So here we stand, in a Father’s Day standoff. Over the years, I have gone the extra mile for the Mets, keeping my sons from becoming Yankees fans in 2004, hanging in there when the Mets managed to ingloriously collapse in September 2007 and do it all over again in September 2008. And my reward is that my sons want to go to the game on Father’s Day — “I really miss Citi Field,” Ryan said. “We didn’t go opening day.” — and my father doesn’t. And I’m not sure what to do.Welcome to Mets fandom, 2013.
via A Fathers Day Quandary: Go See the Mets or Not – NYTimes.com.
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Even after some of the worst experiences I’ve had at the ballpark, I’ve never regretted going to a ballgame.
Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.
I was at the 20-inning nightmare last week (birthday present tickets) and again yesterday (tickets I purchased before knowing I was getting birthday present tickets….) I’ve gone to see a lot of bad Mets teams over the years, but nothing compares to this uninspired team out there.
Being there is literally hoping a roster of .220 batting averages plus Wright and Murphy can scrap together 2-3 runs and the pitcher(s) can pitch a shutout. EVERY game.
Yesterday I was amazed at the lack of food stands opened (the ones that were had lines at them – maybe trying to trick you into thinking there were people there, but most likely the Wilpons of course shaving every dollar they can on this product.)
Tightwad Jeff and Senile Fred are playing a dangerous game promising great things to come if we stick with them this year. Yes sure fine there is some potential … but with the team on the field this year they may be losing a lot of fans as well.
If your kids want to go to the baseball game and you’ve got the means to take them, it seems like an easy decision. Go, create some memories and cut out the meaningless drama.
Plenty of opportunities to create memories at a ballpark. Just doesn’t have to be Citishea to see the product that’s on the field this particular moment. Why encourage the Wilpons when they’re laughing in the fans’ faces? And besides – which memories? The lineup that batted .223 yesterday? Or the one that hit .225 the day before? Against the Cubs?
NOT!