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Mets To Sell Shea Stadium Foul Poles Along With $869 Seats
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This May Piss Off The Neighbors A Bit
9/12/08
As you probably well know, Shea Stadium is getting the axe at the end of this season. But before that happens, the Mets would like to be sure that they squeeze every dollar they possibly can out of that God-forsaken hellhole. Earlier, the Mets decided they'd sell Shea stadium seats at the end of the season for the ridiculous price of $869 per. Because we all know there's nothing better than paying nearly a grand for a seat that Vinny from Queens occupied for years on end.
Well, now they're upping the ante in absurdity even further.
You will in fact be able to buy the Shea Stadium foul poles. Seriously.
“If somebody has a big enough backyard and wants a foul pole, we will be able to deliver it,” said Barry Meisel, the chief operating officer of MeiGray (which is handling the selling of the stadium's "artifacts"). “And if you buy one foul pole, you might just want two.”
Just to let you know, the foul poles are 100-feet high, which may not go over well with your neighbors, or anyone who lives within 10 miles of your house.
That said though, you could create one pretty awesome baseball diamond in your backyard.
Where foul poles rank in terms of bizarre stadium souveneirs has to be up there. But I'm not quite sure it's the weirdest thing I've ever seen auctioned off.
The Orange Bowl, home of the Miami Hurricanes, actually auctioned off their scoreboard last year when the stadium was decommissioned.
And the Colts may have done the weirdest thing ever, by actually auctioning off urinals from the Colts' locker room. Now you can piss where Peyton Manning once did!
Either way, I wish the future owners of the Shea Stadium foul poles the best, and hope the poles don't wind up taking out too many low flying news helicopters.
Is a foul pole fair to neighbors? [New York Times]
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