Meet Mrs. Met

Our new friend. What with all the Syracuse Mets games we attend as a family, my dear wife Karen smiled quite widely when presented with this handmade gift. Elisabeth worked hard on Mrs. Met. And she looks great on her perch next to Otto the Orange.

Travel statement

Team baggage unveiled … New team luggage must have been in the budget, I thought, as I looked at the lineup of Mets bags awaiting fan purchase at the Syracuse Mets Garage Sale 2023. Snazzy, yes. I did not go for it. Replacing the Bialczak team luggage is not in our budget this year. I…

Slightly worn?

Going, going … First rack up at the 2023 Syracuse Mets Garage Sale for George Three and lots of other folks was the collection of batting practice shirts, priced very well at $15 per bright orange T. After his rifling of the goods, George moved on. None to his size requirement. I didn’t even look.…

Field, dreams

Rest up. As Elisabeth and George Three walked on to the Metropolitan Room and the goodies unveiled for the 2023 Syracuse Mets Garage Sale, I looked left from the NBT Bank Stadium concourse and allowed the field’s aura to drift up and over me. Opening Day 2024 is March 29. Early for Syracuse, N.Y., yes.…

Another season at the stadium

Late fall lineup. Terrific daughter Elisabeth reminded me that last Saturday marked the annual Syracuse Mets garage sale at NBT Bank Stadium. George Three and I joined her in the line to see what was up for our Triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets this off-season. Onward to the merch. They kept strides ahead…

Way to bobble, kids

Great job, juniors. What happens when you take two kids, put them on the dugout between innings, attach counters to their heads, and tell them to act like bobbleheads? Cuteness prevails. I called out that they both were winners as they walked up the aisle past me, and a mom told me thank you.

Dancing at the ballpark

The Syracuse Mets invited a special guest for the last game of the 2023 season this past weekend. Breakin’ BB McCoy was not your run-of-the-mill bat boy. Between innings, this hard worker danced this way and that on the field and on top of the dugouts. He brought back scenes from the late, great Michael…

He had our number

Big numbers. As Andreis Chaparro of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders came to the plate in the first inning of the last game of their last game of the season against the Syracuse Mets this past weekend, I looked at his uniform number and thought that 87 may be the highest I’ve seen in a good long…

From start to finish

Fall ball. We helped the Syracuse Mets open their 2023 season, and so we decided to help them close it, too. Baseball-loving family. Much like that first game in April, we dressed for the late September tussle in layers. Well, I mused, the many games I caught in between this season allowed me to appreciate…