Shea Stadium was where I went to my first baseball game with my dad when I was six years old. The date was May 13, 2008 and the Mets beat the Nationals 6-3. We lived in Stamford CT at that time and our family moved to Long Island in July of that year. We sat along the first base line and Citi Field construction was almost done. I remember my dad got hot dogs for the two of us and after we got home from the game, I had food poisoning in the middle of the night and I threw up from the hot dog haha. Hasn’t happened to me since with ballpark food.
I miss those tacky neon ball players on the outside. Drove past them countless times on the Grand Central Parkway. Great blue behemoth circle, how I miss you.
Went to many Met games from the early 70's to '08...I can remember driving in from North Jersey and getting excited when you could see the stadium from either the Grand Central or the Whitestone...parking was always an adventure...the escalators were so steep and the concourses were dark and narrow...but when you found your section and got your first glimpse of the green grass and that amazing scoreboard it was all worth it. LGM
My first game was at shea it was me my grandfather, mom and dad that went to the game. It was in July of 2008 against the cardinals. My grandfather use to get tickets through his company. It was a great day they ended up winning and it was really cool. Still kind of miss shea it was a dump and me being 5 at the time I could barely walk up the steep upper deck stairs but it was such a fun day really made me fall in love with baseball and the Mets by going to that game.
@@MaddMan621Also, Shea was originally a multi-purpose stadium as it was the home to the Jets as well. Since there wasn’t a need for a multi-purpose stadium since the Jets moved in with the Giants in NJ, they didn’t need to make the new stadium as big.
I saw my first baseball game at Shea Stadium. June 11, 1965, Dodgers vs Mets (Don Drysdale vs Warren Spahn - Dodgers won 2-1 on a 7th inning home run by the pitcher Don Drysdale).
the proper way to watch this would be from the platform leading up to the 7 train, which gave a perfect view of the mound for people looking for a quick exit without missing the game. God I spent so much time in this place as a kid.
I saw the WWF "Showdown at Shea" in 1980, and with that ticket I picked up a simulcast ticket to Duran-Leonard I for $20 the day before the fight, turned down $150 on the way in for the same ticket.
i wish they would knock down citi field and re build shea. Shea always reminded me of the coloseum in rome and our mets the gladiators. been to citi twice tickets prices are not good for the average person at least shea was cheap to get into and was much stunning to look at.
That stadium was trash, but the smell of hot dogs and greasy fries were great, the cheap seats felt like a mountain, and when Shea was packed and the Mets won, the cheers multiplied the sound in on itself, and the upper deck would shake to amplify the magic. That stadium made the fans matter, the food was decent, the prices were ok. New Citi field is like a fancy food court where all those choices are just over hyped food for too much money, and as hard as you try you still can’t buy French fries as good as the ones they used to sell at Shea.. the journey to get food here now can be like a multiple inning odyssey, and by the time you find your way back to your seat after getting scammed out of all your money, you missed half the game. I miss Shea, and I won’t be going to citi field.
back here once again to sing with the best fans in the world. my relatives victor and kathy sold the team to the banks. fuck the banks; banks ruined baseball!
Can you imagine this was replaced by a parking lot? Barely even a plaque to commemorate the old stadium. At least Citi bucks the general trend towards modern mediocrity by being an excellent replacement!
This dude must be a time traveler because there is no way he had that high quality of a camera in 08. Plus the TV aired one looks like shit compared to this
Comment for grandson of Harold Freeman, The Baseball Bat Violin was patented in 1974, by Harold Freeman, and it was a much better instrument than this one. So, it is disingenuous to state that Donnellan invented this. Grandson Scott can be reached @ 585- 647 - 8078. Patent - patents.google.com/patent/US3853032A/en
That camera may be better than mine LOL
Yeah wtf you rarely see handheld footage from 2008 this good
It must have been so surreal watching the last season of baseball at one stadium with the outfield view being the exterior of the new stadium
Why was demolished ?
I’m a Yankee fan but I saw about 20 games at Shea. Really enjoyed it there
As a Met fan who grew up in the 70s I saw plenty of Yankee game's at Shea in 74 and 75 when Yankee Stadium was being renovated.
