Chiller Thriller at Shea

Game 5 of the 1973 World Series takes place in the cold confines of Shea Stadium

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In the mid-1970s on WOR Channel 9 in New York, the station that aired all the Mets games, there was a Saturday morning kids show called, Chiller Thriller.

As I watched and listened to game 5 of the 1973 World Series yesterday, I kept thinking about Chiller Thriller, since the temperature at Shea Stadium was in…