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Workers begin dismantling Shea Stadium
carl.macgowan@newsday.comIt's really happening, Mets fans. Shea Stadium is coming down, one thousand-watt lamp and one sink at a time. Centerfield's iconic 410-foot sign now lies in a fenced-in area outside the ballpark, along with other pieces of the outfield wall. The...Tags: Employees, Major League Baseball, Tom Seaver, New York Mets
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Henry Blanco's departure angers Caracas Lions fans
Chicago Tribune correspondentCARACAS, Venezuela — Imagine Derek Jeter mouthing off about his manager and then getting a pink slip. There'd be a lot of cursing and crying from Yankees fans. That same sort of outrage has swept Caracas over the ouster of their team captain and...Tags: National Government, Derek Jeter, George H.W. Bush, George Steinbrenner, Government
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Despite loss, Mets fans stay for Shea's closing ceremony
arthur.staple@newsday.comJohn Lennon, a pretty big star who once played at Shea Stadium, had some words that aptly describe the scene for Shea's farewell party. Strange days, indeed. How else to describe a cheerful goodbye ceremony just an hour after the Mets' 2008 season ended...Tags: Yogi Berra, Willie Mays, Robin Ventura, Florida Marlins, Tom Seaver
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Another Tough One To Take At Shea
NEW YORK — One by one they walked down the base lines toward the plate, some going slowly, others surprisingly spry. Full of memories, full of stories, each of the old Mets touched home and took a final bow ... Rusty and Franco, Hernandez and...Tags: Omar Minaya, Florida Marlins, Billy Wagner, Jerry Manuel, Tom Glavine
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Tears became cheers when Piazza delivered
john.jeansonne@newsday.comOne Mets fan, a Manhattan band leader/DJ named Joseph Palermo, compared the apprehension of being part of New York's first large public gathering after the 9/11 terrorist attacks to the "mindset people take after the summer of an unusual amount of shark...Tags: Ray Charles, September 11, 2001 Attacks, New York City Police Department, Diana Ross, Major League Baseball
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His field of dreams: Groundskeeper Flynn has been at Shea since the beginning
mark.herrmann@newsday.comWhen the Beatles played Shea Stadium in 1965, it was Pete Flynn who drove them from the stage to beyond the centerfield fence, where an armored car waited to take them to the World's Fair heliport. And when Paul McCartney made a surprise appearance at a...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Paul McCartney, Metal and Mineral, Willie Mays, Robin Ventura
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SHEA GOODBYE SEPT. 11: Tears became cheers when Piazza delivered
john.jeansonne@newsday.comOne Mets fan, a Manhattan band leader/DJ named Joseph Palermo, compared the apprehension of being part of New York's first large public gathering after the 9/11 terrorist attacks to the "mind-set people take after the summer of an unusual amount of...Tags: Ray Charles, September 11, 2001 Attacks, New York City Police Department, Diana Ross, Major League Baseball
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SHEA STADIUM FAREWELL: Is a final miracle in the offing?
anthony.rieber@newsday.comThey plan to say goodbye to Shea Stadium today with a ceremony after the last pitch of the game against the Marlins. Months of planning have gone into the star-studded event. Tom Seaver and Willie Mays and Mike Piazza will be in attendance. But what the...Tags: Roger Clemens, History, Willie Mays, Florida Marlins, Tom Seaver
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DAVIDOFF'S 7TH-INNING STRETCH
THREE TEAMS WITH THE MOST WORK THIS WINTER 1. Yankees. General manager, first base, centerfield and starting pitching are all unsettled. GM Brian Cashman will decide in the next couple of days. 2. Dodgers. Starting pitching, second base ... and what...Tags: Manny Ramirez, Roger Clemens, Ben Sheets, Derek Lowe, Jon Garland
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Marlins Trip Up Mets
That's it? Really? With their season on the line, the best the Mets could do was Friday's 6-1 loss to the Marlins? No one expected the bench-clearing brawls or bad language of last September's meeting between these two teams, but it was shocking to see...Tags: Florida Marlins, Tom Seaver, Mike Pelfrey, John Baker, Jerry Manuel
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Mets show little fight in 6-1 loss to Marlins
david.lennon@newsday.comThat's it? Really? With their season on the line, the best the Mets could do was Friday's 6-1 loss to the Marlins? No one expected the bench-clearing brawls or bad language of last September's meeting between these two teams, but it was shocking to see...Tags: Florida Marlins, Marlon Anderson, Tom Seaver, Mike Pelfrey, John Baker
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Fans as solid as brick
Somewhere at Citi Field, there will be a brick inscribed with the names of Susan Gorman and Eileen Tooher, reading "Friends and Fans." Tooher figured that her birthday gift to Gorman, while commemorating the two as part of the Mets' future, should also...Tags: Major League Baseball, Atlanta Braves, Florida Marlins, New York Mets
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