From the Sports Desk...Above you'll see a happy photo of opening day of Shea Stadium in Queens. The year was 1964. The Beatles performed on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time, The Munsters was on the idiot box and rat bastard LBJ was elected as President of the United States. A simpler time. Who would have thought that eventually the whole joint would be on sale on the internet.
That's right, the place is being torn down and EVERYTHING MUST GO! An exhaustive list of literally everything not bolted down and almost everything this actually is bolted down is online. Soon to be available to the Mets faithful.
Would you like to own the locker used by Pedro Martinez and Darryl Strawberry? For $6,500.00 it can be yours! An illuminated men's room sign? Only $150.00! Would you like to own the right field *foul pole? For only $25,000 you can install it in your back yard! Act now and we'll throw in a "Circular Stadium Directory (You Are Here)" sign FREE! And what Met fan's foyer is complete without the home team dugout? 50 large and it's yours!
Act now because "directional exit signs" are going fast!
* = You are responsible for transporting the 100 foot foul pole back to your apartment in SoHo. Questions regarding legality of strapping the foul pole to the roof of the 7 train should be directed to MTA officials.
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tiger stadium didn't even get that dignity. it just got looted and torn down.
Ahh the subtle differences between new york and detroit.
Act now and we'll even throw in a baseball team! They're just standing around and taking up space. Who's baseball card collection wouldn't be complete without one! (I'm a Mets fan and they are a sad bunch o' folks)
Hold on there, Roscoe. The Mets have a baseball team?
hell, throw in the tigers for free, thy're not doing a damn thing this year anyways.
maybe the city can rent them out for birthday parties or something...
Makes me wonder why they didn't do the same for the twin towers. With the scratch they would have made off that sale they could have built mulitple world trade centers.
What, to early?
Actually Phat, No it's not. I for one am sick of news networks literally reliving that day every year. msnbc actually replayed their entire coverage of the incident that morning.
It's a sore spot for america for sure, but like any wound, it's never going to heal unless we quit picking at it.
I am not pleasing "Ders." Not sure what to do about this. He sounds like such a bright, articulate and insightful person, I really should try harder.
Tell you what Ders. I'll dumb it down just for you.
Thanks JW. I was starting to really feel "ders" for a moment and thought i was gona have to switch my new found love of YBNBY. Now that you're gona dumb it down, i can stick around.
I just go with the masses P.L. Lowest Common Denominator here I come!
I must have some redneck/racial stereotype jokes somewhere in the notebook.