Back in June I wrote about my intention to run the Chicago Marathon and raise money for the David Wright Foundation.  After months and months of training and spreading the word about the David Wright Foundation I am now only three days away.  This Sunday I will be hitting the streets of Chicago to run 26.2 miles with 30,000 other nutters.  I must be crazy to be doing this again, but I am also very excited and proud. 

As for the David Wright Foundation and money, I ended up hitting my goal and raised over $2,000 (you can still donate if you want).  I did second guess my decision to run for a "Mets" related charity around August, I thought that I may have jinxed myself with the injury bug.  But, alas, I was fine and continued to train and promote to everyone David Wright's fantastic charity.  Here is the article that was written about me and the foundation.

This is my second Marathon in as many years, and I am so proud to have picked the David Wright Foundation as my charity to run for.  Now all I have to do is run for over 3 hours straight without getting infected with the "Mets" injury bug before I cross the finish line.  Wish me luck!

Unreal, for the past two years the Mets have been man-handled the last game of the season.  All they had to do is win the last series or win the last game of the year.  Figures that the 2009 Mets would go out and sweep the Astros this year in dominating fashion.  Unreal!  I much rather they got swept, it would be much more consistent with how the last few years have gone.

No more disgrutled fan here.  I will be positive this off-season.  I will try to at least.  I have been known to be somewhat "militant" as proved with my rants about the obstructed views at CitiField and petition I posted before the season started.  Well, it must have worked to some degree because I was surprised yesterday to find that that LED board had been lowered a good 20 to 24 inches.  I have to be honest, it had been since July that I visited CitiField (I boycotted the Mets and refused to give Wilpons any more money), so it came as a shock when I noticed that this change had been made.  This season ticket holder was impressed, but only for about 10 seconds. 

I will take the LED as my one positive victory from the 2009 season.  I only hope that the Mets tend to the other issues that plague this uninspiring and unhealthy organization. 

Happy Off-season.

A few years ago I was at a client's art auction and one of the lots they were selling was a Lee Friedlander photograph titled "My Entire Team Sucks".  I thought about buying it but later thought it was a bit silly for the time as the Mets were in the middle of their 2006 dominance. 

Now that I look back I wish that I did purchase it because the M.E.T.S acronym is very appropriate and it might have turned out to be a better investment than putting my money into buying Citi stock. 

I love the description of this photograph, and I quote:

Printed early 1990s. Lee Friedlander presents an oblique often refracted vision of the social landscape in America. Here he fixes on the rude and rueful lament of a New York Mets fan etched into a soaped shop window. The bleary upper levels of the tripartite composition reflect three rows of windows in a tenement façade opposite. The work is a wry tribute to the perennial disappointment of the sports fan.

Haha, that is fantastic!  Oh well, *sigh* at least I accept that my entire team sucks. 

You can see the similarities between the personal drama of Lenny Dykstra and the New York Mets organization.  Both have fallen from the ugly try, hard and fast and have hit every branch on the way down.  Now Nails is selling some of his personal Mets memorabilia to the highest bidder at an upcoming auction, from this fans perspective I hope the Mets continue to follow the Lenny Dykstra lead and sell off many of the parts who play/work/own this Organization.  Actually, the Mets shouldn't be called a Baseball Organization, they should be called a Baseball Chaos. 

That's about all the energy I want to spend writing and talking about the Mutts. 

It is official, Mets season is over.  I have, and will continue, to wait to write my overall feelings about the 2009 New York Mets.  As for now I am not going to give any more of my hard earned money to the Wilpons and will not be going to anymore baseball games.  I actually read something funny recently, a reader of another blog has been calling the Wilpons the "Coupons".  Hahaha, that is great. 

Anyway, the DL is the black hole for this Mets team.  How this organization recovers from the injury "plague" and what they do to address the major issues in their line up will be very interesting.  I have said before, the Mets are a Mickey Mouse organization and this year has been the ultimate Disney disaster.  I fear that the Wilpons will not do enough to address front office and other organizational issues.  I fear that the Mets are heading towards another 5 years of mediocre baseball.  I fear that the Wilpons will raise season ticket prices again. 

The Wilpons need to make one of two decisions:

1) Sell the team to an owner or group of investors that is committed to providing a quality product that makes smart baseball and business decisions all while having an organization mission to not make fools of themselves.  From font office to the 40th man.
or
2) Admit that they are finanically strapped, make some swift and quick decisions about front office staff, coaching and lay out a conicise plan that will help put this team back together. 

