Play ball!

 Our destination Friday night.

Mets vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers.

So let’s start with the weather.

I’ll let Mr. Met clue you in.

Yeah, we spent a good part of the evening opening and closing our umbrellas.  Not to mention the rain delay during the 3rd inning — one hour and 40 minutes.

And did I mention it was cold?

Just a little reminder that we’re next to La Guardia.

Our seats were field level, behind home plate, with access to the Clover Club.  Unfortunately there’s nothing I can eat at the club, so I had to hike almost halfway around the stadium for the gluten free food stand.  But at least I could get a hot dog or a burger or chicken fingers.  

The retired numbers.

They’re going to add another number this year…

The Home Run Apple

The Queens Crew was around to entertain us.

And there were the mascot races  — one character representing each of the 5 boroughs.

Waving our colors 

Mr. Met does his thing

And, oh yeah, there was a baseball game 

The Dodgers took an early lead, the Mets struggled to come back … going into the bottom of the 9th, the score was 5-2 Dodgers. And then, Mets magic.  They scored 3 runs to tie the game.  Extra innings! You could feel the energy shift in the stands.

And then they lost it in the 13th inning.

Most people left after that, but we stayed for the fireworks.

The first thing we did when we got into the car to go home?  Turn on the heat …

Maybe they’ll beat the Dodgers tonight.  We’ll be watching from the comfort of our living room.