Mets public relations employee Matt Winick was issued this press pass during the 1969 NLCS at Shea Stadium. The series ended with good news for New York fans: the Mets won their pennant in franchise h ...

Queens experienced a boon of entertainment in 1964, with the opening of Shea Stadium and later the New York World’s Fair. The Mets commemorated both in a program for the first game at the new stadium. ...

Prior to the game against the Atlanta Braves, the first major sporting event in New York since the World Trade Center attack, the Mets hung a gigantic American flag outside Shea Stadium. The huge flag ...

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, ...

When the Mets retired Tom Seaver’s no. 41, he led the franchise in several pitching categories, including wins (198), strikeouts (2541) and ERA (2.57).

Five players wore no. 41 before Tom Seaver, but he was the final Met to do so. “The Franchise” took the field with the number from 1967 to 1977 and 1983. The Mets retired it five years later.

Mets and visiting players alike used luggage racks in the Shea Stadium clubhouses to prepare for the day’s game. Can’t you just imagine Hank Aaron unpacking his suitcase on top of it?

Fans didn’t go hungry during Mets games. Shea Stadium offered a variety of eats catering to all tastes.

All sorts of memorabilia came out of Shea Stadium’s dedication ceremony, including an ashtray designed to look like the new stadium. Smoking was commonplace at Shea right up until the final season, wh ...

As the rubble from the World Trade Center smoldered, New York City officials planned to use Shea Stadium as a medical facility for anyone rescued from Ground Zero. By the end of the day on September 1 ...