My last few weeks in New York consisted of "Jamee the Tourist." I did, or tried to do all of the"I'll do someday, after all I live here so there is no rush." sort of things. Of course I did not get everything done but what I did, was awesome! I cant, (maybe don't want to) blog about everything so I chose just three; Baseball, Baseball, Football.Thanks Friend for the tickets so I could enjoy my love of sports and New York in my last few days there.
The Mets have a new field, Citi Field, and I love it. Love. Love. Love it. The rotunda is completely dedicated to "Jackie" Robinson. I was so excited! See the picture of the number 42? I waited for close to five minuets just to get my picture taken with it...without a other people in it too. Now, any of you who know me might remember that I don't like pictures of me, so the fact that I would wait to stand by "42" and ask to get a picture with it, should indicate just some of my excitement.
After the first Mets game, I went again two days later. Yes, the field and the Rotunda made me smile even more. The picture is of my friend Keila and Mike. Mike had seats near us and he was the best fan I've ever come across. The Mets were loosing, and I mean loosing, yet he continued to cheer. My favorite line of the night occurred when another fan below, yelled up at Mike and told him to stop cheering and doing it for attention. Mike didn't miss a beat when he said, "I don't need attention, I need a team." I laughed right out! Seriously, he was not annoying like some fans can get. He was just a great fan. I hope that my next Mets game will have my seats located near him again. Thanks Mike for being a true and great fan!
For two years, I have been trying to get to an NFL game. My wish finally came true. I got to see the Giants vs Jets pre-season game the night before I left. It was thrilling to be at Giants Stadium. Thrilling to see live football. Thrilling to see what goes on at a game and what you don't see when you watch it on television.
Thanks for a great send off New York.
Play ball.
J
3 comments:
what no mention of how much fun we had talking for 15 minutes at the end of the day when I would come home before wandering off to bed? Okay fine, I know I can't compete with pro sports. And as for Mike, Keila told me all about him when we went to a Mets game last week. She wanted to walk around and see if we could find him. I would have if it wasn't the last inning when she mentioned this. Now that I know what he looks like I can help her find him next time.
Yay! a post with pictures! Looks like NY was fun. Idaho is even more so, you should come see (in a year or 2)
oh jamee! reading this made me miss you!!! i am so glad that you had such a great send off. :) that's way fun! and i'm really glad that you documented the whole thing with pictures. yay you!
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