The Mets are playing the Philles @Citi Field on my birthday next year.
I plan on being there...
Faith, Family, and the New York Mets... not necessarily in that order.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
My one and only day @ Shea
July 31, 1988 -- Mets 2, Pirates 1
Just finding that boxscore brought back a ton of memories. I was there with my dad, my grandfather, my brother, and my uncle. I remember riding the train to Grand Central, then taking the subway to Shea. The seats weren't great; way up in the upper deck down the right field line, but I was at Shea, damnit, watching the Mets play the Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla, and Andy Van Slyke-led Pittsburgh Pirates.
Darryl Strawberry hit a huge two run homer in the bottom of the first, and in my excitement, I spilled my soda on the person sitting in front of me. Ron Darling pitched a complete game to get the win.
Unfortunately, I never got another chance to go back to Shea. I haven't been to Citi Field yet, either. Hopefully, an opportunity will come.
My grandfather and my uncle are no longer with us, but it's memories like these (and others) that keep them alive in spirit.
Just finding that boxscore brought back a ton of memories. I was there with my dad, my grandfather, my brother, and my uncle. I remember riding the train to Grand Central, then taking the subway to Shea. The seats weren't great; way up in the upper deck down the right field line, but I was at Shea, damnit, watching the Mets play the Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla, and Andy Van Slyke-led Pittsburgh Pirates.
Darryl Strawberry hit a huge two run homer in the bottom of the first, and in my excitement, I spilled my soda on the person sitting in front of me. Ron Darling pitched a complete game to get the win.
Unfortunately, I never got another chance to go back to Shea. I haven't been to Citi Field yet, either. Hopefully, an opportunity will come.
My grandfather and my uncle are no longer with us, but it's memories like these (and others) that keep them alive in spirit.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
This season sucked....
As we play out the string to yet another losing season (The Mets' fourth in row.), I can honestly say that this season has been one of the most disappointing. I suppose I should be used to this by now, I've been disappointed many, many times as a Mets fan. This season probably hurts more, though, because I broke the cardinal rule of being a fan of this club. I did the one thing I should have learned a while ago not to do.
I got my hopes up.
One June 3rd, this team was 31-23 and in first place. We had young, up-and-coming talent producing for the club. Johan Santana had just thrown the first no-hitter in franchise history. They were 46-40 at the All-Star break. They were in contention. Things were looking up. I had dreams of a playoff appearance in my head.
Shows what I know...
After the All-Star break, everything crashed to earth. Johan, perhaps overworked during the no-no, crashed and burned afterwards and was shut down on August 22nd. And the team has gone 20-42 since the break. Now, I'm sitting here, miserable and sick. This team keeps doing it me. I should know better by now. I should have learned by now to temper my enthusiasm. I should have learned to take a "wait-and-see" approach with this team.
I haven't learned.
And honestly, I know that probably will never learn. I know that this is going to happen to me again. It could even be as soon as next season. This season, however, is fundamentally over. All that remains are 14 relatively meaningless games.
It can't end soon enough.
I got my hopes up.
One June 3rd, this team was 31-23 and in first place. We had young, up-and-coming talent producing for the club. Johan Santana had just thrown the first no-hitter in franchise history. They were 46-40 at the All-Star break. They were in contention. Things were looking up. I had dreams of a playoff appearance in my head.
Shows what I know...
After the All-Star break, everything crashed to earth. Johan, perhaps overworked during the no-no, crashed and burned afterwards and was shut down on August 22nd. And the team has gone 20-42 since the break. Now, I'm sitting here, miserable and sick. This team keeps doing it me. I should know better by now. I should have learned by now to temper my enthusiasm. I should have learned to take a "wait-and-see" approach with this team.
I haven't learned.
And honestly, I know that probably will never learn. I know that this is going to happen to me again. It could even be as soon as next season. This season, however, is fundamentally over. All that remains are 14 relatively meaningless games.
It can't end soon enough.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Don't blame me... I voted for Kodos
Remember, the only vote that is truly wasted is the vote not cast.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Barack Obama: Evangelical-in-Chief?
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2012/juneweb-only/barack-obama-evangelical-in-chief.html?paging=off
Obama has shared his reflections on the cross of Christ at his annual Easter Prayer Breakfast—a new White House tradition he started in 2010. At the 2012 event in April, the President described Holy Week as an opportunity to remember "all that Christ endured," to "give thanks for the all-important gift of grace," and to "celebrate that glorious overcoming, the sacrifice of a risen savior who died so that we might live." That's a summary of Easter all evangelicals can embrace.
We are accustomed to hearing politicians offering guarded generalities about the goodness of faith. It's quite another thing for the President of the United States to personally affirm the atoning death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. If Obama is a secret Muslim, he's really good at making his closet Islamic beliefs sound a lot like crucicentric Christianity.
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