Give me the green grass of spring training baseball
I set the DVR to take in my New York Mets’ opening spring training game this past weekend. When my dear wife Karen and I returned from Martinfest, we got to playing the contest on the living room flat...
View ArticleTo meet the Mets in the Carrier Dome, I’ll take the day off from work, Noah...
Some of my New York Mets told reporters they will not welcome the trip to Syracuse to visit the city that will now be home to the organization’s Triple-A squad. I’ve already taken the day off from...
View ArticleEverybody makes nicey-nice as the Mets visit the Carrier Dome
The New York Mets players and their Central New York fans got along well Tuesday afternoon in the Carrier Dome. A crowd I thought to be somewhat comparable to a Syracuse University spring football game...
View ArticleI’m ready for my next Mets moments
My dear wife Karen and terrific daughter Elisabeth hit the mark with their birthday gifts. Karen remembered how much I loved visiting memorable Mets exhibits when we visited the Hall of Fame a while...
View ArticleI can always support my team
My dear wife Karen spotted me admiring my New York Mets in the batters box, on the base paths, in the field, toward their spikes. Some of them were wearing cool socks. Now I have a pair. Let’s Go Mets...
View ArticleThere was Tom Seaver and the rest of the Mets
Oh, I liked the Mets before Tom Seaver arrived on the mound in 1967. It’s just that as a young boy growing up on Long Island, I didn’t know better than to endure all that losing from my very first...
View ArticleJake de Grom looks pretty fine in Syracuse
The moment word got out that New York Mets star pitcher Jake de Grom was likely to take a rehab start in our very own Syracuse Mets’ NBT Bank Stadium, my dear wife Karen said, yes, thank you, she would...
View ArticleWhen the hat fits
Ready for winter. It did not take long for terrific daughter Elisabeth to final her second version of my New York Mets Big Apple home run winter hat. It fits my noggin’ perfectly. Now I have a great...
View ArticleI see spring on my living room TV
2022 NL batting champion Jeff McNeil at the plate. One benefit for this retired guy is flipping on the weekday early spring training game televised by SNY for my New York Mets. I watched on Thursday...
View ArticleMeet Mrs. Met
Our new friend. What with all the Syracuse Mets games we attend as a family, my dear wife Karen smiled quite widely when presented with this handmade gift. Elisabeth worked hard on Mrs. Met. And she...
View ArticleMeet the Met
He’ll sign until … Howard Johnson was a big part of the New York Mets’ 1986 World Series championship squad. Befitting that hero status, Syracuse Mets fans filled the NBT Bank Metropolitan Room for...
View ArticleOne great player, HoJo was
The good, old days. Howard Johnson’s first two major league managers were Sparky Anderson for the Detroit Tigers and Davey Johnson for the New York Mets, a member of the audience at the Syracuse Mets...
View ArticleOne heck of a road game
Georgia on my mind. My dear wife Karen used her card points to buy me plane tickets to visit my great friend KP and his fantastic wife Sue in their near-Atlanta home. I’ve been talking about that trip...
View ArticleGo to Truist Park early
New spaces and places. As we drove from KP and Sue’s lovely house in Fayetteville, Ga., toward the afternoon baseball game between my New York Mets and home team Atlanta Braves, my since-the-early 80s...
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