To celebrate their final season at Shea Stadium in 2008, the Mets wore commemorative jersey patches dedicated to the venue. David Wright hit 70 home runs at Shea Stadium, including 21 during that clos ...

More than 56,000 fans filled Shea Stadium for the final game at the venue, in which this ball was used. The game was mostly a tie, until the Florida Marlins pulled away in the 8th inning and defeated ...

Since 1989, Gary Cohen has brought Mets fans all the action from Flushing Meadows and on the road. Cohen started in the radio booth with Hall of Fame announcer Bob Murphy, who was one of Cohen’s boyho ...

Southpaw Johan Santana brought powerhouse pitching to the Mets when he signed on for the 2008 season, the same year this bobblehead debuted. He established dominance on Opening Day with a win against ...

Mets Magazine put out a collector’s special edition for the team’s final slate of games at Shea Stadium. Nearly 368,000 fans attended the six remaining outings at the stadium. The Mets went 3-3 in two ...

After his baseball career, Tom Seaver transferred his brilliance and dominance from the mound to the vineyard slopes of Napa Valley. The Seaver Vineyards 2008 GTS (George Thomas Seaver) Cabernet Sauvi ...

Shea Stadium was home to incredible history and remarkable players over 45 seasons. Many of the Mets World Series heroes signed a poster for the stadium’s sendoff, including Cleon Jones, Jerry Grote, ...

The Mets played their final season at Shea Stadium in 2008, their longstanding home for over four decades. More than 4 million fans came out during the season to cheer on the Mets and pay respects to ...

Team captain David Wright wrote “Shea Goodbye” on a base used in the first 3 innings of a game in the stadium’s final season. He notched 2 hits, but the Mets fell to the Florida Marlins, 7-3.