Get your shit together, Wilpons. 

Nice little hot streak, playoffs?  Hmmm, interesting thought.  I wonder how it will all play out with the deadline, wild card and winning streak.

Tonight's game was a special one, not because of the 4-0 victory, or the 6 1/3 innings of dominant pitching by Mike Pelfrey, or David Wright's hot hitting, but because I had my entire family at the game.  Not just my Dad and brothers, but my Mom, my sister from Florida, my brothers wives as well as all of my awesome nieces and nephews.  Molly, Abigail, Max, Hanna, Elizabet, Riley were all at the game tonight.  Catherine was even a trooper and made it to the game. It was a great evening of Mets baseball and the Miles family. 

I had the honor of sitting with the birthday girl, Molly, and we had an awesome time.  We talked baseball the entire game and over served ourselves with ice cream, pizza, soda and anything else we could pack away in a 9 inning game.  She is an amazing girl and I was very impressed with her knowledge of baseball .  She is a huge David Wright fan, surprise surprise, and she got so excited every time he came to bat or made a play in the field. 

This picture of our family is awesome! 

A friend sent me this picture, and I think it is just so funny.  Does He really love the Mets?  He certainly does not love Mets fans.

Well, it was nice to see Manny in town.  I wonder how different this season would have been if the Mets had signed Manny.  I think it would have been a much different season.  Anyway, no use it playing that game.  Turns out the Mets throw out a pathetic line-up, they keep slipping from contention and the fans are started to care less and less.

Tonight I went to the game with my buddy Brian.  His parents were are the game and had scored some pretty money seats, so we ended up watching the game with them.  I would have to say that this was one of the most uninspired played game by the Mets I have ever seen.  I left the game early, wasn't even worth hanging out at the stadium.  I kinda refuse to give this organization any more money.

Oh well, got to see Manny and a Mets 11-2 loss. 

Woo-Hoo!

Well, another subway series, but this time around in my eyes it lacked any emotion.  The Mets are terrible.  I mean, this team is just terrible to watch.  My brother Dave and I went to the game and we had a good time.  There was some rather large guy that was sitting in the seat next to us.  I think the stadium should allow the same rules as airplanes.  If you can't fit in your seat, you need to buy 2 seats.  Security wouldn't move him as there was no open seats, so they say.  Anyway, it didn't really matter,  the Mets loss again, 9-1 and this season continues to spiral out of control.

We had some great hecklers in the row behind us.  Some classic, classic stuff coming out of their mouth.  I swear, if Johnny Damon could hear us, he may have hid his head in shame. 

By the way, CC is just nasty. 

I just had my birthday and went to this game with my father, it was a celebration between Fathers day and my birthday.  Well, terrible game, only good thing was being there with my dad.  It brought back great memories of being a kid and being surprised with Mets tickets for my birthday.  Mets loss 3-1.

I don't know if I should be mad at my dad for raising me a Mets fan.  What do you think?  Certainly seems like a cruel thing to do. 

Happy Father's day.

GET. ADAM. DUNN. 

Omar should have signed this guy in the off-season.  I will never know why he didn't.  Parnell and one of our prospects, get it done Omar!  He would be a great fit in CitiField's massive gaps.  He was the solution this off-season and he is still the solution now. 

Yes, I know I am crazy but I have decided to run another Marathon, this year with a little more of a Mets twist.  I've chosen to run the Chicago Marathon which will be on October 11, 2009.  Even though I have an automatic bid, I've decided to run for a charity and have chosen the David Wright Foundation to help raise money for their programs for children in need.

I have pledged to raise at least $3,000 for the David Wright Foundation.  The funds raised will provide aid and assistance toward the health, emotional development, and education for children in need. Through programs and annual events, the David Wright Foundation strives to enhance the quality of life for children of the New York, Tri-State, and Norfolk, VA metro areas.

Some levels of giving which may be of interst to you include:

$26.20 - One dollar for every mile on October 11th.

$77.50 - .00001% of David Wright's 2009 salary.

$345 - The time in hours/minutes I hope to finish the Marathon in.

$101 - The number of years since the Chicago Cubs won a World Series

$5 - David Wright's number

If you would make a donation to the David Wright Foundation on my behalf, go HERE.

To read about the David Wright Foundation, go HERE.

Last year I ran the New York City Marathon and raised money for the Team For Kids.  It was a challenging and rewarding experience and one that I forward to again. 
 

