Live blog: The last Opening Day at Shea Stadium
Published 4/8/2008 at NYDailyNews.com - Baseball
With CitiField rising just past the outfield wall, today's Opening Day is the last the Mets will ever play at Shea - and our guys Christian Red and Adam Rubin are on hand to bring you all the action live at Surfing the Mets.
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