This day in Shea history: How the Yankees blew up the Mets' house
On June 10, 1975, almost exactly 10 years before the Talking Heads released the song, "Burning Down the House," Shea Stadiium was looking like a war zone before the opening pitch of the Yankees' game against the California Angels.
Yankees? Good question. Check out the accompanying picture.
Playing home games in Queens for the second straight season during the Yankee Stadium renovation, the Yanks presented a 21-gun salute in honor of Army Day.
The cannons were filled with blanks, but the blast was so powerful that part of the outfield wall wall was toppled, some windows broke and another section caught fire.
Shea was filled with smoke and the game was delayed. But they did eventually get the game under way and the Yankees won, 6-4, scoring four times in the second inning on pretty much nothing. Full details of the game here, courtesy of retrosheet.com.
In a totally unrelated story. Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey are still married.
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I looked again. Ryan struck out 5 and walked 7.
I was at an Astros game years ago when Ryan set some kind of career walk milestone.
Given Bobby Murcer's horrid luck trying to hit homers at Shea, perhaps he was firing the cannon. Maybe he also hoped to wing Gabe Paul.
... and yes, I know Murcer was traded at the end of the 74 season. I saw him at a Giants/Mets doubleheader in '75. He managed to get hurt.