Shea Stadium: Mets' first miracle
Published 9/20/2008 at NYDailyNews.com - Baseball
Flushing Meadows Municipal Stadium, the new ballpark being built in Queens, would be named after Bill Shea, a tribute to the man who had returned NL baseball to New York after the departures of the Dodgers and Giants following the 1957 season.
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