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??
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.
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]
Why can’t it be Yo La Tengo or some actual Mets fans? Or is Julia Stiles the only famous Mets fan? Sigh.