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Description of  When Shea Was Home: The Story of the 1975 Mets, Yankees, Giants, and Jets

Four teams, 175 games, 3,738,546 fansone stadium. If 1975 wasnt the most successful year in New York sportsand it wasntthen it was certainly one of the oddest. For that one crazy season, all four New York teamsthe Mets, Jets, Yankees, and Giantscalled Shea Stadium home. When Shea was Home includes interviews with the stadiums former head groundskeeper, the legendary Pete Flynn, as well as Jerry Koosman, Bud Harrelson and Ed Kranepool of the Mets, Giants owner John Mara, Rich Caster of the Jets, former Super Bowl MVP quarterback Doug Williams, who played that year at Shea for Grambling, and many more! This well-written narrative includes information about the stadium, the teams, the players, how the teams coexisted, and how they didn't. Read more