Category: Dailies

Humidor or no humidor…it ain’t working at Coors Field, guys.  What happened?!

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Well, I’m going to bed and will be boarding a flight for Houston in the morning.  I’m hoping when you guys return to sea level you’ll regain your equilibrium. 

I don’t really want to travel all that way just to watch that silly train go around the tracks!

And, if it’s true what they say about Texas, I hope that translates into bigger numbers of runs scored, stolen bases, home runs, extra-base hits, etc. 

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Pour it on, guys:  the Phillies and the Braves are NOT cruising in to the All-Star Break!

I admit it: I was greedy and wanted so badly to walk away with a sweep of the four-game series, especially because that fourth game should have been won.

But the Mets did take three out of four, and I think we Mets fans have Citizens Bank Ballpark to thank for getting some of our own bats cranking again, particularly the Carloses’!! 

A few notes on our family road trip to Philadelphia:

This is my third trip to Citizen’s Bank Park, and each time I go there it makes me more anxious for the completion of Citi Field.  I can’t wait for OUR new "retro" park with more spacious walkways and the Jackie Robinson Pavilion, etc.  I doubt we’ll get cheese steaks and crab fries, but do we dare hope for improved concessions?

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Phillies fans will boo anything.  I knew that.  But they will boo anything that Pat Burrell and Charlie Manuel do.  Whatever they do.  Pat Burrell could walk up to the plate and they’d boo.  Charlie Manuel could take out the line-up card and they’d boo.  Those two never get a break from the fans.  Ever.

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Back in our hotel following Saturday’s win, we were astonished to read online that Oliver Perez would be missing his start the next day because of back problems.  That same evening, I was looking over the photos I had taken at the game, including this shot of the Mets congratulating each other on the field.  As I looked at this photo, I did a double-take:  could El Duque be to blame for Perez’s injury?  Doesn’t it look like he’s about to give him a noogie?  Was some day-off horse-play to blame here?  Maybe my camera had inadvertently captured some kind of evidence!

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Well, I never feel warmly welcomed by the Phillies fans, and this weekend was no exception.  The players themselves, though, didn’t treat us so badly this past weekend.  I mean, their power hitters didn’t present nearly the threat they could have.  And I can personally attest to the fact that they’re actually a swell bunch of guys once you get to know them–yes, even Jimmy Rollins, believe it or not. 

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And finally, a morning visit to Philadelphia’s Old City area proved to be far more educational than we could have predicted.  I never would’ve known, prior to our visit to the Betsy Ross House, that the Mets franchise, much less the sport of baseball itself, extended back to the 18th century!!

I say, keep it silent, all weekend long…just like the  historic cracked one!

Following up my daughter’s extensive studies of the Revolutionary War period in fourth grade this past year, my family and I are off to Olde City Philadelphia early in the morning to see the Liberty Bell, Betsy Ross’s house, and Independence Hall. 

Following that, we will be at Citizen’s Bank Park for the Mets/Phillies game.  We will also be at Sunday’s game.

We’d love to NEVER see/hear this neon bell during our time at the ballpark. 

NO PROBLEM!!!

Was this the most DELICIOUS, DELECTABLE, DOUBLE DIP, or WHAT??!! 

POSITIVELY SCRUMPTIOUS! 

I don’t mean to be a glutton, but I’ll be back for more–in person–tomorrow!

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The fans at CBP are watching the fireworks now (small consolation, I’m sure), but for Mets fans, the two games that preceded the pyrotechnics were FAR more impressive!! 

…for Jimmy Rollins or the Phillies who are a little too close for comfort right now. 

Let’s show ’em who’s boss right away in the double-header today after that unexpected night’s rest, shall we, guys?!

 

The Mets have a reliever named Scott.

For pitching late innings, he was sought.

I’m not among those who

Now vociferously boo

But his entrance a "relief"?? I think NOT!