Short random Shea thoughts

[Gwreck]

I never once caught a foul ball at Shea, owing mostly to the fact that I can count on one hand the number of times I ever sat on the field level.

The one game we sprang for the really fancy tickets though (during the final season), we went all out and I nailed a lot of Shea firsts (sitting right behind the dugout; having a waiter bring me my food, etc.) and was hopeful that I could also add "catch foul ball" to that list.

The foul ball wasn't to be, but I did however have a t-shirt shot directly at me, so I stood up, reached up and snagged it clean, oblivious to the four or five people (not children, either) who were right behind me and also wanted it. One even put his hand on the shirt as I was bringing my arm down and I turned around, gave him the death stare as he says "oh, nice catch" and walked away.

[metirish]

My last game at Shea during it's last week had me sitting all the way up top above home plate in the last row.....I loved going up there....it was so high. I remember thinking that I'll never see a baseball game from this high up again.....my first ever game there I did the rookie mistake of not dressing appropriately for an April game.

[seawolf17]

metirish wrote: My last game at Shea during it's last week had me sitting all the way up top above home plate in the last row.....I loved going up there....it was so high. I remember thinking that I'll never see a baseball game from this high up again.....my first ever game there I did the rookie mistake of not dressing appropriately for an April game.

I did the same thing my last game. Got there right when the gates opened and circumnavigated the whole place, top to bottom.

[Farmer Ted]

My last game at Shea was in the nose bleeds with yous guys.