William A. Shea Stadium's drawn out end

by John Fontana on Oct 16, 2008 12:02 PM EDT

Very much off topic... I grew up a Mets fan, living in a small village on Long Island in New York. I can remember, as a young kid, how everyone was going nutso for the Amazin's of 1986. I didn't truly grasp it, but in the following years I grew to love and cherish baseball -- in general and New...