My opening day was not as I had expected.  Not because the Mets lost, but because of other issues, but more on that in a bit.  My brother Dave and I ended up driving to the game in his extended cab truck as he came from work.  I do not recommend driving to any games this year, there is absolutely no parking.  As we were driving into the Shea area we were blown away by how amazing CitiField looks.  It is quite amazing to think that next year we will be watching games from this beautiful new stadium.  After sitting in traffic and finding zero traffic we ended up pulling in front of the bus/limo parking lot.  After a few minutes of convincing the attendant that the extended cab wouldn't fit in any other parking spot but the but/limo lot, they let us park there.  Rock Star parking, right in front of Gate A and with a perfect view of the new stadium.  We were both so excited.....opening day, beautiful weather, perfect parking.  Just as we were cracking open our first beers I get a call and text from my office with an urgent message.  As it turned out there was an emergency back at the office.  I hadn't even taken my first sip of beer or enjoyed the fact that we were at opening day.  It turned out to be a possibly career altering situation, so I told the office that I would make my way back to the city.  My brother and I decided to go into the stadium and watch the fly-by and first inning.  It was a tough decision, for as you know with my last post, opening day is my Christmas Day. 

It was sad that this was the last opening day at Shea.  The new stadium is so amazing, but I have grown to love unfriendly confines of Shea.  Even though I had to leave the game in the first inning, it was nice to say that I was there.  My brother ended up leaving with me and driving back to the city, and I appreciated this gesture.  Turns out we missed a pretty lame game, but I will always remember this opening day for many different reasons.