DC is an awesome city, but DC is also hot as balls.  After a night out of drinking we turned it around quickly for a day Mets game.  Here is something that is very sweet at Nationals Park.....we had to catch a flight home and needed to check out of our hotel, so our bags needed to come with us.  We called the stadium before we left and we were told that they had a bag drop.  I instantly called bullshit on this, there was no way that a stadium had a controlled bag drop location. 

We made it out to the stadium easily again with mass transportation.  The subway system in DC is so clean, imagine standing on a platform in NYC waiting for a train in a clean and air conditioned setting.  True bliss.  Once out at the stadium we went to find our other friend who had the tickets, sweet season tickets about 10 rows off the field.  We asked around for the "bag drop" and after going through the gate we were directed to guest services.  We walked in to this office and had the nicest lady tell us that there was no problem at all, we could leave our bags in this clean, climate controlled room at no cost.  Wow, nice. 

The start time was 1:35 and I had not eaten anything since the night before when I chugged a Gatorade and stuffed my face with a box of Entamens cookies.  I was about to put on a an eating fest.  Sausages, ice slush, hot dogs, chicken fingers and nahos....dominated it. 

Our seats were fantastic, right behind the Nats dugout, but directly in the sun.  I spend $4 a pop for water, unreal, let me say that again $4 for a water!  Prices at Nationals Park were definitely more expensive than CitiField, another reason to love the Mets new home.

If I asked if a 5-1 record with a 3.88 ERA was All Star worthy, what would you say?  If I also told you that this record belonged to a 5th starter named Livan Hernandez, would you believe me?  Livan has been spectacular so far this year, even though a bulk of his starts have been against the Nationals, Pirates, Marlins and other sub .500 teams.  He has been a pleasant surprise.  The Mets offense got off to a hot, hot start, scoring 5 runs in the top of the first.  A much, much better line-up was put out on the field today, including the return of Ryan Church.  In my opinion something still seems off about him, but I guess only time will tell if he is fully back to strength, and I am talking about all the way back from pre-concussion. 

Other things of interest:
- Adam Dunn is huge.  I mean, he is like Sasquatch huge.  I was in such favor of the Mets signing him this off season, all he does is consistently put up 30 HR and 100 RBI.  I know hindsight is 20/20, but signing him would have solved our gap at 1B. 
- D Wright looked dialied in this series, he went 2/3 in this game with 2 walks. 
- At CitiField they have the t-shirt launch, well the same thing happens at Nationals Park, however, later in the game they stuff the t-shirt cannon with sausages and fire them into the upper tank.  I love it, CitiField Pepsi Patrol, get on that!
- James caught a t-shirt, of course it was a triple XL.
- Did I say it was hot, and did I say I was hung over?
- After the first inning the game went pretty silent for the rest of the game.  Livan and the Mets staff shut down the triple A Nationals and the Mets bats went quiet. 

After an awesome Saturday day and night we saw a great Mets win, 7-0, taking 2 of 3 from the Nationals.  It was a great weekend and as I have said in the past I love DC, it is my second city.  It was good to be back.  Road trips are always a blast and this one was no different.  Lots of laughs, drinking, memories. I highly suggest that you look at the Mets upcoming scheudle and plan a road trip, it awesome seeing a new city and the Mets play in their road uniforms.  The five of us had a sick time, can't wait to do it again.

Emil Brown!  What the F!  You are telling me that you would rather have EMIL BROWN hitting second and playing RF rather than give at bats to F-Mart.  Manuel is really not going to start F-Mart because there is a lefty pitching?  Are you kidding me?  Also, Murphy isn't playing first base?  All because a lefty is on the mound?  Both of these kids are the future of the ball club and are up here to get at bats and battle.  Manuel is babying these guys way too much. Emil Brown!  One more time, Emil Brown is your starting RF on this night and is hitting second, protecting Carlos Beltran.  Why not Jeremy Reed?  I would much rather battle the Nationals lefty Lannan with people not named Emil Brown.  Well, as it turns out the Mets paltry line-up made Lannan look like friggin' Cy Young as he tossed a complete game, 1 run, 4 hit ballgame.  He had the Mets off all night long.  On the flip side, John Maine looked off and as we would later find out he was battling after being sick last week.  He didn't pitch all that bad after the first inning.  He lacked zip on his fastball and couldn't command his off speed stuff. 

