aug 10, 2007 09:28

I was only there once, and it was in August of 1975 for a Yankees-Indians Sunday doubleheader (remember that time,... [MORE]

Ken Myers

Apr 10, 2007 12:45

Nothing will ever change that......even with all the sods of turf missing after the fans rampaged after the last game of... [MORE]

Raul

May 5, 2007 17:18

I would think that would have left a better impression than Kevin Kobel vs. Bruce Kison and the Pirtates in... [MORE]

Bill Martin

Jun 12, 2007 19:11

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