Shea Stadium was where I went to my first baseball game with my dad when I was six years old. The date was May 13, 2008 and the Mets beat the Nationals 6-3. We lived in Stamford CT at that time and our family moved to Long Island in July of that year. We sat along the first base line and Citi Field construction was almost done. I remember my dad got hot dogs for the two of us and after we got home from the game, I had food poisoning in the middle of the night and I threw up from the hot dog haha. Hasn’t happened to me since with ballpark food.
@@mhbbej1crazy that in ‘75, the giants, Yankees, Mets, and Jets all played in Shea
@@RockSmithStudio What was great about 75 I was 17 and lived 15 minutes from Shea. I spent more time that year at Shea than I spent at high school.
Such bittersweet memories! I miss Shea.
I have “Lazy Mary” as the ringtone for my sister in honor of the many 7th inning stretches we shared at Shea.
I'm Italian, what does a wedding song have anything to do with baseball
@@Italiankaraokepride it’s a tradition and probably inspired by all of the great Italian Americans that made baseball great
I love Citi, but damn, I miss Shea.
as a yankee fan i love shea great memories
Was where I went to my first baseball game. May 13, 2008.
@@kobyschechter8163 same. Mine in 1983
Ha ha citi fields in the background
The first and only game I ever went to at Shea
Welp, if it was the first one, then it HAD to have been the only one. :p
InMotionForAMillion lol
The one game I went to there was that same season. May 13, 2008 against the Nationals. The Mets won 6-3.
It’s as if Citi Field is looming over Shea Stadium saying “my advice to you would be is to pay attention to me.”
I miss Shea so much. Give us back Shea, we'll give you Citi.
I miss those tacky neon ball players on the outside. Drove past them countless times on the Grand Central Parkway. Great blue behemoth circle, how I miss you.
same, also seeing the entrance for the midget mets section. I guess that's too politically incorrect for today
Went to many Met games from the early 70's to '08...I can remember driving in from North Jersey and getting excited when you could see the stadium from either the Grand Central or the Whitestone...parking was always an adventure...the escalators were so steep and the concourses were dark and narrow...but when you found your section and got your first glimpse of the green grass and that amazing scoreboard it was all worth it. LGM
Shea stadium has been turned into a parking lot
jetfire5091 :(
They did the right thing by memorializing the bases
I was there at shea goodbye. I cried
My first game was at shea it was me my grandfather, mom and dad that went to the game. It was in July of 2008 against the cardinals. My grandfather use to get tickets through his company. It was a great day they ended up winning and it was really cool. Still kind of miss shea it was a dump and me being 5 at the time I could barely walk up the steep upper deck stairs but it was such a fun day really made me fall in love with baseball and the Mets by going to that game.
beautiful... some of the best memories of my life include this music in this ballpark. shea will surely be missed.
Fun fact: Shea could hold more people than citi
@joeyaboiyup, capacity of 55k vs 42k. Citi field makes more money off of having those high priced tickets like the delta club and the hyundai club
No shit
Yea,but unlike citified,it was a dump😂. LGM!!!
@@MaddMan621Also, Shea was originally a multi-purpose stadium as it was the home to the Jets as well. Since there wasn’t a need for a multi-purpose stadium since the Jets moved in with the Giants in NJ, they didn’t need to make the new stadium as big.
Sure, by building 200 feet into the air with the upper deck, with "88 ways to die" escalators and offramps. Horrible place.
11 years ago today
As a yankee fan give us back the old yankee stadium and citi Shea stadium and will give you both new citi field and yankee stadium
I miss my Shea!
I miss you Shea
Going to Shea as a kid is one of my best memories. Miss it a lot.
The fact that shea stadium was right next to citi field
I saw my first baseball game at Shea Stadium. June 11, 1965, Dodgers vs Mets (Don Drysdale vs Warren Spahn - Dodgers won 2-1 on a 7th inning home run by the pitcher Don Drysdale).
Why is the video quality look like it was made in 2018
i miss Shea so much, thank you for posting!
I love this video... On soo many levels!! Thank you!! I miss Shea..
the proper way to watch this would be from the platform leading up to the 7 train, which gave a perfect view of the mound for people looking for a quick exit without missing the game. God I spent so much time in this place as a kid.
The most wholesome videos are the videos we’re everyone gets together and enjoys a good game of baseball am I right?!
I went to Shea stadium one time, I remember getting a ball signed by the opposing pitcher and that’s it. I was like 4
wow I really miss shea
Gives me goosebumps!
Who ever those 5 Yankee fans that turned the thumb upside down.