Here are some notes from Saturday:
- Our flight on Friday night was delayed from 8:00 to 11:00, so James and I decied to take the train, we ended up getting to DC around 10:00 and we would later find out that the flight didn't get in until 1:05 am.
- I ran the Komen Global Race for a Cure on Saturday, way, way too early in the morning.  I did well finishing 114th overall. 
- We rented bikes and rode the entire city, must have covered 12 miles from the National Mall, to Georgetown, to Arlington Cemetary.  All along the way we saw hundreds of people decked out in Mets gear. Hats, t shirts, jerseys, you name it, all over DC.  I find it very strange that in 2008 the Mets didn't have a weekend series in DC. It is such an easy and enjoyable trip and it looks like many Mets fans made the haul.
- The stadium was packed with about 75% Mets fans, it should have been a home game from them.
- We paid $60 a ticket for 25 rows off the field, lower section.  Great bang for the buck. 
- Beautiful stadium, not as nice as CitiField, but way nicer than Yankee Stadium.  Sightlines, vending options, fan friendly. 
- Fastest game I have ever been to, 2 hours!  Let me say that again, 2 hours!  We were at the Bullpen bar just outside the stadium at 9:05.  All games should be played this quickly.
- The area around Nationals Park reminds me of CitiField and the chop shops.  This was once an area of DC that had nothing.  They are building it up with condos, restaurants and bars.  It was a small look into the future of what CitiField and its surrouding are would be like and I must say I like it. 

Bad, bad Mets loss, 7-1, however it was great being back in DC and the five of us had a hell of a time on Saturday night. 

Hi everyone.  I just posted to eBay an auction for a Four Game Pack which Includes the Yankees, Rockies, Cardinals and Marlins at CitiField.  If you follow my blog you know that I have 2 great seats that are unobstructed, Row 1 Promenade 427. 

Click HERE to bid on the no reserve auction which stats at $5.00.

Two years ago the Mets played a weekend series in DC.  A few guy friends took a drive down and spent the weekend partying and watching the series.  It was the beginning of a tradition of road trips for us.  Unfortunately last year the Mets didn't play in DC and with all of our schedules we decided to hit up Iceland instead. 

Well, this year, this weekend the Mets will again be in DC for a weekend series.  We will be fying this year, as we learned from two years ago driving four hours on Sunday was an absolute disaster after a weekend of drinking.  The flight was cheap, $108, and it is quick, 30 minutes in the air.  I am excited to get back to my second city, and watch the depleted, triple A Mets play.  Seriously, can this team get healthy.....swine flu Carlos? 

It will be a homecoming of sorts as I have friends that still live in the area who are season ticket holders with the Nats and huge Mets fans.  It should be a great weekend of beers, baseball and "insert anything else that begins with a B".

OMIR SANTOS!  Unbelievable.  A little man love? I had read earlier in the day that the Mets were looking to trade Castro since they would soon be carrying three catchers, what a way to cement the idea.....in a 2-1 victory in the bottom of the 11th, Santos was responsible for the first run with a towering home run and the game winning run with a line drive base hit.  I like this kid, he has fire.  He fist pumps after a win behind the dish, he fist pumps and yells when he has a big home run (see Papelbon) and fist pumps and yells when he has a game winning hit.  I'd like to see this kid have the starting spot.

James and I went to the game and we sat in our seats the entire game, no roaming around the stadium.  Each game I go to I am more and more happy with CitiField, it is just a matter of time to feel like it is "our" home. 

I have to say I was a bit confused with Manuel's handling of the bullpen tonight.  He brought pitchers in when they would have to be pinch hit for and with a thin bench he almost painted himself into a corner with lack of available players.  Speaking of lack of players, it is strange to go to a game and not see Jose playing SS, he can't come back fast enought, however, I am a big fan of Pagan and have enjoyed seeing him back in the line up.

Great atmosphere at Citi tonight, great win.  This ballclub, depite all the injuries, are finding ways to win. Their starting pitching has picked up the slack and their role players have come through in the clutch.  Let's keep it going!

"Going to the new Yankee Stadium is like having a catch with your step-dad next to your real dad's grave" - Artie Lange

Last week I had one of my Yankee friends come to CitiField with me and he provided a review of the stadium from a Yankee fans point of view.  Well, yesterday I had the opportunity to go to Yankee Stadium with some friends who were all fans of the team.  I now give you my review of the new Yankee Stadium.

