As some of you might recall, I took in last night's Mets-Nationals game with Daily News writer/Friend of the 10 Spot Jose Martinez. Another beautiful night in Flushing By The Bay got me thinking: Why do we all hear so much about the sainted Yankee Stadium's final year, but so little about the last hurrah of the temple that is Shea? Of course, many of you are also thinking: Why do we always have to hear so much about New York anyway?
The answers to that are a) Because of the media's New York (Yankee) bias and b) Because New York is the greatest city on earth.
In fact, Shea deserves a bigger send-off than Yankee Stadium because, well, it's flat-out a better ballpark. That's right, I said it. Let me count the ways:
10. Boasts cooler if little-known nickname as "House that Choo-Choo Coleman Constructed"
9. Nothing buried there but '07 Mets
8. Chipper Jones didn't name his kid "Yankee," did he?
7. Best large-scale use of color orange outside prison yards
6. Giant apple that popped up for home runs reminded kids to eat healthy -- once they finished overpriced coke and crackerjacks
5. With Bonds gone, Mr. Met is baseball's top huge-headed attraction
4. 24 fewer championship banners = improved sight lines
3. More-popular-than-Jesus Beatles played there, which according to the transubstantive property, trumps three Pope visits
2. Surrounding area dynamite for buying hubcaps
1. Absence of Yankee fans
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Nice job on the LTL today, Tuna!
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LTL is early!
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dang it. Jen wins at everything.
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Was that.....a Bonds' head joke?
chrisizzle
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"7. Best large-scale use of color orange outside prison yards"
There are going to be some UT fans who protest this one. Here's your comeback:
Why do University of Tennessee fans wear Orange?
So they can go to the football game on Saturday, go hunting on Sunday, and clean up trash on the highway on Monday.
"3. More-popular-than-Jesus Beatles played there, which according to the transubstantive property, trumps three Pope visits"
Amen.
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cheer up Artist...your chances will drastically improve in 9 days...
gill, again
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What are you guys talking about?
chrisizzle
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It's all in the timing, TAFNAB - sdtFNAB
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9. Nothing buried there but '07 Mets
I almost spit coffee.
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11. Get to watch flight path of planes to LaGuardia
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Was that.....a Bonds' head joke?
chrisizzle
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YES! It was. Officially.
Jen's Apparition
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This may be the latest he's ever been with the morning post.
Gir
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It's all in the timing, TAFNAB - sdtFNAB
Jen counts to 8
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that's what she...oh that isn't pg13 is it
gill, again
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Why Shea stadium is the 'other' stadium:
#1.. It's named after a LAWYER for cryin out loud.
Aimless Wonderer
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Pete, you remembered all of the numbers today! More importantly, I noticed!
chrisizzle
Newton Falls , OH
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Chipper Jones didn't name his kid "Yankee," did he?
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I heard that he is going to name his next child after a ball-park that fits the child better than Shea. He is to be called Minute Maid...
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11. Get to watch flight path of planes to LaGuardia
Franz - Brute in Mourning
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Nice. I forgot the planes angle. Don't remember any last night, now that I think about it. Maybe they were all grounded for inspections.
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11) View of garages and chop shops from your fourth-deck seats as the airplanes buzz your hair is the best in the country.
Anthony Verna
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14. To pass the time, you can also play "Name That Airplane" during games. My default answer is "727".
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3. More-popular-than-Jesus Beatles played there, which according to the transubstantive property, trumps three Pope visits
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but does Ringo really count? That would make it a tie....
oh, BTW, this one may require explanation to the non Catholic audience
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