Travel & Visitors Guide - July 14, 2009
Cementing a baseball tradition in Queens
As we rode the number 7 train east toward the "Mets-Willets Point" stop on Sunday, my son asked, "Are you sad that Shea Stadium is gone?" "Yes," I said and my son followed with the classic little kid follow-up. "Why?" "Well," I told him, "because that's where I saw all the baseball games when I was a kid like you."
Tags: Mets, Shea Stadium, Citi Field, Red

Sports - May 9, 2008
The Big Apple's basic baseball debate
Yankee Stadium (pictured) and Shea Stadium, which will be replaced glistening new facilities next season, each have rich histories and fervent fans, but our author thinks that one stands above the other.
Tags: yankee stadium, shea stadium, new york city, baseball, citi field

Sports - May 13, 2007
A win/win (or lose/lose) situation at Shea
As the new Citi Field rises slowly out beyond the left field wall, I sit in my first ballpark, watching my two teams do battle. It can either be a thoroughly frustrating affair, or one that’s really a win/win, depending on how you look at it.
Tags: Mets, Brewers, Shea, Miller Park, Queens, Flushing, Citi Field