Get the grounds crew gear out
I did mention that we have tickets at a high top table near here for the April 5 opening day game earlier this week. The grounds crew will earn its pay in the weeks between, of that I am certain.
Scootch meets Mrs. Met
As we climbed the main entry stairs to NBT Bank Stadium for the annual March open house this past weekend, team mascot Scootch stoop atop to welcome all comers. Scootch noticed my iPhone camera interest in the mural that included Mrs. Met. Soon the image included two mascots. #LGSM indeed.
I’ll think about this Mets team
When my dear wife Karen and I arrived at NBT Bank Stadium a few minutes before our agreed-upon meeting time of 10 a.m. Saturday, I texted daughter Elisabeth a hey-ho. Before hearing a reply-ding, I saw her waving from the front of the box office line. She and hubby-to-be George Three had gotten there early…
Plenty of fans want a Syracuse Mets baseball bargain
A lot of Syracuse Mets fans thought they might find cool bargains at NBT Bank Stadium during Saturday’s Syracuse Mets off-season garage sale. You could spot my dear wife Karen and terrific daughter Elisabeth among them here. Peruse we did. Good news! My dear wife will be sporting a beautiful Salt City Mets T-shirt to…
One look toward the field and I’m ready
Reaching the top of the stairs Saturday at NBT Bank Stadium for the Syracuse Mets’ off-season garage sale, the field called my name. I know, no Triple-A baseball in my hometown until April 2022. I can still call this a field of dreams.
Syracuse Mets play in one heck of a garage
My dear wife Karen, terrific daughter Elisabeth and George Three are regular attendees to the Syracuse Mets garage sale. We arrived ready to ender the beautiful garage called NBT Bank Stadium at 9 a.m. Saturday morning to see what General Manager Jason Smorol and his staff would put out this time around. The look will…
When you bring your pets to work
The email from the Syracuse Mets said this season’s cut-outs were ready for pick-up at their NBT Bank Stadium offices. I took the short trip after a library shift on Monday and picked up the replica of our cherished rescue mutt Ellie B and Elisabeth and George Three’s rescue cat Ava. Instead of riding in…
Light up the field
When the grounds crew was working on the NBT Bank Stadium field between innings of the Syracuse Mets game, their orange shoes and belts may have stood out a bit. My dear wife Karen and I left before the post-game fireworks display, but terrific daughter Elisabeth texted this photo as they got ready. Who knew…
Ellie B, Ava guard the left-field bar
With people back in the behind-the-plate sections, the Syracuse Mets moved the placards under the left-field standing bar. So we went and searched for Ellie B and Ava. Our dog was easier to locate, near the foul pole. Ava, we discovered after a thorough search, had folded forward over herself. My dear wife Karen walked…
A winner from the Syracuse Mets, my terrific daughter
Have you ever grabbed a scorecard at a ballgame, leafed through it, and discovered that one of the ad pages had been signed? And know from all the previous games you’ve attended that this means you’ve won a prize when they make a between-innings announcement? Us, either. Until this last game when my terrific daughter…
Mark Bialczak 