Pitchers And Catchers Are In The Building

Pitchers and catchers have officially reported! This episode features:
- Audio comment from Greg in Connecticut on the Johan Santana trade.
- Pitchers and catchers report to Port. St. Lucie.
- Pitching rotation looks solid but some controversy concerning Orlando Hernandez.
- Duaner Sanchez aims to make an impact on the bullpen.
- A healthy Carlos Beltran speaks out.
- Recovering infielders Castillo, Easley and Valentin bring high hopes to camp.
- Mets ticket drawing and ticket website at www.507tixx.com.
- Billy Joel's 'last play' at Shea sells out.


Shea Concerts
I know we all love Shea primarily for Mets baseball but there have also been some great concerts over the years. I attended the Who and Police. Anyone else have some concert memories from Shea? From the Beatles to Billy here's the Wikipedia entry on all the great concerts at Shea through the years-
One of the most significant concerts in music history occurred at Shea Stadium on Sunday, August 15, 1965, when The Beatles opened their 1965 North American tour at Shea Stadium to a record audience of 55,600.[2] It was the first concert to be held at a major outdoor stadium and set records for attendance and revenue generation, demonstrating that outdoor concerts on a large scale could be successful and profitable, and led the Beatles to return again to Shea for a very successful encore in August 1966.
The first acts to play five years after the Beatles' final Shea performance were Grand Funk Railroad and support act Humble Pie.[3] The concert sold out Shea Stadium faster than the Beatles' previous shows had done. Some of the concert's performance was included on the album, Grand Funk Railroad Live: The 1971 Tour. The stadium has hosted numerous concerts since, the most recent being a three-night engagement by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band in early October 2003. Other acts that have headlined at Shea are Jethro Tull in July 1976, The Who/The Clash in October 1982, Simon and Garfunkel in August 1983, The Police/R.E.M. in August 1983, the Rolling Stones/Living Colour in October 1989 and Elton John & Eric Clapton in August 1992.
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