Just remember Baseball started in Brooklyn not the Bronx... Strong Islanders
But it was perfected in the Bronx!
@@HudsonDiTomasolmao the Yankees are a Baltimore team anyway
@@Alchemist718 whatever
I love the 1969,1986 champion mets
Shea was the best, too many memories!!
Lot of good memories at that park ❤
I was there. Right before Schoenweis gave up two HRs to sink the Mets if I remember correctly
2000 Subway World Series, great memories :)
I was here i cried when the Mets lost!!
Brandon G if I'm correct ,had they won they would've gone to the playoffs and this would only be it's last regular season game
PHX Master you are correct
It might have been a dump but it was our dump
Alguien que me explique
Clausuraron el estadio Shea?
Ya no está en funciones o que onda ?
my dad was at the game. wish i was alive to be in shea. my dad did always say, “it’s just wasn’t meant for you”
I saw the WWF "Showdown at Shea" in 1980, and with that ticket I picked up a simulcast ticket to Duran-Leonard I for $20 the day before the fight, turned down $150 on the way in for the same ticket.
i wish they would knock down citi field and re build shea. Shea always reminded me of the coloseum in rome and our mets the gladiators. been to citi twice tickets prices are not good for the average person at least shea was cheap to get into and was much stunning to look at.
I always got back from a baseball game! And I usually go to met games
Beautiful goodbye to Shea Stadium
Da best
Section 7 or Section 9 of the Mezzanine, right?
Section 9
Shea was a dump no doubt about it but that was our DUMP I will forever have SHEA in my heart
I've heard other people say this. I never thought of it as a dump. I thought it was the most beautiful park in the world.
My grandpa took me to shea when I was little
I remember being so heartbroken by the team that i could stomach going
There was nothing wrong with Shea. They built Citi just to make more money.
Instead they get no money. Should’ve kept Shea or like update Shea atleast
😍😍😍😍😍⚾️🍎🗽
It was a dump but it was our dump gone but not forgotten 1964-2008
Why demolished ??
I miss my dump
The thing that makes it sad is stupid Citi Park is tall so you can see it over the wall, it ruined the whole effect of the last game!
I disagree
It was a way of looking forward
rutgers stadium home
"I'll make a parking lot out of this place"...
I have not been to either but Shea looks cool but citi look better tho
1:24 “Second Stanza”
That stadium was trash, but the smell of hot dogs and greasy fries were great, the cheap seats felt like a mountain, and when Shea was packed and the Mets won, the cheers multiplied the sound in on itself, and the upper deck would shake to amplify the magic. That stadium made the fans matter, the food was decent, the prices were ok. New Citi field is like a fancy food court where all those choices are just over hyped food for too much money, and as hard as you try you still can’t buy French fries as good as the ones they used to sell at Shea.. the journey to get food here now can be like a multiple inning odyssey, and by the time you find your way back to your seat after getting scammed out of all your money, you missed half the game. I miss Shea, and I won’t be going to citi field.
Citi field is like “Got any room”
Mets forever
LETS GO METS! HOOO!!!!!
back here once again to sing with the best fans in the world. my relatives victor and kathy sold the team to the banks. fuck the banks; banks ruined baseball!
Can you imagine this was replaced by a parking lot? Barely even a plaque to commemorate the old stadium. At least Citi bucks the general trend towards modern mediocrity by being an excellent replacement!
I know this may seem weird.. but Mr. Met scares the literal crap out of me with that creepy smile.. Does anyone else think that he is kinda creepy?
Mets played tougher at shea
Absolutely
rutgers stadium football
Looks like a football stadium
Since Shea was a multi-purpose stadium, The Jets used to play their. That explains why.
Shea u mad?
Citi Field is a terrible ballpark for hitters.
Straw, hojo, the kid, nails, mikey p and the captain didnt seem to mind
Let's go mets
This dude must be a time traveler because there is no way he had that high quality of a camera in 08. Plus the TV aired one looks like shit compared to this
Comment for grandson of Harold Freeman, The Baseball Bat Violin was patented in 1974, by Harold Freeman, and it was a much better instrument than this one. So, it is disingenuous to state that Donnellan invented this.
Grandson Scott can be reached @ 585- 647 - 8078.
Patent - patents.google.com/patent/US3853032A/en
Second stanza....
Got nothing on a Cubs stretch
Shea Stadium looked like a garbage stadium
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