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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