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We take a final look at two stadiums (one revered, one... not so much) before they slide into oblivion.
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Yankees | 
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 YEAR | 1 (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) |
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Ron Artest? Michael Vick? Meh. They've got nothing on baseball's lowliest cretins.
 5. Pete Rose
An obvious choice, owing to his years of swearing he didn't gamble on baseball… then admitting his misdeeds... then capitalizing on the controversy by selling a book and signing "I'm sorry I bet on baseball" tchotchkes. He drew a 30-day suspension for shoving an ump, spent five months in the pen for tax evasion, ignored his son for years, you name it. No, Rose didn't deserve to be portrayed by Tom Sizemore in the ESPN biopic about his troubles—that's a fate nobody deserves—but in retrospect, only the "hustler" part of his Charlie Hustle persona was truly didactic. On the plus side, he cut a mean Aqua Velva promo.
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