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In Memoriam

by on 28 September 2009 3:36 pm

Today, September 28, 2009, is the first anniversary of the last game ever played at Shea Stadium. Consider this David G. Whitham photo and this post a yahrzeit candle lit in its memory.

May the places we love live on. May we always find new places to love as well.

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6 comments to In Memoriam

  • Anonymous
    September 28th, 2009 at 3:11 pm

    With all the missteps that came with the new park, I am amazed and thankful that they at least did one great final thing with Shea, setting up these plaques. God willing I will take my future grandchildren there and run them around the bases, maybe muff a grounder near 1B.

  • Anonymous
    September 28th, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    forever missed…

  • Anonymous
    September 28th, 2009 at 4:08 pm

    It's a little Twilight Zone-y, but I'd prefer a marker signifying where Citi Field's home plate once was, with Shea Stadium in the background.

  • Anonymous
    October 1st, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    I'll turn 43 later this month. With health I suppose Citifield will outlive its usefulness in my lifetime. You would think that they'd build GoogleField on the same footprint as Shea so as not to interrupt business (unless by then nanotechnology allows building to go up in a week or something),. So maybe one day Mets will run the same bases.

  • Anonymous
    October 1st, 2009 at 10:27 pm

    I took a picture of Shea home and “Pitcher's plate” when I was there last homestand. The picture of Shea's home plate is on my Facebook page.

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    February 26th, 2010 at 8:02 pm

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