Tuesday, April 14, 2009

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Seaver & I Return To Flushing

This was my weekly Monday column on Flushing University .  A few hours dated now but hopefully you'll enjoy it anyway.



Today's the big day. The home opener is always my favorite day of the season, and tonight will be doubly special as it's likely to be the only new Mets stadium opener I attend unless they wheel me out to the replica of Shea built when I'm in in my 90's.

The new park signifies a turning point in this city. For the first time since the Yankees christened their remodeled stadium with a run of pennants, the Mets have the better park in town. That's not me being a rah-rah mets fan and Yankee hater (I'm far from it), I'm hearing it from Yankee fans too. We'll get into that another day, tonight is all about the Mets.

It stinks that it's a night game. Apparently the P's from San Diego can't get out of bed after a cross country flight...they are too wimpy to play at even 4:05pm (or so says the union) so we'll wear an extra sweatshirt and root heartily against the San Diego Chickens at night.

Tom Seaver and Mike (I'm a Met, really!) Piazza will reunite to throw out the first pitch. Tom's the right choice of course, and if Mike wants to go into the Hall of Fame as a Met, hey why not.

If you haven't been to Citi Field yet, it's great. The whole Dodgers thing isn't as bad as it seemed it would be, and during the Red Sox games there weren't too many Mets things hung on the walls, but it already feels like home.

If you're in the first few rows of the Promenade you may find yourself sad – the railings and staircases are ill-placed, but so far the Mets have been amenable to requests from fans to get their seats changed. If it says “row 3” on your ticket I wish you well for tonight.

We've seen a week's worth of games from our Metsies, and although there has been some bad luck and some shaky pitching (Ollie for one, Pelfrey for another, and I seem to be the only one who didn't like Maine's start, but I didn't.) - for the most part this team looks solid and battles. Santana lost a gem on Sunday, and if I were Dan Murphy I'd be seen shagging flies all day today. Murph and Church seem like they are on a mission to keep Sheffield on the bench.

“I like my team” is what I have to say about the Mets. In fantasy sports that usually means stubbornness leading to last place, but so far so good despite the record.

Hopefully City Field will have a tradition of winning. Mike Pelfrey, we're counting on you. We're Mets fans...on the way out we'll have decided if we're winning the World Series or if this team is another choker. It will be your performance that forms that opinion. Don't stink up the joint.

See you in the Promenade! Bring me back a shake. Chocolate.


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