Tom

What is the best subway route from mid-Manhattan to Shea Stadium to catch a Met game? Thanks!

Postal

Just like the infamous John Rocker stated, the number 7 train goes to Shea Stadium. I've always gotten on the 7 from Times Square station.

rqf

The #7 goes to Shea Stadium. The #7 runs along 42nd ST. The stops in Manhattan are Times Square (where #7 service begins), 5th Ave. and Grand CEntral.

John Rocker

Sure, take the 7 train if you want to sit next to some queer with AIDS, next to a lady on welfare with nine kids, surrounded by people who don't speak English . . .

try

On Weekends you can take a Ferry from East 34th St. at the East River. It's a real pleasure - hosted by the original Mr. Met (seriously ). A great way to enjoy a view of the city and all its wonderful sights (like Riker's Island - the largest jail in the world ... and Big Brother Island the site of the Hospital for Infectious Diseases and the former home of Typhoid Mary). A lot of fun off the beaten path - though a little pricey ($16 from the South Street Seaport - and I think from 34th St.). Have fun.

just

Why would you want to go to Shea after all? The Mets are horrible this year. No one's hitting; the fans and media seem more concerned with whether Piazza is a pitcher or a catcher off the field; and Shea Stadium is the ugliest major league park I've ever been to - and that includes the "ashtray" stadiums in Philadelphia and Cincinnati.

Jim

First off good choice going to a Met game. Lots of people in NY and around the country jumped on the Yankee bandwagon when they started winning. Mets fans never give up.
The 7 train is interesting, but the fastest and easiest way is to take the Long Island Rail Road. It takes less then 15 minutes and costs about $4.00.
The Mets will start hitting soon and make another run for it.

no chance

The only hitting the Mets will be doing are Piazza on some guy in an East Village bar and Mo Vaughn on some stripper at Scores.

Baseball fan

By the way, those New Yorkers who have jumped on the Yankee bandwagon were on the Mets bandwagon in the mid 80s through '92 or so, so it's a wash. the yankees of that era (especially early '90s were about as bad as the late 70s Mets.

Bobby Meacham / Frank Traveras -- discuss...

yankees

Root for the Mets, because all good Americans know that the "YANKEES SUCK."

Gary

Jealousy is a bitch, ain't it?

roberto

Gary: It`s not jealousy asshole. It`s contempt for Steinbrenner and what he`s done to America`s pastime. Any one with big $ can buy a winner.

KevinO

Roberto,

Isn't that what the Mets have tried to do as well - they aren't exactly "small market". What about other big spenders like the Orioles and Indians of the mid-late '90s and the Dodgers and the Red Sox? The A's and Twins have been as successful as these teams recently. Spending money doesn't guarantee a world championship. Heck, ten years ago there was debate whether baseball could survive in Seattle.