Monday, July 12, 2010
EVERYBODY LOVES MR. MET.
As you may remember, I got to meet up with Samara from the fantastic Tigers blog Roar of the Tigers when Detroit came to Citi Field. I arrived just in time to provide her with key photographic assistance in order to capture her meeting with Mr. Met. The photographs of this adventure follow, along with Sam’s hysterical commentary.
“suddenly, a celebrity appears: MR. MET. I understand that the mascots are meant to target small children, I really do. But I also really, really did not care. This was my first time at the Mets’ ballpark (I never got out to Shea) and who knows when I’ll ever be back. I AM MEETING MR. MET AND I AM GOING TO LOVE IT AND YOU CAN ALL EAT IT.”
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EVERYBODY LOVES MR. MET.
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Friday, July 09, 2010
METS V BRAVES, GAME 1.
It’s just been that kind of day, hasn’t it?
For what it’s worth, I understand there have been some commenting problems - I took a look at a few things and am hopeful the issues were resolved. Drop a line if they were not.
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ABOUT THAT CLIFF LEE THING.
The alleged ultimatum given was that it had to be decided before tonight’s game in Seattle. So, we sit, and we wait, and we get nothing productive done, while we sit and fume.
Crabby.
Yankees allegedly out. “Another team pushing hard.”
The video above now states my current feelings.
5:09pm: At least it wasn’t You-Know-Who.
How are you holding up?
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Thursday, July 08, 2010
NEW YORK STATE OF MIND.
This is a lengthy, but absolutely fascinating article, by Seattle Times Mariners beat writer Geoff Baker, about the state of baseball fandom in Seattle. I believe it sprung from the horrific fan interference the other night, where yet another idiot fan reaching out to grab a ball in play cost a team the game (at least the Mariners threw him out, which doesn’t happen enough in my opinion), but it’s worth a read because it’s just another world.
The fact that so many people here got defensive when Cliff Lee made his post-game comments to Brad Adam in New York about how fans in that city don’t need a teleprompter to tell them when to cheer tells me I’m not imagining it. Lee may or may not have been taking a subtle jab at fans here. I don’t know, haven’t asked him and don’t care. It was the defensive reaction of people here, borne out of the experience of fans here not clapping until a video scoreboard message tells them to, that was the real story on that subject.
That’s the number one complaint of one of my best friends in Seattle, who’s also a charter Mariners season ticket holder. It drives her absolutely batty. And the thing is, I know I complain about this at Citi Field (and I know I’m not the only one), but it’s not as true as it is out there, where people (to quote my friend Sarah) won’t cheer unless the scoreboard tells them to, and (from my experience) look askance at anyone who does cheer independently. The kind of colorful commentary you and I are accustomed to out here just doesn’t happen out there. But as much as I complain about the Citi Field security, no one would be coming over to tell me to sit down at the second-to-last out in the 9th inning, because no one behind me would be complaining to security, either.
Worth a read on your off day.
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010
MILEZ IS DED. [7-7-10]
Mets v Reds
7-7-10
“SOH-DAH! WAH-TAH!”
Tonight, the “SOH-DAH!” girl’s cry was augmented by “WAH-TAH!” If you sit upstairs, in the People’s Seats, you know the “SOH-DAH!” girl; some day I will find a way to record her, probably by walking up to her, turning on my phone’s recorder, and asking her to do her thing. I mention her here because when I mentioned her on Twitter, I was greeted with a dozen messages of “I LOVE HER!” and “I KNOW HER!” and “SEE, WE’RE NOT THE ONLY ONES!”
TBF hates her. He never ever noticed her until the one game I started mimicking her. Now he can’t not hear her. “Oh GOD!” he always exclaims, as though he is in some type of extreme pain. “Make it stop!”
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MILEZ IS DED. [7-7-10]
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VIVA JOHAN!
Two images to share:
1. I’ve been following Joe Petruccio’s blog since its inception and find myself going there first thing after a big loss (or a dismal failure) to see how he’s interpreted the events in his own unique style. It’s honestly my favorite Mets blog in a long time.
[more after the jump]
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VIVA JOHAN!
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Tuesday, July 06, 2010
ROAD UPDATES - TARGET FIELD & NATIONALS PARK.
My ballpark travel site, All Down The Line has been updated to feature my writeups on Target Field and Nationals Park.
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Monday, July 05, 2010
VOTE FOR MEGDAL. PRIMARY OPEN NOW.
We are delighted this week to host the latest segment of the MEGDAL FOR GM primary election. In addition to collecting your votes, Mr. Megdal himself will be available for your questions. Please feel free to leave them in the comments. (The voting module is after the jump so that it plays nicely with the rest of the page.)
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VOTE FOR MEGDAL. PRIMARY OPEN NOW.
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Sunday, July 04, 2010
TROUBLE FUNK. [7-3-10]
Mets v Nationals
7-3-10
Nationals Park
It’s all fun and games until somebody pokes an eye out. Or, to put it another way, until Frankie comes in for the save on the road.
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TROUBLE FUNK. [7-3-10]
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
ROAD UPDATE.
I need a day or two to get through the Target Field photos, but I will leave you with two for now:
This was my unfortunate view when Zumaya went down with his elbow injury Monday night.
Me and my close personal Twitter friend T.C. Bear!
Minneapolis is a wonderful, wonderful place to watch a baseball game. The full report soon.
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