I had a great time today at Citi Field, the first Opening DAY in Citi Field history. Â Last year those dopey Padres made the Mets have Opening Night in Dodger Stadium East….but a year later wow is everything great at the home of the New York Mets!
It was a perfect day to be outside, Santana on the mound, Wright homered, the Mets won.
The Blue Cap Army was a little smaller than I expected, but enthusiastic nonetheless. Â I met several fellow bloggers and throughout the day had a few readers come up and introduce themselves to me. Â It was great to meet all of you.
As I have been saying, the place really feels like the home of the Mets. Â The franchise seems to have reconsidered blue and orange. Â It appears in the marketing, and the use of black anything seems eliminated (until Charlie Samuels suits them up – and who were the people cheering Charlie in the intros? Â The black cap navy?)
If you booed Ollie Perez in the introductions you are not my kind of fan. Â I couldn’t believe it. Â A perfect day and we’re going to boo this guy for lining up along first? Â Come on fans.
I’m still jazzed on the Mets. Â I’m going again on Wednesday and will do some, um, research at McFadden’s. Â I never made it out there today. Â They opened at 11 and were rumored to be overflowing with fans around 12:30. Â If there’s a way to patronize the bar once you have formally entered Citi Field by scanning your ticket I was unable to find it. Â I don’t think it exists.
I’m out on the deck and will be posting pictures for the next few hours – and will save some for tomorrow (back to the real job). Â Check back regularly.
As I have been doing, if you are reading this on the main page you’ll have to click “continue reading” to see the pictures. Â The folks who subscribe to the free daily email will just see them below. Â Here’s some random shots taken on an iphone from way upstairs and from my walk around the park. Â More to come and yeah my photography is lousy but if you click on them they get a lot bigger and you can actually see things:
