Tonight’s the big night – the first game at Citifield that will count for something! I think some of the excitement (for me at least) is tempered by the fact that while it’s Opening Day for the regular season, I already feel it’s “baseball” because of the Red Sox game in the beginning of the month. Unfortunately, I won’t be at the stadium or able to watch it in real time, so the DVR is DVR-ing. I have no hopes for watching it anytime soon though – since I was at the last game at Shea, I DVR-ed it to watch the game and the ceremonies later mainly to hear the commentary and stuff. It’s still sitting on the DVR, completely unwatched. One day I’ll get to that, and to Opening Day, but for now…
When I first saw the season schedule out, I had to go consult with my volleyball league schedule and discovered that we’d be in the throes of playoffs today. As the season progressed, the only match my team lost was when I was on vacation and not able to make it. I’m not saying that my presence would’ve changed matters (although it might’ve helped!), but playoffs and bragging rights for the rest of the summer until next season starts in October is more important to me than Opening Day. So I’ll be on a volleyball court fighting away during the Opening Day ceremonies tonight. Hopefully, the Metsies will be fighting their own good fight tonight!
