tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094682562158691055.post970666394480949896..comments2012-03-24T14:14:04.490-04:00Comments on Productive Outs and Crackerjack: Eighth Inning Sign-AlongsJack Flynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16809904649660393420noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094682562158691055.post-6884912708119465382008-04-13T15:09:00.000-04:002008-04-13T15:09:00.000-04:00I agree, everytime I go to Shea I try to give it a...I agree, everytime I go to Shea I try to give it a chance,<BR/>but always come away feeling the same way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16921421932443684000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094682562158691055.post-37861582733470458232008-04-13T13:39:00.000-04:002008-04-13T13:39:00.000-04:00No, I think you hit the nail on the head. Shea was...No, I think you hit the nail on the head. Shea was built as a multi-purpose stadium (and was used as such until the Jets moved). It's bad business for a city NOT to build multi-purpose stadiums, but they generally tend to be poor places to watch a baseball game. I've seen games at the late and unlamented Riverfront Stadium and Veteran's Stadium - they were charmless and soulless buildings. Shea is a dirty and ugly building saved only by the decision not to enclose it.<BR/><BR/>I won't miss it a bit.Jack Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16809904649660393420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094682562158691055.post-10834154359997858552008-04-11T10:59:00.000-04:002008-04-11T10:59:00.000-04:00That is, other than pointing out the 15 typos.That is, other than pointing out the 15 typos.TWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04619620902215995000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094682562158691055.post-84956648248660899092008-04-11T10:57:00.000-04:002008-04-11T10:57:00.000-04:00I'll take this one, Jack. First off, if he sings t...I'll take this one, Jack. First off, if he sings that song I'll stab him dead. I'm sure that you would rather be a widow then have the memory of that song tainting what will be the most important and special day of your life thus far, in fact, since I'm the paramount of taste when it comes to music, you should make sure he runs any musical choices by me first.<BR/><BR/>Second, Shea is, while being the home of various childhood memories of watching the Expos and Reds and a host of terrible Met teams sitting in an upper deck that could collapse at any moment from the constant air traffic that has shaken the stadium into submission for the last forty years, is a collosal blight on the Queens landscape, even for Corona.<BR/><BR/>First, it was already out of date in 1965. Second, it was supposed to be completely enclosed similiar to other stadiums built at the time such as Riverfront and Three River stadiums, which by the way have long since gone the way of the dod, and those franchises (Reds and Pirates) don't make any money so how they hoodwinked their (there, they're :D) respective cities into parlaying the cash for new stadiums is beyond me. The only thing they did to the stadium is put the neon lights of a pitcher and a batter on the outside. I thought that was kool the first time I saw it, but beyond that we are looking forward to opening a new ballpark and ushering in a new era of baseball in this town , while your (you're :D) yankees inexplicably walk out of the house that ruth built into the house that has a red sox t-shirt in the concrete of the vistiting teams clubhouse floor. I mean, read the signs, you guys are in trouble, and us Met fans are relishing the entrance into the age of aquarius, into the era where all will be revealed, when we finally gain vengenace for the Frank Tavares', Doug Flynn's, Mike Jorgensen's, Ellis Valentine's, Pat Zachary's, Neil Allen's et al of Met's lore as the the franchise take it's rightful place on top of New York City baseball.<BR/><BR/>Any more thought's there, Jackson?TWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04619620902215995000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094682562158691055.post-43734125373856442452008-04-10T23:16:00.000-04:002008-04-10T23:16:00.000-04:00Please don't ruin the wedding with that song. PLEA...Please don't ruin the wedding with that song. PLEASE! And I hate the cacophony of sounds coming from Shea too. But, aren't you gonna miss the old stadium?Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11081024348445569760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094682562158691055.post-6275080400562930372008-04-10T18:53:00.000-04:002008-04-10T18:53:00.000-04:00If you sing that song at the wedding I may be incl...If you sing that song at the wedding I may be inclined kill you.TWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04619620902215995000noreply@blogger.com