Meet The Mets
Almost 26 years after Pop-Pop took Daddy to Shea for the first time (June 12, 1982), it was Robert's turn to get there before they blow it up and jack up ticket prices for the new ballpark. The original plan was to tailgate with some friends of mine from the Crane Pool Forum (a Mets board which I help moderate), but the pending monsoons nixed the idea and forced us to shift it to the former Bobby V's on 114th St. Robert enjoyed the replica Shea seats:
And drinking Daddy's seltzer:
Then it was off to the park! Robert was amazed by trains running over his head, and all the planes in the sky.
Robert showed Mom how he was going to give Mr. Met a high-five:
On our way to what Robert kept calling "Mr. Met's House."
"It's big! A big house!"
Once we got inside and bought our program, it was time to head up, up, up to the seats!
We stopped and took some photos before we got all the way up... the new park looks really nice from the outside, and really changes the landscape behind the outfield fence!
The view from Section 8, Row R:
Robert's "silly face":
Robert's first Mr. Met sighting:
And his second Mr. Met sighting, in the program:
Robert also enjoyed a mid-game tickle fight with KB:
And some quality concourse time with Dad:
"Look, Dad! A car!"
We stopped into the team store, where Robert walked around pointing to Mets logos and clapping "Let's Go Mets!"
Then... THERE HE IS! AND HE WAVED AT US! I KNOW HIM!
Speechless:
But not too shy to get a wave in:
"And that's Pedro. Can you say Pedro?"
Before we left, we went down to see Mr. Met one more time:
I'm not optimistic that we'll get to Shea again this season. So thanks, old building, for 26 years of phenomenal memories. The last few months, I've put together a collection of autographs from all the players who played in that first game, back when I was actually (gasp!) a Cardinals fan:
(The space in the top row is reserved for former Cardinals catcher Darrell Porter, who died in 2002, and as a result, his autographs are hard to find cheaply.)
Maybe I'll do the same for Robert down the road...
And drinking Daddy's seltzer:
Then it was off to the park! Robert was amazed by trains running over his head, and all the planes in the sky.
Robert showed Mom how he was going to give Mr. Met a high-five:
On our way to what Robert kept calling "Mr. Met's House.""It's big! A big house!"
Once we got inside and bought our program, it was time to head up, up, up to the seats!
We stopped and took some photos before we got all the way up... the new park looks really nice from the outside, and really changes the landscape behind the outfield fence!
The view from Section 8, Row R:
Robert's "silly face":
Robert's first Mr. Met sighting:
And his second Mr. Met sighting, in the program:
Robert also enjoyed a mid-game tickle fight with KB:
And some quality concourse time with Dad:
"Look, Dad! A car!"
We stopped into the team store, where Robert walked around pointing to Mets logos and clapping "Let's Go Mets!"
Then... THERE HE IS! AND HE WAVED AT US! I KNOW HIM!
Speechless:
But not too shy to get a wave in:
"And that's Pedro. Can you say Pedro?"
Before we left, we went down to see Mr. Met one more time:
I'm not optimistic that we'll get to Shea again this season. So thanks, old building, for 26 years of phenomenal memories. The last few months, I've put together a collection of autographs from all the players who played in that first game, back when I was actually (gasp!) a Cardinals fan:
(The space in the top row is reserved for former Cardinals catcher Darrell Porter, who died in 2002, and as a result, his autographs are hard to find cheaply.)
Maybe I'll do the same for Robert down the road...
posted by cdorso at 7:25 PM
1 Comments:
Wow Robert - How exciting! You got to go to your first Mets game way younger than I did!! I'm glad you got to see Mr. Met.
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