First let me start out by saying that I have been very harsh on CitiField, pointing out some of the obstructions and even writing a petition.  After my afternoon at NYS I must be honest and say the Mets have the superior ballpark and I am even more in love with CitiField and the Mets now.  There is not even a contest, with all of the issues at CitiField aside, the Mets have given their fans one of the best stadiums in baseball, and I am more proud now to be a fan of the Mets.  I can not even put it into words.....well done Mets!

Ok, let's move on from that love fest......I had been to the old Yankee Stadium a total of 4 times in my life, the last being the Home Run Derby last year.  I had always been a fan of the history of the old stadium and I appreciated what the stadium meant to baseball.  It wasn't just holly ground for Yankee fans but it was also for baseball fans.  When I got off the subway and had a view of the old stadium I felt a bit sad to see this once great cathedral standing there empty and falling apart.  Mets fans were lucky, they did not have to go to a brand spanking new stadium and be reminded of the past with the old Shea still standing there.  Yankee fans need to see the dismantling of their once larger than life stadium, brick by brick and beam by beam.  It was a bit sad to see the old stadium standing there empty and dying.


Walking past the old stadium to NYS I was first taken by how big it feels.  I am amazed that they fit this into a city block and think they did a fantastic job, its curb appeal is amazing and it gave off a sense of power and monumentality.  We met our friends over by the Hard Rock and made our way over to Gate 6.  Both NYS and Citi have these rediculous self scanning barcodes which takes people way too long.  I get it, but it doesn't exactly help with the long lines. 



I have heard people say that they felt NYS was like a shopping mall, well, I felt that was a bit harsh, it was actually more like an airport terminal.  This was not only felt by me, but also by the Yankee fans I was with.  As you walk up the flight of stairs at the opposite end of the HD screen, there is a bar on your left.  Apparently it is the only bar (aside from the legend seats) that serves hard alcohol.  To get to this bar you have to wind through a cooridor that can only be explained as "prison like".  How people find this winding cooridor is beyond me, I only did because my friend had been there before.  Maybe if you ask the people holding signs saying "ask me, I'm here to help", which I thought was a fantastic idea, Citi should have this as well.

Our seats were in section 231, we made our way up to our level and walked behind home plate and got the "airport terminal" feeling again.  You could hardly tell you were at a ball game, there were only empty tables/chairs, no TV's and no sound, nothing.  It was a very strange area of the stadium, if there was a speed walkway like those found in airport terminals I would have thought it was JFK airport.  As you wind around you are then presented with the open view to the field.  The concessions are possitioned in the middle of the walkways significantly cutting down the open feeling.  The lines bleed into the walkway and as they grew it becomes a bit difficult to walk through.  I am not sure why at this level they were not designed at the back of the walkway. 

Once at the seats you have this impressive feeling of the stadium all around you.  We had awesome sightlines to the game and I felt that you have this comfortable feeling with the fans and stadium falling all around you.  They have done a great job making the stadium big and comforting and intimidating all at the same time.  The centerfield HD screen is massive and amazing.  The Yankee roll call by the bleacher section is one of the coolest things in baseball, I am kinda jealous that the Mets do not have some sort of tradition like this. 


We spend a few innings in our seats watching a fantastic pitching duel.  Mid way through we got up to walk around to CF to check out the concessions and grab some food.  Walking around and back was easy enough, until you actually try to get into the CF section where the walkway narrows to fit one person as you try to sneak past a line for concessions.  I think the CF section was one of the most dissappointing sections, and maybe it is because Citi is so well designed.  As a fan it is almost impossible to watch the game and eat from out there.  Not only do you have retarded obstructions from the CF restaurant where you lose the the entire LF or RF, but the space is so small that it makes it difficult to buy food, eat and drink and enjoy the game.  There was again the same concrete closed off feeling and it wasn't fun being out there trying to watch the game.  Also, what is the deal with not being able to get tops for your Pepsi or other drink?  I bought a milk shake and asked for a top, the lady looked at me like I had four heads saying, "we don't have tops for drinks".  But hey, they will give you your screw top for your beer, unlike at Citi.  

As we made our way back to our seats I was again not very impressed with the concessions offered and the concrete, maybe as a Mets fan I am now spoiled by the superior food options.  Also walking back, we made our way down to field level and it was quite bizzare to see 3/4 of the legend seats empty.  I mean, unreal!  If I was a Yankee fan I would be frustrated not only by the exclusivity that is constant in this stadium, but also with the fact that these high priced seats were never intended for Yankee fans, but for the corporate world.  I know Citi has similar issues, but NYS seemed to have a completely different corporate vibe.  For example, please tell me what a Peter Max gallery with $60,000 pieces of art is doing at a ballpark.  I asked the lady if they had sold anything, her response "we seem to do well when the weather is poor or the game is in the later innings".  I guess after you spend $1250 on tickets you might want to get absolutely robbed on a Peter Max print for $4000. 

