Catch Me If You Can

After the trip to Baltimore, the Mets are coming home for 10 games, including a rematch with the Yankees. I'll be at 3 of the first 7 games before the Yankees come to town. All in the Promenade, I'll be sitting along the RF line on Friday night against Tampa Bay, then somewhere in LF for Monday night and Thursday afternoon against St. Louis. I want to try different seats to get different perspectives on Chez Amazin, and my vacation week is a good time to do it. Come say "hi".

My game tomorrow

I am heading out to Chez Amazin' tomorrow morning for my first official game since the Shea finale last September. That's almost 7 months, but who's counting. And it doesn't include paying my last respects to Shea on Jan. 31, my games in Spring Training 4 weeks ago, or the Saturday Red Sox exhibition game 3 weeks ago.

But my plan for tomorrow is to arrive early, head to the LF gate, where I was told that you may enter the ballpark 2 1/2 hours before the game, try to see what BP is like, get more familiar with the stadium, and then sit fixated in my seat for 8 1/2 or more innings keeping score like I always do, and then get out as quick as possible (I need to have my dad home to NJ by 6).

I should have pictures. I want to see what the obstructions are like from the season seats that I bought into in the RF Promenade "boxes" (400s). And I really want to have a positive review of the ballpark. I want to look for good things instead of bad ones. Unless of course, there's a new observation or an incident. I can't help what I write about for the game itself, but I really want to be positive because for better or worse, this is the ballpark I'll call home probably for the rest of my baseball life (or close to it).