Wednesday, September 30, 2009

THE SEASON STOPS HERE.

Our last Mets game of the season was for Friday night. The Astros. We were going. It was already a very busy weekend, we had people in town, but we were going. Suck or not, it was the last game of the year for us. The last set of tickets in the book. There would have been a ceremonial tearing-out-of-the tickets from the book, a small moment of silence, perhaps a tiny pause because baseball for the year was coming to an end.

And then Bruce Springsteen announced he’d be playing the album Darkness On The Edge of Town in full Friday night at Giants Stadium.

I know that you are probably sick and tired of hearing about Bruce Springsteen on a baseball blog, and I really try to keep the extra-curricular to a minimum, but you have to understand that this is my record above all other records. I should have been running to the computer to buy tickets the second I heard about it.

Instead, I wavered.

Me: “...but it’s our last game of the year!”
TBF: “But it’s the METS!”
Me: “But I hate Giants Stadium!”
TBF: “I’m sorry, are you feeling okay?”
Me: “But Lisa is coming to town for the Saturday show and wanted to see Citi Field on Friday.”
TBF: “Call her. Now.” *handing me phone*

It was about that time that I realized that I was being massively idiotic. We gave our Mets tickets to a friend, and bought our Springsteen tickets for Friday.  We’ll be there Saturday, and have another concert on Sunday night.

Maybe we’ll run out on Sunday afternoon and see what we can pick up outside on the plaza…it’s always possible. But I doubt it.

So this is it, at least as far as the active Mets 2009 season goes. I always think I’ll have nothing to say in the offseason, but then manage to find more than a few things to talk about. I’ll still be around.

Thanks for your support and camaraderie over this very, very painful season. Wait till next year.