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  • October 2008

    • Fans' Ashes in Limbo as Yankee, Shea Shut Doors

      New York Times  |  Oct 11, 08 3:43 PM CDT

      Fans' Ashes in Limbo as Yankee, Shea Shut Doors

      (Newser) - Now that Yankee Stadium and Shea have shut their doors forever, people who scattered ashes in their favorite ballpark worry that their loved ones may spend eternity in a parking lot, the New York Times writes. Some are searching for a way to get some dirt out of the hallowed grounds before demolition begins. The Mets and Yankees officially forbid scattering ashes, but many fans have managed to stealthily slip them in. More »

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      baseball  • New York Yankees  • New York Mets  • Yankee Stadium  • stadium  • Shea Stadium  • cremation  • ashes

  • September 2008

    • NY's Weirdos Will Miss You, Shea

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Sep 27, 08 2:45 PM CDT

      NY's Weirdos Will Miss You, Shea

      (Newser) - Shea Stadium may lack the grandeur of Yankee Stadium and look like a tacky concrete donut, but that's what made the New York Mets' home great, writes Harry Bruinius in the Christian Science Monitor. “Shea is a circus in a way Yankee Stadium could never be,” and gave the city's eccentric, less button-down baseball fans a place to watch the game. More »

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      baseball  • New York Mets  • stadium  • Shea Stadium

    • Yankee Fans Run Home With Stadium Steals

      Associated Press  |  Sep 18, 08 9:17 AM CDT

      Yankee Fans Run Home With Stadium Steals

      (Newser) - The final few games at Yankee Stadium promise to be a battle of wits between sticky-fingered fans and New York's finest, AP reports. The House That Ruth Built shuts forever soon and at least a dozen fans have been busted trying to take a piece of it home. Seats have been unscrewed and one fan managed to smuggle out a toilet seat. The Yanks move into a new $1.3 billion stadium across the street next season. More »

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      baseball  • New York Yankees  • memorabilia  • Yankee Stadium  • NYPD  • stadium  • Shea Stadium  • Bronx

  • July 2008

    • New Stadium Strikes Fear in Mets Foes

      Philadelphia Daily News  |  Jul 24, 08 2:37 PM CDT

      New Stadium Strikes Fear in Mets Foes

      (Newser) - National League teams visiting Shea Stadium this summer can’t help looking past the outfield with fear at the New York Mets’ new home, Citi Field, which opens next year. “It is the ballpark that could make the Mets financially untouchable,” Rich Hofmann writes in the Philadelphia Daily News , urging his hometown Phillies and others to get their swings in now. More »

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      baseball  • business  • New York Mets  • Philadelphia Phillies  • Shea Stadium  • spending

    • Critic Cries in Beer Over Ballpark Brews

      Portfolio  |  Jul 14, 08 5:07 AM CDT

      Critic Cries in Beer Over Ballpark Brews

      (Newser) - Nothing like downing a cold one while watching the game at the ballpark—or is there? On a beer-tasting tour of select baseball stadiums, Portfolio's connoisseur Franz Lidz found the brew generally lukewarm, with a rank aftertaste. "Nobody tastes stadium beer," said his neighbor at Shea Stadium. "It tastes like nothing." More »

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      baseball  • beer  • Budweiser  • stadium  • Shea Stadium  • Dodger Stadium  • Miller Brewing

    • Joel Movin' Out of Shea

      New York Sun  |  Jul 8, 08 7:47 AM CDT

      Joel Movin' Out of Shea

      (Newser) - His idols set a pop-cultural milestone by playing a concert there in 1965, and now Billy Joel will be the last musician to rock Shea Stadium, reports the New York Sun . Since the Beatles turned to sports venues to fit their legions of screaming fans, the home of the Mets has hosted everyone from The Police to The Boss to the Pope. More »

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      concert  • Beatles  • rock and roll  • Bruce Springsteen  • Shea Stadium  • Queens, New York  • Billy Joel  • The Police

  • June 2008
  • April 2008

    • Yanks, Mets Dig In for Stadium Sell-Offs

      Newsweek  |  Apr 17, 08 2:11 PM CDT

      Yanks, Mets Dig In for Stadium Sell-Offs

      (Newser) - Demolition isn’t usually very profitable—unless you’re knocking down Yankee Stadium or Shea Stadium and auctioning off every last brick. When New York’s stadiums close at season’s end, they’ll transform into a merchandising windfall, Newsweek reports. Seats, lockers, scoreboards and maybe even infield dirt will be up for sale, and should easily net the clubs upward of $10 million. More »

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      baseball  • New York Yankees  • New York Mets  • Yankee Stadium  • sports memorabilia  • Shea Stadium

    • Dad Falls to Death at Ballpark

      Newsday  |  Apr 16, 08 12:44 PM CDT

      Dad Falls to Death at Ballpark

      (Newser) - A 36-year-old father of two died after falling four stories from a Shea Stadium escalator last night, Newsday reports. Antonio Nararainsami was leaving the ballpark with family members when he tumbled over the railing of the non-moving escalator.  Police are looking into the possibility that Nararainsami was "surfing" the railing, but some witnesses remember a "sudden jerk" of the stairway. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • New York Mets  • accidental death  • Shea Stadium  • escalators

    • Brewers' Homers Doom Santana, Mets

      Associated Press  |  Apr 12, 08 6:02 PM CDT

      Brewers' Homers Doom Santana, Mets

      (Newser) - Ben Sheets ruined Johan Santana's Shea Stadium debut, outpitching the Mets' new ace in the Milwaukee Brewers' 5-3 win over New York today. Home runs by Bill Hall, Rickie Weeks and Gabe Kapler helped Milwaukee come from behind and Sheets (2-0) overcame a shaky start to help Brewers end a three-game losing streak. Santana struggled and the Mets' three-game winning streak was snapped. More »

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      MLB  • baseball  • New York Mets  • National League  • Milwaukee Brewers  • Johan Santana  • Shea Stadium  • Ben Sheets  • Gabe Kapler  • Bill Hall  • Rickie Weeks

    • Phillies Beat Mets in Final Shea Opener

      Associated Press  |  Apr 8, 08 5:03 PM CDT

      Phillies Beat Mets in Final Shea Opener

      (Newser) - Carlos Delgado and the New York Mets botched the final home opener at Shea Stadium the same way they squandered a big lead in the NL East last year. April or September, doesn't seem to matter. The Mets can't find a way to hold off Philadelphia. Jamie Moyer pitched six effective innings, Jayson Werth hit a tiebreaking single and the Phillies rallied past New York 5-2 Tuesday with the help of Delgado's key error in the seventh. More »

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      MLB  • New York Mets  • National League  • Philadelphia Phillies  • Shea Stadium  • Carlos Delgado  • Jamie Moyer

  • February 2008

    • Sign Man of Shea Dies at 83

      New York Times  |  Feb 9, 08 6:56 PM CST

      Sign Man of Shea Dies at 83

      (Newser) - Karl Ehrhardt, known as the Sign Man of Shea, died Tuesday at his home in Glen Oaks, Queens, reports the New York Times . The 83-year-old was known for holding up his timely 20-by-26-inch placards in dozens of games at Shea Stadium each season from 1964-1981. He became famous during the 1969 World Series when he cheered on the Miracle Mets. More »

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      MLB  • New York Mets  • Shea Stadium  • Queens, New York

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