Friday, June 20, 2008

IT’S CALLED THE LOGE, NOT THE LODGE.

For the benefit of everyone doing Google Searches about Is The Lodge At Shea Good? or Lodge Seats Shea Stadium:

loge [lohzh]
–noun
1. (in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
2. a box in a theater or opera house.
3. any small enclosure; booth.

lodge [loj] noun, verb, lodged, lodg·ing.
–noun
1. a small, makeshift or crude shelter or habitation, as of boughs, poles, skins, earth, or rough boards; cabin or hut.
2. a house used as a temporary residence, as in the hunting season.
3. a summer cottage.
4. a house or cottage, as in a park or on an estate, occupied by a gatekeeper, caretaker, gardener, or other employee.
5. a resort hotel, motel, or inn.
6. the main building of a camp, resort hotel, or the like.
7. the meeting place of a branch of certain fraternal organizations.

Isn’t it nice that we had a night off? We enjoyed it, and we needed it. Let’s see if the Mets did.