Shea Quest '08: "Welcome Home Tom"

Shea Stadium Memory Countdown No. 4: April 5, 1983. Mets 2, Phillies 0





Opening Day of 1983 was the best game I almost saw.





I suppose I did get to watch part of it, the part of the field you can see from the train station that used to be just beyond rightfield.





But we could see the mound, and that's all that mattered that afternoon. I needed visual confirmation that Tom Seaver was back where belonged and the world once again was turning on its proper axis. more...