Shea Stadium

[RichieA13]

To me the first game at Citi Field will be 4/3 against Boston. I will get tickets on ebay and whatever seat it will be, I will be the first person to sit in that seat. Whoever wants to meet before hand for drinks to the past and future lets do so.In the lot of course,cooler style.

I have a few extra tickets in Promenade Section 509 for anyone who's interested?
PM me if you need further info.

[NJTankMets]

here she is!!

Wasn't she Queens Borough President or something like that?

[Gary Dunaier]

I guess I'm old fashioned and I cannot stand this everybody clap your hands garbage.

Somebody out there likes "Everybody Clap Your Hands" so much that they put it on their Citi Field Fan Walk brick.

[Gary Dunaier]

Bo Fields was never Queens Borough President. I believe Ms. Fields lives in New Jersey.

[SteveJRogers]

Somebody out there likes "Everybody Clap Your Hands" so much that they put it on their Citi Field Fan Walk brick.

On the blog No-No-Hitters.com the blogger was with a relative who told him what the exact number of claps you should do every time the song was done, in a way that beats in a verse are done. Something like:





Lame, but then again, the relative is, or I hope is, less than 10!

Eight, eight, seven: My nephew Bryan informs me that the proper number of claps to do in sequence to the “Everybody clap your hands” cheer is 31 - or eight, eight, seven. That helps save that embarrassing 32nd clap.

Which makes no sense since 8+8+7=23

But as I said, I hope this kid is pre-pre teen!

[Mary Ellen]

Awesome model! The detail is very nice.
My only critique would be the seats were never those colors when the metal panels were in place. Also, assuming the seats are painted to follow the post 1980 color scheme, the loge & mezzanine colors are erroneously reversed on this model. Whomever created this model was probably a) using an old photo of the exterior while using a newer photo for the interior and b) NOT a Mets fan.

I think the Shea on the left photo was correct - as it was done in 1965. I do not know if Rob is a Mets fan. I thought the same about the seat colors. I have a model he did of the NY State Pavilion and it is top notch.

[kramtelak]

Somebody out there likes "Everybody Clap Your Hands" so much that they put it on their Citi Field Fan Walk brick.

I need to find this person and explain things to them!

[RichieA13]

I think the Shea on the left photo was correct - as it was done in 1965. I do not know if Rob is a Mets fan. I thought the same about the seat colors. I have a model he did of the NY State Pavilion and it is top notch.

I would think that one WOULD be correct, Mary Ellen (the original model from 1965).
If this other model was done the same year, that guy must have been clairvoyant!! (LOL)
Again, I'm NOT mocking his art skills .... just his lack of knowledge of Shea Stadium seat colors.

BTW----This guy's last name is French for "One With Gas"?

[Petemc1969]

Awesome model! The detail is very nice.
My only critique would be the seats were never those colors when the metal panels were in place. Also, assuming the seats are painted to follow the post 1980 color scheme, the loge & mezzanine colors are erroneously reversed on this model. Whomever created this model was probably a) using an old photo of the exterior while using a newer photo for the interior and b) NOT a Mets fan.

It's funny that you say that Richie because I emailed him regarding that oversight. He actually replied to me & asked if I had a photo of the seats from that era so he could fix it. I sent him the photo, he painted the correct colors onto the seats, and sold the model on eBay for $1200!!

[RichieA13]

It's funny that you say that Richie because I emailed him regarding that oversight. He actually replied to me & asked if I had a photo of the seats from that era so he could fix it. I sent him the photo, he painted the correct colors onto the seats, and sold the model on eBay for $1200!!

WOW! Good story!
Glad to hear he corrected his error.
Got a photo of the corrected version, Pete?

[Petemc1969]

WOW! Good story!
Glad to hear he corrected his error.
Got a photo of the corrected version, Pete?

I had it in my "Watched Items" in eBay, but they removed the photo after a certain amount of time. I'm going to look to see if I saved it on my hard-drive.

**EDIT** - Can't find it. I just emailed Robert to see if he could send me a photo of the updated model.

[Rob R]

BTW----This guy's last name is French for "One With Gas"? [/B]

LOL. It's Curt Blefary. Too funny. Maybe I shouldn't have ruined your line?

[margatemanor]

That picture of the old time yankees at shea is great. I was there and I basically lived at shea during those years. Looking at that picture i can see myself sitting in the upper deck on a hot summer's day. me and the other 4500 people in attendance. ok getting too sentimental must stop....

[RichieA13]

LOL. It's Curt Blefary. Too funny. Maybe I shouldn't have ruined your line?

Nah ..... that's OK, Rob! Just having a little fun over here.
I know the last letter was a "Y" .... but it looked like a "T" at first glimpse, right?!
I honestly was not sure what other letters were in front of his name, but knew there had to be more,
as player's names don't start in the middle of their backs.
Thanks for ID-ing him, though.

