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Owning a piece of Shea Stadium

mario25 Feb 20 2008 10:47 PM

Just wondering if anybody knows what the city of NY and the Mets are going to do after the season in regards to shea seats,signs and stuff? it would be great to have a Shea Stadium seat. Nice conversation piece in the rec room...

Valadius Feb 20 2008 11:19 PM

I totally want a Shea seat too.

Gwreck Feb 20 2008 11:58 PM

Want to take guesses at how much they go for? I'll put the over/under at $250/seat. --- As an answer to the original question: nope, haven't read anything about it either. But it seems inevitable that they'll do something.

seawolf17 Feb 21 2008 04:51 AM

More than that. What did Vet seats go for?

themetfairy Feb 21 2008 05:11 AM

Vet seats went for about $250 apiece, IIRC.

metirish Feb 21 2008 07:09 AM

I wouldn't mind one of the fine urinals.

themetfairy Feb 21 2008 07:18 AM

You can see that we have four seats from the Vet. What I want to do is purchase four seats from Shea. Then we'll move the two seats on the left over to the right, and have the four Shea seats on the left. That would give us Shea seats on the first base side and Vet seats on the visitor's side of our baseball diamond patio.

metirish Feb 21 2008 07:23 AM

Very nice Metfairy, looks perfect for a barbeque.

Fman99 Feb 21 2008 08:06 AM

="themetfairy"] You can see that we have four seats from the Vet. What I want to do is purchase four seats from Shea. Then we'll move the two seats on the left over to the right, and have the four Shea seats on the left. That would give us Shea seats on the first base side and Vet seats on the visitor's side of our baseball diamond patio. Does sitting in the chairs from the Vet turn you into a raging retard, cursing your own team and anyone in your immediate viscinity? Just wondrin'

themetfairy Feb 21 2008 08:15 AM

It works out well for barbecues Irish. So far we've only had wiffle ball games on the patio. So far nobody has cursed the little kids while watching from those seats. I actually love going out there in the warm weather with a cold drink and a book - those are comfortable reading chairs.

Farmer Ted Feb 21 2008 08:33 AM

Do your neighbors think of you as douchebags for having a permanent ballpark constructed in your yard? (just kidding, Soupie) That's some nice brickwork. If you or your landscaper have the designs, I'd be intetested in seeing them.

themetfairy Feb 21 2008 11:07 AM

I don't have any of the designs, but we used [url=http://www.thegreenscene.net/]The Green Scene[/url] for this project - I think it was about four years ago. E-mail them and perhaps they'll be able to give you some guidance.

G-Fafif Feb 21 2008 11:31 AM

="themetfairy"] You can see that we have four seats from the Vet. What I want to do is purchase four seats from Shea. Then we'll move the two seats on the left over to the right, and have the four Shea seats on the left. That would give us Shea seats on the first base side and Vet seats on the visitor's side of our baseball diamond patio. Let there be no mistake: This is the greatest backyard in the northeast. And that's without the Shea seats.

metsguyinmichigan Feb 21 2008 11:48 AM

="G-Fafif"] ="themetfairy"] You can see that we have four seats from the Vet. What I want to do is purchase four seats from Shea. Then we'll move the two seats on the left over to the right, and have the four Shea seats on the left. That would give us Shea seats on the first base side and Vet seats on the visitor's side of our baseball diamond patio. Let there be no mistake: This is the greatest backyard in the northeast. And that's without the Shea seats. Greg said it before I could. This is suburban heaven! I have a seat from Cleveland Stadium and Milwaukee County Stadium, which were about $100 each. I had hoped to get a Tiger Stadium seat, but they were sold only in pairs and were crazy expensive. I'm hoping my relatives chip in together to get me a Shea seat.

AG/DC Feb 21 2008 11:52 AM

i think a bunch of baseball anarchists should just have squatted Tiger Stadium itself.

metsguyinmichigan Feb 21 2008 12:08 PM

AG/DC wrote: i think a bunch of baseball anarchists should just have squatted Tiger Stadium itself. In typical Tigers fashion, they completely screwed up the dismantling. The Brewers did a good job, making sure there was something for everybody, from the big ticket things to jars of dirt and bricks for $10 -- with the proceeds of those things going to charity. The point was that an average fan could walk away with something. Then you have the Tigers -- or the City of Detroit, I'm not sure who the guilty party was. Everything went on an auction site where even the minimum bids were out of reach. I think the least expensive things I saw were the cardboard ballot boxes for the All-Star Game, and they were $50. Then there were all kinds of fees tacked on top of whatever you bid. There were many, many things that were going without any bids at all. I can't say I was surprised, because I've never thought the Tigers treat fans especially well.

themetfairy Feb 21 2008 12:17 PM

Thanks Greg and Michigan <g> What you don't see is the sign hanging on the fence that's straightaway center field - a wiffle ball home run is 69 feet from home plate :)

seawolf17 Feb 21 2008 12:40 PM

Only 69 feet?!? I could have been Barry Bonds in that park. My right field deck fence was 88 feet away and twelve feet high. Now THAT was a target. It actually taught me to hit the ball the other way -- even though left and center field were much shorter because of the pool -- because I loved getting the ball over that fence.

holychicken Feb 21 2008 01:06 PM

G-Fafif wrote: Let there be no mistake: This is the greatest backyard in the northeast. And that's without the Shea seats. HEAR HEAR!!! Let me second that by saying "this is freakin sweet."

themetfairy Feb 21 2008 01:10 PM

Thanks HC :)

metsguyinmichigan Feb 21 2008 02:44 PM

Aside from being envious, I'm curious. Did you guys design that, or was it a kit? If you designed it, you need to make it a kit. Because it's just amazing.

themetfairy Feb 21 2008 04:41 PM

We didn't design it ourselves. It was my husband's idea, but it was the owner of The Green Scene who designed it and made it happen (including securing the supply of green bricks).

themetfairy Feb 22 2008 12:14 PM

The chairs look a little forlorn in the snow, like Charlie Brown ankle deep in snow while standing on the pitching mound -