I really wanted to experience a double header at both Yankee and Shea Stadium in the same day.  What an amazing thing to say that you did, and in the final year of both stadiums.  Unfortunately they decided to have the double header on a Friday.  Oh well, had to sell my tickets for the day game, but was very happy to know the Mets won. 

Every year we look forward to the Yankees/Mets series, but I feel that it is getting kinda old.  I have to also admit that each year the series gets more and more rowdy.  My observation of this started on the LIRR train to the game.  Mets and Yankee fans squeezed into each car and jawing at each other.  I am not talking about the general banter, but guys getting in each others faces....on the train!  Come on now.  At the stadium there seemed to be a lot of riff-raff.  I don't get it, why is it necessary for drunk dudes to yell obscenities  and make the experience for  everyone miserable.  I tell you this, if I had a child I would NEVER bring them to this series.  Inside the stadium there were fights, and just general anger.  Why do certain people go to a game just to get into fights.  Why do they spend good money on tickets and beers to try to be as big of an ass hole as possible?  I just don't get it.  Maybe it is a good thing that the new stadium will be 14,000 people less and much more expensive, maybe the riff-raff will be priced out of Citi Field.  Now I know that the few bad do not make up the majority, but this was the most rowdy that I have seen a crowd at Shea Stadium.  I ended up talking with a Security guard who said that over 220 people were ejected.  Just unreal.  Yelling, cheering, getting loud at a game is one thing, but getting so out of control that you are ejected is just idiotic.

Well, onto the game, which was not that great of one.  I went with my brother Jack and we had a good time.  It is nice to have a playoff atmosphere.  Pedro was very underwhelming and the Mets offense left so many runners on base.  This team just can't put teams away.  A few base hits here and there over the first half of the season and we are talking about an over .500 team.  Here are some other things that Jack and I noticed discussed during the game:
- Delgado had a very loud standing ovation, which was well deserved after his 9 RBI day game.  However, after the standing ovation he was booed after striking out with the bases loaded.  Unreal.
- Sidney Ponson looked like a Cy Young winner tonight.  It reminded me of the way David Wells dismantled the Mets on a Sunday night game last year.  Was Sidney that good or is the Mets lineup just that bad.
- Castro hit into a rally ending double play which seemed to take all of the life out of the Mets.  Where is that fighting instinct?
- Arod is a beast, even from the Mezzanine he looks like Andre the Giant.
- Giambi and his stache, unreal.  Very unique, but it does not compare to Mex's.
- Chavez had a few plays at the plate, for a skinny guy he has an absolute cannon.
 
Other than that, the Mets seemed to be in trouble all night long, the game never seemed to be in their control.  It seems that Pedro's second time through the line-up continues to get worse and worse.  Hopefully he'll make a few adjustments and come back next time stronger.