Sunday, October 04, 2009

GOODBYE, BASEBALL.

It’s a stunning Sunday. There is part of me that wants to be at Citi Field today, there is part of me that is wistful that the year is ending, there is part of me that wants to be sitting in the ballpark on a beautiful day, that cool smell of fall in the air, and say goodbye to baseball.

And then there is the part of me that, like TBF, wants to enjoy it lying on the couch and listening to Howie & Wayne. He always listened to the last game of the year on the radio, and this year is no different.

This year has been so overwhelmingly sad for me because I don’t see how the team and the organization is going to climb out of it. Quick fixes will spell disaster. Maybe there will be some astounding announcement tomorrow and I’ll change my mind.

We still do not know what we are doing for 2009. We will cancel one ticket plan to make a point. If we could find a season ticket holder who would want to give us 25-30 games, something that approximated our Tuesday-Friday Shea plan (including the same playoff rights), we would probably do that instead. Stupidly (perhaps) we won’t cancel both plans because we like having a commitment and we really, really love our seats and don’t want to see them go to a scalper.

Anyway, for today, it’s WFAN and sun streaming in the windows and living vicariously through the AL Central race and our friends who are Red Sox fans.