Jets revisit Shea

Jets Night at Shea, which was rained out last month, has been re-scheduled. Here's the press release:

The New York Mets and New York Jets today announced the rescheduling of Jets Night at Shea to Tuesday, July 8 before the Mets host the San Francisco Giants.   Jets Night at Shea – originally scheduled for Monday, April 28 – was postponed due to inclement weather.  Fans holding tickets from the April 28 game wishing to attend the July 8 Jets Night at Shea should follow standard rain-check ticket exchange policy on Mets.com.  Tickets for the April 28 game will not be valid for the July 8 game. 

Former Jets Pro Bowlers Joe Klecko, Wesley Walker, Jets linebacker legend Greg Buttle, and Super Bowl III champions Emerson Boozer, Randy Beverly, and John Schmitt will return to Shea Stadium.  These players and others will appear at a 5:30 p.m. pre-game fundraiser in Shea’s Picnic Area to benefit area charities through the Mets Foundation and New York Jets Foundation.  A limited number of tickets to the Picnic Area Meet and Greet are $20 and are on sale now at Mets.com

The Mets will salute their former Shea housemates – both teams won world championships in 1969 –during an on-field, pre-game ceremony including the first pitch and the Shea Countdown of games to be played at Shea in its final season; in-game video programming; and the opportunity for fans to have their photos taken with both the Mets’ and Jets’ 1969 world championship trophies.  The New York Jets Flight Crew will be on hand with the Jets’ traveling, interactive Generation JetsFest adjacent to Shea and join Mr. Met and the Pepsi Party Patrol for various promotions and giveaways throughout the game.

The Jets, then the New York Titans, and Mets played at the Polo Grounds – the former home of the New York Giants baseball team before they left for San Francisco – for their first two seasons before moving into Shea Stadium in 1964.  The Jets last played at Shea in 1983 before moving to the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, N.J.  Both the Mets and Jets are constructing new facilities.  Citi Field, the new Mets home, will open in 2009; the New Meadowlands Stadium is scheduled to open in 2010.

In other Jets' news, they signed free agent kicker Mark Myers, who was a tryout at the recent mini-camp. Myers played for Hamilton in the CFL in 2006 and played his collegiate ball at Florida Atlantic.