Looking fresh, Scooch

Happy new season, Scooch! Toward the end of the 2022 season, our usual baseball gang noticed that Syracuse Mets mascot Scooch was looking a bit, well, peaked. That costume sure did get a lot of wear and tear keeping the kids (and us) happy running up and down the aisles of NBT Bank Stadium. Striding…

Thanks for your drive, Todd Zeile

I grabbed a schedule to have something to sign. Todd Zeile had a travel story. When he got to the airport down in New York City on Friday night to fly here for his Saturday morning Syracuse Mets open house appearance, he checked his baggage, went to the gate and … heard that the flight…

OK, we’ll hang out in the Metropolitan Club awhile

A new wrinkle. We knew we wanted to hear the annual open house greeting from Syracuse Mets general manager Jason Smorol in the Metropolitan Club Saturday morning. He’s always as entertaining as he is informative about what we can expect for the season to come. The organization scheduled an added treat this year. A visit…

One guy, a shovel and a lot of green

Really?! As we looked down upon the snow-filled baseball field at NBT Bank Stadium for the Syracuse Mets annual open house on Saturday morning, my dear wife Karen, terrific daughter Elisabeth, George Three and I spotted one lonely soul yielding a shovel down toward home plate. What a task! He appeared to be thinking his…

We’re ready for our Syracuse Mets opening day

First in line. Our traditional gang of four arrived a few minutes before the 10 a.m. start time Saturday at NBT Bank Stadium for the Syracuse Mets annual welcome to fans. With the snow that had fallen overnight and crisp March 4 temperatures, I was first in line at the ticket window to pick up…

Too early for opening day tickets

No signs of sellers. I’ll go to the stadium, this retired guy offered to terrific daughter Elisabeth after deciding that it looked as if the Syracuse Mets had put tickets for Opening Day 2023 on sale while I’d been adjusting to having this weekday time on my hands. But when I arrived at NBT Bank…

I do believe that’s a new ‘S’

Signature Syracuse. You know I have to take a good look around the outside of NBT Bank Stadium during the annual Syracuse Mets garage sale morning. This time around, I believe they’ve already put up a new big ‘S’ on the right-field brick portion of the ballpark. I don’t recall it from the past season,…

Looks as if they can still play

Didn’t we just see a game? Of course I had to take a good look out at the playing field during the annual Syracuse Mets garage sale morning. The 2022 season offered many good times to our family. And we’re already looking forward to fine games to come in 2023.

Welcome to the club

Inside shopping. The Syracuse Mets took their annual garage sale indoors this year. Instead of placing the tables full of gear-and-such on the concourse, they set the sale up inside the Metropolitan Club. That set up a mad dash of fans to look and buy. Holy shirt! The real jerseys pulled in lots of people.…

Off season sale for the Syracuse Mets

Lining up in November. Syracuse Mets fans lined up way before the announced 9 a.m. opening for Saturday’s annual Syracuse Mets garage sale. It was moving day for daughter Elisabeth and fiance George. My dear wife Karen was getting ready to take the drive out to their apartment in Oneida. I was sworn in to…