Batter up! Great seats, I told George Three countless times as we watched the New York Mets take on the visiting Tamp Bay Rays. Our third-base side tickets provided a great view of the field. I was smiling watching the Mets Mets, as I call them to differentiate from our hometown Triple-A squad Syracuse Mets.…
The Little Apple. The New York Mets organization does a lot of things right at Citi Field. You have to wait in line to pose for a photo with the little home run apple, a replica of what rises beyond the center field fence every time a hometown player hits one over the fence. We…
A win makes things seem grand. Especially a Subway Series win by our New York Mets. As my dear wife Karen and I walked around the concourse of Citi Field to wind our proper way back to the bus following the 2-0 victory over the New York Yankees Sunday night, the lighted decorations of Citi…
There’s something about seeing the Mets and the Yankees get together. Even when the Mets are struggling badly, losers of eight straight, and the Yankees could be the best team in baseball. On Sunday night in the Mets’ house, there were still more Mets fans in the joint than Yankees fans. I’d call the Citi…
I heard the pitch on the Brent Axe show driving home from my job at the library and brought it up to my dear wife Karen. The local ESPN affiliate had put together a bus trip from its station lot in Syracuse’s Armory Square to Citi Field in Flushing. Not just for any New York…
My dear wife Karen came up with a great idea for Labor Day weekend, and I did my best to make it work for 10 folks who live hundreds of miles apart. Why not get terrific daughter Elisabeth and outstanding significant George Three to join us in Syracuse to travel to Citi Field in Flushing.…
The other kid from Long Island came up to Morrisville a year later than I did, but we hit it off pretty quickly that late August of 1978. Jimmy Johnson was a journalism major at the little two-year college in the State University of New York system tucked into the Cherry Valley of Central New…
If ever a man was born to play on a certain sports team, it is Steven Jakob Matz. When the New York Mets take the field tonight in Queens, N.Y., hosting game four of the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, the 24-year-old rookie left-hander will be on the pitching mound. Let’s…
They’ve flashed a cute picture of some kid wearing Mets garb on SNY every game this season as my dear Karen and I have watched our squad. The feature is called the Data Strong Fan of the Game. I finally grew weary of all these youngsters getting a shout-out from Gary Cohen on TV. I…
On the inbound path to Citi Field, my dear wife Karen and I along with fellow New York Mets lover and good friend Steve Vicik Jr. and his lovely wife Kristen passed a whole lot of access to La Guardia Airport. Yes, Flushing Meadows is right next to one of the Big Apple’s major air…
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