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Those Billy Joel concerts at Shea Stadium, which is closing its ugly-ass doors after the Mets close out the 2008 season*? They will not be the final events at the cement behemoth, a fact that should cause every Mets fan out there to sigh with relief because really having a Yankee fan play the last show at Shea would just be so. utterly. wrong.
Instead, the show will take place on July 16, the night after the All-Star Game takes place at Yankee Stadium. The show will make Joel the first performer to play at both of New York City’s soon-to-be-replaced baseball stadia, and it’ll be the first in-season show at Shea since 1992, when Joel played with Eric Clapton. (How do I not remember that show taking place? Usually every Billy Joel show would be immediately followed by 1/3 of my high school wearing the concert’s commemorative shirts. And adding Clapton to the mix? It’s like the WBAB dream bill!)[Billboard]
* I am not going to jinx anything by saying exactly when the Mets will do this. But Johan Santana looked so awesome at that press conference yesterday, didn’t he??
I was kind of surprised to see Modell’s already carrying “Santana #37″ Mets T-shirts on Tuesday.
@aluberalles: you mean 57, right? otherwise there’s gonna be a big clearance sale going on soon…
@aluberalles: Quite a shame, as he’s #57.
@Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee: Urg! Why wasn’t Maura’s comment visible when I made mine?
ugh oops. yes 57.
This makes sense now that Carlos Santana is with the Mets. Filling Clapton’s cleats.
anyway, I’m a little upset at the Mets for setting the salary bar so high, since it pretty much means we can go ahead and pencil C.C. Sabathia into the NYY ‘09 rotation.
/sportstalk
@aluberalles: Wait…the Mets? Setting the salary bar high? For a pitcher? Surely you jest!
Oh, wait: [en.wikipedia.org]
Not my money so who cares right? If they somehow blew that deal they would not need a wrecking ball to tear down Shea…just a few thousand angry fans and their bare hands.
Why can’t it be Yo La Tengo or some actual Mets fans? Or is Julia Stiles the only famous Mets fan? Sigh.