I tried hard to sell these tickets – everything I tried fell through. I was running my first ever 10k race in the morning and really didn’t feel like rushing around. In the end, I did have to rush around, & left home an hour later than I normally do for a [...]
Entries from August 2009
August 24, 2009
I was there: Mets vs. Phillies 8.21.09
Every year there’s a bus trip or two to a Mets game at work. I was rather annoyed this year that all these people who just wanted to go to see the new stadium showed up and bought tickets that by the time I went over to buy my own (the same day they [...]
August 21, 2009
I was there: Mets vs. Braves 8.18.09
This was one of those quintessential nights where I sit at the ballpark and say “This is why I love watching baseball”.
I was on a bus trip for “Polish Night” at Citifield. These ethnic nights are such a ploy for ticket sales, but hey, they gotta do what they gotta do. A half [...]
August 10, 2009
I was there: Mets vs. Diamondbacks 8.2.09
I know, I know, I’m horribly behind the times here (it’s a week + a day after the game), but that’s the way it goes!
This game was best summed up by one word: Rain. Despite the fact that when I checked the weather forecast at 9am and it said there was only a [...]