Summer time has come and gone, and everybody’s home again
Closing down for the season, I found the last of the souvenirs
— Billy Joel, “Famous Last Words”
I took this shot after the final game of the season back on Sept. 28, but I’ve been busy and it took me a while to go through the photos and post them. The rest of the shots — including Jose Reyes’ bunt and bolt — are here.
Reyes breaks for third We don’t have a Dave & Buster’s in northern New Jersey, there’s no chance of me ever setting foot in the one in Times Square, and I’m not sure if I’ve ever been to one. But…
For five years now, I’ve been giddy with anticipation for the first or second week of April. For me, the start of the baseball season does not just mean the return of my favorite sport. It also signifies warmer weather,…
Out at first This week’s slideshow is another set taken before I got my first SLR (and, therefore, first telephoto lens), so the photos tend to be more of the wide-view variety. I cropped closer where I could, but for…
Back in 1999 — as much as I hate to admit it — Chipper Jones won the National League MVP award with what he did against the Mets in September. Atlanta beat New York by 6 1/2 games that year,…
I’ve been watching Mets games with a different mindset for a few weeks now. Even before Carlos Beltran went on the disabled list on June 22, I was beginning to think of this team as a hobbled M*A*S*H unit, not…
Soon, Casey and I will be riding the rails out to Flushing for another Mets opener (and a Mr. Met bobblehead!). In celebration of baseball coming back to Queens for the season, I’ve pulled some photos from past openers. I…
