A Stitch in Haste

I, a New Yorker who was born without the "fan gene" on my Y-chromosome and therefore lack any and all interest in any and all spectator sports, will be traveling 1,000 miles to attend...

...wait for it...

...a Mets game!

For the first time in about 30 years.

Fate definitely has a sense of humor.

Details to follow...

I'm spending the holiday weekend in Florida with a friend, who among other things is dragging me to the Marlins-Mets game.

Serious blogging will be light or nonexistent through Monday, though I will try to photoblog as appropriate.

Later...

Welcome to The Grand Illusion...


Come on in and see what's happenin'


Pay the price, get your ticket for the show.


The stage is set, the band starts playing...


Suddenly your heart is — oh who am I kidding?


Wishing secretly you were a star...

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Given the fact that this was a Florida - New York game, it turned out that there were almost as many Mets fans as there were Marlins fans — cf., this post. I'm told that the respective records of the two teams might also have had an impact on the fan ratio.

In any case, the Mets lost, 5-1, and most of the game was slow-paced and uneventful. Or is baseball always like that? ;-)