If a batter pulls the ball down the line and it manages to hit this orange contraptionin front of me, it’s a home run. Fair ball, will scream or moan the crowd depending upon if it’s a hometown Syracuse Met or opposing Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRider who smacked the shot. Then how come they call it the…

I think when I was a kid I would have enjoyed the Syracuse Mets’ no-seats-necessary turf section out at the edge of the right-field and left-field edges of NBT Bank Stadium. It affords an interesting view toward the field, I noted as I stepped down on the way to our seats. Yes, seats, the preferred…

The famous New York Met from the 1986 World Championship squad would sign autographs from 7 to 8 p.m., Syracuse Mets general manager Jason Smorol announced as Mookie delivered one of the two ceremonial first pitches before game time of 6:40 p.m. I went up to the concourse from our tabletop seats at, oh, 7:03…

Enter on the right-field side of NBT Bank Stadium. Find your way to the inner concourse. Wind toward the home-plate high-rise table-top seats. Stop for a second to admire the painted mural of the first New York Met to make the Hall of Fame for his accomplishments lifting the franchise to that 1969 World Series…

I gathered at NBT Bank Stadium with Elisabeth and George Three on Tuesday afternoon for the first game of the Syracuse Mets’ baseball season. My dear wife Karen couldn’t make it this year, with her traveling job in Schenectady weekday schedule in the way. George Two joined us to complete the four tabletop. The elder…

Without the official tour masses, we were able to fully appreciate the underground batting cages the Syracuse Mets use to keep sharp during the Triple A season. Yes, I grabbed a bat from a barrel. Stared out toward a non-existent mound. Imagined what used to be when I was a kid and still is after…

This year’s trip to the Syracuse Mets’ annual open house, we decided not to wait for the official tour of the downstairs guts of NBT Bank Stadium. My dear wife Karen, terrific daughter Elisabeth and hubby-to-be George Three know our way around thanks to the expertise of previous guides. In the locker room, I spied…

I really admire that I usually find something new while I’m nosing around NBT Bank Stadium after not visiting for a few months. During this annual March open house, we came upon the stairway vestibule wall now adorned with a Hall of Fame set aside for top fans. Great idea for the loyalists who buy…

We always take a right into the official Syracuse Mets store during the annual March open house to spy what might catch our eye as brand new or even new to us gear. Circle the shirts and hats we did. The takers were terrific daughter Elisabeth and dear wife Karen, hat and shirt, respectively. Yes,…