Queens

GAME 6

Shea Stadium, 2006

Date: Thursday, July 6, 2006, 7:10 PM
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Metropolitans
Shea Stadium
Queens, NY
Major League Baseball, National League
Promotion: Steiner Amazing Moment Print of Mookie Wilson from 1986 World Series


The Stadium & Fans:
People hate on Shea all the time, but f*ck them. Maybe it's just my history with the place, but I don't see what's so awful about it. Sure the new park will be nicer, but there's nothing wrong with what they have now. And as long as Tropicana Field and RFK exist as MLB stadiums, there's no way you can even think that Shea is among the worst in the majors.

The crowd was good for a mid-week game. There were a minimum of the new bandwagoners and tourists going to see a game as "something to do."


Scorecard:

Pirates vs. Metropolitans, 07/06/06. Metropolitans win, 7-5.

The $4.00 Shea program is one of my favorite scorecards, beyond the obvious reasons. Full-page with big boxes and printed on heavy-weight paper, it makes keeping score much easier.

Miscellanea:
Right before the start of the game, as the cooling night breeze started to blow across the field, I felt happy for the first time in years.


Travel & Other Non-Game Activities:
I managed to catch and express 7 out to the game, so that was nice, and on the way back, there wasn't a Scrum of Death trying to get back onto the 7 as is often the case, so easy going both ways.


The Game:
Traschel still took ten minutes between each pitch, but the Mets manage to knock off the Pirates, 7-5. The game wasn't even as close as the score would suggest. Reyes was running around the bases like a kid in the playground after eating a Pixie Stix, and David Wright took the team on his back again and went 2-4 with a homer and two RBIs.

Click here to see all the pictures from this trip.

2006 The East