My Official "Farewell Shea Stadium"

Funny, but the Pittsburgh Pirates do play a Significant Role in my Shea Stadium Years. It was 1967, when Mom took me to see the Filming of the Triple Play Scene for the Movie Version of "The Odd Couple"(Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau as Felix Unger and Oscar Madison, Respectively), where Baseball Hall Of Famer, Bill Mazerowski, hit into the Fictitious Triple Play. The Mets won the actual game, and I was seated in Mezzanine, when reserved seats were $2.50 and the seats were light blue:

It was Subway Tokens and NO Metro Cards in those days and the fare was $.20 per ride;

The Next time I saw the Pirates in Shea Stadium, it was September 20th, 1969. The Mets were 4 Days from clinching the N L East Title. The Pirates won on a 3-0, No Hitter pitched by Bob Moose. I was standing by the Left Field Line;

It was 1971 and the Mets Lost. It would be the final time that Roberto Clemente, that Great Right Fielder would play. He died on New Years' Day, when his plane crashed, in 1972, while delivering food supplies to Quake Torn Nicaragua;

In 1976 on Labor Day, from a perch in the Upper Level, the Mets would win as Tom Seaver struck out his 200th Batter for the 9th Consecutive Season. His Victim was Pirates Catcher, Manny Sanguillen;

It's now 32 Years later and the Pirates come to Shea Stadium, one last time. Pedro Martinez, deep into the Twilight of his career, makes the start for the Mets at 1:10PM at Shea Stadium. The Pirates of Lore are now a bunch of young kids. Two Members of the '07 Red Sox, were included in the 3 Way with the Dodgers, Pirates and Red Sox, and they are Brandon Moss and Craig Hansen. The Price is right, with tickets starting around $5;

Time to "Shea Goodbye";

Later!