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Mets–Willets Point (formerly Shea Stadium) is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City. Prior to 2021, the station was normally open only during New York Mets home games, the U.S. Open tennis tournament, major events, and emergencies.
William A. Shea Municipal Stadium (/ ʃ eɪ / SHAY), typically shortened to Shea Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City. [7] Opened in 1964, it was home to the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1964 to 2008 , as well as the New York Jets of the American Football League ...
The 1964 New York Mets season was the third regular season for the Mets. They went 53–109 and finished tenth in the National League, 40 games behind the World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. They were managed by Casey Stengel. They played home games at Shea Stadium, which opened on April 17 of that year. This was Stengel's final full ...
Shea Stadium prior to a game in September 1969. The Mets had never finished higher than ninth place in a ten-team league in their first seven seasons. As an expansion team , they went 40–120 in 1962, the most losses by an MLB team in one season in the 20th century, and the 1962 Mets' .250 winning percentage was higher than only the .248 ...
April 3, 2004: Kenny Kelly was released by the New York Mets. [2]April 7, 2004: Ricky Bottalico was released by the New York Mets. [4]April 16, 2004: Ricky Bottalico was signed as a free agent with the New York Mets.
Stray cats have run amok in Willets Point for nearly 100 years and even carved out shelter in Shea Stadium when it was erected in 1964 — with one famously scampering across the Cubs dugout ...
The 1973 New York Mets season was the 12th regular season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Manager Yogi Berra led the team to a National League East title with an 82–79 record and the National League pennant , though they were defeated by the Oakland Athletics in the World Series .
— The Mets' final roster decisions are just over the horizon for the front office, with a little more than a week until Opening Day at Citi Field. The biggest competitions on the Mets' roster ...