[alpineinc]

Ed Randall on the FAN now talking with a rep from Breeze demolition about Shea's demo. Too bad the FAN doesn't post audio from Ed Randall's show, just caught the end of this.

Edit: Actually searching the FAN site came up with some audio from him. I hope they put this one up.

[Petemc1969]

WOW! Good story!
Glad to hear he corrected his error.
Got a photo of the corrected version, Pete?

Here is the model after he corrected the seating color scheme. Notice that he still didn't remove the SHEA STADIUM sign from the front. It's still spectacular though.....

[RichieA13]

Here is the model after he corrected the seating color scheme. Notice that he still didn't remove the SHEA STADIUM sign from the front. It's still spectacular though.....

Nice improvement.
Seats look more accurate, but what's wrong with it now?
Anyone???

[mets16]

Nice improvement.
Seats look more accurate, but what's wrong with it now?
Anyone???

the RF scoreboard has a color picture. More like the one we saw in recent years. And i think those buildings in the circle weren't free standing. They were attached to the building.

[Greg NYG-NYM]

Thanks for the name! She pulled down #44 last year with Michael Sergio the '86 parachutist:
44: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 vs Mariners
It's good to have you at the game, ladies and gentlemen, and for those of you watching at home, it's good to have you looking in. Sometimes you see things that the camera picks up before the folks here do, and as a result, some people become instantly recognizable outside of Shea Stadium. One such person experienced that phenomenon 22 Octobers ago when she added a new bit of body language to the fan vernacular. A longtime season ticketholder, you know her as the lady who sat behind home plate throughout the 1986 postseason and twirled her arms tirelessly. Put your hands together for Bo Fields.

Some people catch even the camera crews at Shea by surprise. Our next guest, who will join Bo in taking down number 44, did not come through Gate A, B, C, D or E on the evening of October 25, 1986. Yet he found his way into the ballpark from above, however briefly. The Mets couldn't officially approve of his actions then — and we're certainly not sanctioning them or anything like them now — but we have to admit the thought of this man and his parachute brings a smile to our faces more than two decades later. Say hello to Michael Sergio. Ron Darling

Sort of...that was my Countdown Like It Oughta Be on Faith and Fear, comprised as a dream countdown, anticipating that the Mets would do a crummy job of commemorating Shea.

Check out the full FAFIF countdown here.

[margatemanor]

there was little grass and trees beyond the outfield fence also. i know he put them in to make it look nicer.

[Swoboda4]

Thanks for the name! She pulled down #44 last year with Michael Sergio the '86 parachutist:
44: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 vs Mariners
It's good to have you at the game, ladies and gentlemen, and for those of you watching at home, it's good to have you looking in. Sometimes you see things that the camera picks up before the folks here do, and as a result, some people become instantly recognizable outside of Shea Stadium. One such person experienced that phenomenon 22 Octobers ago when she added a new bit of body language to the fan vernacular. A longtime season ticketholder, you know her as the lady who sat behind home plate throughout the 1986 postseason and twirled her arms tirelessly. Put your hands together for Bo Fields.

Some people catch even the camera crews at Shea by surprise. Our next guest, who will join Bo in taking down number 44, did not come through Gate A, B, C, D or E on the evening of October 25, 1986. Yet he found his way into the ballpark from above, however briefly. The Mets couldn't officially approve of his actions then — and we're certainly not sanctioning them or anything like them now — but we have to admit the thought of this man and his parachute brings a smile to our faces more than two decades later. Say hello to Michael Sergio. Ron Darling

And I do believe (not positive) she is in my Shea Tribute video at 1:33, just before Mike Sergio drops in!! I got them both in there, how about that?

Check it out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ226RlChTM

[SteveJRogers]

Nice improvement.
Seats look more accurate, but what's wrong with it now?
Anyone???

-Bud ad where there was the just the message board.

-Naturally there were no big S-H-E-A S-T-A-D-I-U-M letters on the upper rim of the bowl, they were smaller and down on top of the Gate E entrance.

-I don't think the auxiliary scoreboards were up in the 1960s.

[RichieA13]

the RF scoreboard has a color picture. More like the one we saw in recent years. And i think those buildings in the circle weren't free standing. They were attached to the building.

BINGO!
I was talking about the Bud ad on the scoreboard.
I chalked up the nice thick trees behind the outfield fence to 'artistic liberty'.

[Gary Dunaier]

Somebody out there likes "Everybody Clap Your Hands" so much that they put it on their Citi Field Fan Walk brick.

I need to find this person and explain things to them!

In the below photo (taken from here), it's in the second column, fifth from the top.

[TinoM24]

wow that is really weird that you posted that. my neighbor's brick is in there (Lenny Fried, top right).

by the way the brickwork looks horrible.