Game Recap: Marlins 4 -- Mets 2

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Honestly, I'm already teary eyed [My Shea stadium farewell]

TheRopolitansDOTcom posted 9/28/2008 from theropolitans.com

Yeah, I'm a sap. I literally just woke up, and I flipped on SNY. "45 Years of Shea" is on, and I'm already a little emotional.

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A tearful goodbye

TheRopolitansDOTcom posted 9/28/2008 from theropolitans.com

I didn't think I'd be so beat up over this, but I already miss Shea Stadium. That final send off had me in tears from beginning to end, and I wasn't even around for most of that history. Seeing Mike Piazza and Tom Seaver walk from home plate, out to center field, and "shut the door" on Shea ...

Giving Rhyme and Reason to Shea Stadium's Last Days

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Video: Frank Messina, the “Mets Poet,” talked about his Shea Stadium friends and memories, and of his book deal, until security ushered away his interviewer.

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