But Gooden knew his starts carried extra weight. In front of sold-out crowds at Shea Stadium or road venues, he recognized — heck, embraced even — that fans bought tickets to see him.

The veteran infielder was in attendance at Shea Stadium on July 14, 2007, when the Mets honored Ralph Kiner, though his friends wouldn’t believe him when he told them that was his cousin.

Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds slides head first as he races the ball to third base at Shea Stadium in New Yorkon Aug. 13, 1976. New York Mets third baseman Roy Staiger awaits the throw.

But he recalled attending one Mets game growing up. It just happened to be July 14, 2007, when the Mets honored Kiner at Shea Stadium. Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa (7 ...

They're so close that, in 2003, they played the first game of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium and the second at Shea Stadium. But there's more than geography here. The two clubs have battled for ...

against the Jets 59 yards for a touchdown that helped break a 7-7 first-quarter tie and opened the floodgates for the Dolphins en route to an eventual 45-28 win at Shea Stadium. For his career ...

The rhyme, which roughly fits the tune of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, was published in a program by Cincinnati Reds’ PR director Hank Zureick in a program for a meeting of veteran baseball ...

FILE – Cincinnati Reds’ Pete Rose of the follows through after a long fly-out to the outfield during the first inning of a baseball game agains the New York Mets at New York’s Shea Stadium ...

He was watching on a 12” black and white TV in his college dorm when Rose and Bud Harrelson scuffled at second base in Shea Stadium because Rose’s slide was thought to be too aggressive by ...

He hosted a popular postgame show called “Kiner’s Korner,” and Kiner-Falefa was 12 when he attended Ralph Kiner night at Shea Stadium on a 2007 trip to New York. Two years later the Mets moved into ...

He hosted a popular postgame show called “Kiner's Korner,” and Kiner-Falefa was 12 when he attended Ralph Kiner night at Shea Stadium on a 2007 trip to New York. Two years later the Mets moved ...