On field level I love the old black and white photographs above the concession stands.  The Yankees have a great history and the ballpark definitely brings that back to the fans.  I especially liked the old black and white at one of the exits of Lou Gerhig giving his speach, gave me the chills.  Another touch I absolutely love are the old school manual scoreboard in the LF and RF walls. 

At the end of the day, the Yankees had another walk-off win over the Twins, but I went home even more excited about my New York Mets.  We have a team that is performing very well now, and we have a beautiful stadium in CitiField to watch them.

Great, great win tonight.  A 4-3 walk off win, and by walk off I literally mean "walk".  It is nice to see the Mets show a little fight when they are down a few runs going into the later innings.  Tonight I went to the game with my friend Jason, who as you may remember from past posts is a Yankees fan and a clown, enjoy:

Let me get one thing out of the way first... I'm a Yankees fan.  But before you start the "YANK-EES SUCK" chant... let me say that I'm not the typical Yankees fan. I am a baseball fan above all... and I actually root for the Mets too.  I grew up watching both teams and going to both stadiums... and I actually went to more games in Queens last year than in The Boogie-Down Bronx.  So... I think I'm in a good position to answer the big question in Flushing...

What do you think of the new stadium?

It's impressive.  Very impressive.  It's big.  It's beautiful.  And it's brand spanking new.  It's a great place to watch a game.  It doesn't seem like there are many bad seats.  You definitely feel more like a part of the action than Shea.  I love the standing room areas.  The views looking out of the stadium are amazing... the city... LGA... Jamaica Bay. There's really not many bad things I can say about it as a baseball stadium.

But... as a METS stadium...  it is lacking a little something on the inside.  An identity.

If you were to walk into that stadium on an off-day when it's totally empty, you might not know what team plays there.  Sure, there's the "Mets" logo painted onto the grass behind home plate and onto the roof of the dugout.  But from where I sat in the upper tank in left field, you can't see that.  There was nothing.  When you are in your seat, you can see more Subway, Pepsi and Budweiser ads than interlocking NYM insignias.

Yes, there is plenty of Mets signage around the stadium... from the pictures of old timers to the team stores... to the logos on the garbage cans... I even noticed the silhouette of Endy Chavez above the left field entrance.

But once I got to my seat... nothing.

I've been to the new Yankee Stadium and from the second you walk in the place, there is absolutely zero doubt who plays there.  I'm not saying the Mets need to imitate the Yankees... but they could take a few hints.

I'm not going to pretend I noticed this all by myself, although I think I would have anyway.  But my die-hard Mets fan friend Andy asked me to look for it... because he wanted to know if it was just him who felt this way.  I have to say... he's dead on.

As for the game itself... it was one of the fastest games I ever remember being at.  Pelfrey pitched well.  The Amazin's made some amazingly bad base running blunders.  Chipper physically cannot do anything wrong in the city of New York.  The "should you bunt with David Wright" argument is a tough one, I could make convincing pitches for both answers.  And Beltran picked up the team on his back not once... not twice... but three times.

He made a great catch at the wall to save a run.  The catch itself actually wasn't that spectacular, but to see how far he went to get the ball was incredible.  He stole third in the 9th to set up the game tying sac fly (for the record, just seconds after I said to Scott... he needs to steal third).  Yeah, he might have been out.  But after all the breaks the Braves seem to get against the Mets... it was time a close call went the other way.  And then he won the game... with his eyes.  That's why he gets paid all that money... if only he could do that every night.

Oh... I almost forgot... From my seat in the first row of the upper deck I was inches away from catching a t-shirt fired from the field.  The girl with the launcher fired it right at me... and it was just out of my reach.  If my feet were tied down, I definitely could have caught it.  But I'm not risking my life for a shirt that probably won't fit right anyway.

And then... there's this guy.  I got to see the first home run ever hit at the new Yankee Stadium (even if it was pre-season).  At CitiField... I got to see the first streaker.  There's a joke in there somewhere... but I don't think I need to explain...

http://www.tmz.com/2009/05/13/mets-steaker-take-me-out-to-the-balls-game/

I am excited to go back and enjoy CitiField again as a baseball fan.