Requesting your help
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- March
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I am asking help from Westchester, Rockland and Putnam residents to share their memories of Shea Stadium. It could be your first game, a memorable game, meeting a player there, etc.
Please send your memories in an e-mails to Joe Erwin at jerwin@lohud.com.
Thanks so much, JD
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As a relatively new Mets' fan, I was surprised to discover how hard it's turned out to be to pick my favorite memory of Shea. Although more famous games like the clincher of the 2006 NL East were runners-up, none hold a candle to my first game in the summer of 2005. To be completely honest, I had just gone to the game as a date with my new boyfriend (a die-hard Mets fan then, and if possible, even more so now). I arrived, eager for the game to be overwith asap, since I barely new the difference between a grounder and a fly ball. A few minutes into the game, however, as I watched Pedro Martinez work (I'd heard he was good, but what did I know?), the sprinklers erupted, dousing the players and field with water. Pedro and the other players replaced their game faces with smiles and laughter, which spread to the rest of the fans in the stadium. From that moment on, I fell in love with the spirit of the fans, the energy of the players, and—to my own surprise—the game itself. Ever since, I've become devoted to Mets culture—the stats, the games, the players, and of course, Shea Stadium. I'll miss it when it's gone, of course, but not before the 2008 Mets bring home a World Series title this October.