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NEW YORK - Forget the first hit, the first home run, the first run, the first pitch and all the rest of the standard new-ballpark stats. Let it be known instead that the first Met to fall off the pitcher’s mound in their new ballpark was Mike Pelfrey.
Mets fans are getting a vintage New York City subway car for their last nostalgic ride to the final regular season home game at Shea Stadium.
Billy Joel bade a stirring farewell to Shea Stadium on Friday during an electrifying, sold-out final show at the same ballpark where the Beatles famously ushered in a new era in rock 'n' roll four decades ago.
Puffing on his usual post-game cigar, Braves manager Bobby Cox flashed a startled look when asked what he thought of Shea Stadium's total ban on smoking. "You mean the new one?" he asked, referring to Citi Field, where the New York Mets will begin playing in 2009.
Man says gummy snack came with toothHow much is a stray tooth worth? Somewhere between $35 and $35,000. Or so hopes Shea Harris of Raleigh, who discovered what looks like a human tooth embedded in the dinosaur-shaped gummy fruit snack he was eating. The tooth was not his own.
Russia and China veto U.N. Zimbabwe sanctionsBy Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and China vetoed on Friday a Western-backed U.N. Security Council resolution to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe for holding a violent presidential poll that was boycotted by the opposition...
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