WE SURE HOPE THIS WON’T INSPIRE PHOENIX COYOTES FANS: Chris Yandek of TheSportsInterview.com has an interview with Kevin James, who reveals he named his newborn daughter “Shea” after our favorite dilapidated MLB ballpark in Queens.
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Yandek: “Did you really name your second daughter Shea after Shea Stadium, and if so, I think all male diehard sports fans want to know how they can convince their wife to name their next kid after something sports related?”
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James: “I honestly…honestly did. I have been a Mets fan my whole life and such good memories going to Shea Stadium. I can’t believe this got by my wife (Steffiana). She ended up liking the name just for the name itself. I am excited and a little upset I am going to have to change it to City Park, her name, when they change the stadium over.”
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The stadium was named after William A. Shea, a lawyer back in the ’60s who is given credit for getting MLB to expand into Long Island.
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More notably, the ballpark was also the site of hapless Jets QB Richard Todd stuffing NEW YORK POST reporter Steve Serby into a locker in 1981









