We take a final look at two stadiums (one revered, one... not so much) before they slide into oblivion.


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Yankees
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Mets
Opening day
April 18, 1923  (Yankees 4, Red Sox 1)

April 17, 1964  (Pirates 4, Mets 3)
W-L THROUGH 2007
4,085-2,397 (.630)

1,811-1,680 (.519)
GREATEST PLAYERS
Babe, Lou, Joe, and Mickey

John, Paul, George, and Ringo
Best Performance by a Murderer
In 1980 Dave Winfield signs the then-biggest contract in baseball history ($23 million over 10 years), goes on to kill a sea gull with a baseball in Toronto.

In 1973 Buffalo Bill O. J. Simpson completes the NFL’s first 2,000-yard season here, goes on to kill his wife, Nicole, and her friend Ron Goldman.
BODY PARTS OF FANS BROKEN WHEN DRUNKEN FANS FELL ON TOP OF THEM LAST YEAR1 (Fan Paul Robinson had his neck snapped on July 8 after a beer-soaked bully fell on him from the upper deck.)1 (Fan Ellen Massey broke her back on April 9 when an unidentified 300-pound man landed on top of her.)
BEWARE OF FLYING OBJECTS
Roger Clemens attacks Mets catcher Mike Piazza with Piazza’s broken bat during the 2000 World Series.

On December 9, 1979, fan John Bowen is struck by a model airplane and killed.
Papal visits
3 (Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI)

1 (John Paul II)
choke for the ages
Up 3-0 in 2004 ALCS, lose four straight games to Red Sox.

2007 Mets blow seven-game division lead in last 17 games.
LAST GAME
Date unknown, but it’ll likely be an NHL game starring the Rangers.

September 28, 2008 (vs. Marlins)