The Metsies are now on an off-day after a road trip to Arizona and LA. Some thoughts.
Friday night I was out at the bar and they had the game on. Despite there being a lot of people there, apparently no one else was really paying attention to it. When David Wright made his spectacular diving catch in foul territory I was the only one who cheered. Imagine that!
Every time Eric Byrnes (Diamondbacks) came up to bat, I had to laugh at his at-bat music, “Lose Your Love Tonight”. It’s so….random. Not at all what you’d expect for at-bat music. Don’t get me wrong I like that song. It’s even on my iPod…on my running playlist at that…but still. Interesting choice.
My softball games Tuesday night didn’t end until 11pm so I got to listen to some of the game in LA on my way home. They were up when I went to bed. I didn’t think that they’d lose it after all that. So it goes and goes and goes.
I was home for yesterday’s game so I saw Angel Pagan’s “Rambo” catch over the wall in left field. That was pretty spectacular but pretty scary. It looked like he landed on his head, but of course there’s no camera angle into the seats so who knew what really happened. At least it’s only a bruised shoulder and not him ending up with a broken spine or something.
Today the Maine-iac himself is 27! Happy Birthday John Maine!
And congrats to former Met, Carlos Gomez who hit for the cycle last night in Minnesota. I saw him play on the spring training tour and talked to the Minnesota fan next to me who had a lot of good things to say about him. I think he’ll do well in Minnesota.
