Aug. 3, 1975 — they played two baseball games at Shea Stadium, the Yankees hosting Cleveland for an old-fashioned, ...

From Joe Namath to Mark Gastineau, the greatest Jets players played here. Shea Stadium hosted three playoff games (the Jets were 1-2). They had brawls and historic moments in Shea Stadium.

Flushing Meadows Municipal Stadium, the new ballpark being built in Queens, would be named after Bill Shea, a tribute to the man who had returned NL baseball to New York after the departures of ...