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Shea Stadium seats selling like hotcakes

Like Jose Reyes trying to steal second, Mets fans looking to score their own Shea Stadium seats better get an early jump.

That's because more than 6,000 seats from the closing stadium were snatched up in the first two hours they went on sale Monday on the team's Web site, according to Mets officials.

"We expect to sell out in short order," said David Newman, the Mets' senior vice-president...

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