As I promised, here is my wife’s write-up of the new culinary offerings at Citi Field this year. It’s much better than I could’ve done, and not just because I don’t like sushi.
Springtime R.E.M. was the first music we heard coming from the field, but we were still on the concourse. We’d just come up the escalator through the Jackie Robinson Rotunda and we were ready to work our way around Citi…
Ryan Howard’s three-run home run in the sixth inning silenced Shea Stadium. The Mets had just taken a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the fifth despite John Maine’s struggles. Willie Randolph turned over the game to the bullpen, starting…
This isn’t a piece of trivia that I had tucked away in my brain, but if you’d asked me which team surrendered Chipper Jones‘ first Major League home run, I’d have said something along the lines of, “It would have…
March 26 is a big day in sports stadia demolition. Ten years ago today, the Kingdome was imploded; this is the demoversary. In New York today, another stadium from the ’70s saw the last section of its upper deck pulled…
Last week, it was Class A … First pitch in Lakewood, April 7, 2005 Yesterday, it was Triple-A … A beautiful day in Scranton, April 10, 2005 Today, it’s Shea. Thursday, it’s RFK. Lots of posts and game recaps coming…
I’ve developed this sixth sense when watching movies and TV shows to spot baseball references in the background or to pick up on them in lines of dialogue. There are times when the hair on the back of my next…
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Maybe it’s better than you could have done, but remember that I had to ask you twice last night if Keith Hernandez was a pitcher. We each have our own strengths.