Well I hope everyone found as much pleasure in their holiday weekend as I did. Did I have grand travel plans? no. Did I see crazy fireworks displays? no. Did I cookout? no. Matter of fact, I worked two of the four days and infact was dealing with conflict at work while fireworks were going off down at the Empire State Plaza. Where's the joy in a weekend like that? Twas found in my two loves: baseball and live music.
Friday July 2: the Mets Spanked the overtired Yankees, 11-2. Granted, the Yankees came off of an extra inning intense game the night before, and what a game it was. I can respect that highly... but I gotta take the moment to be joyous at the fact that our bats came alive. It was about damn time.
Saturday July 3 (afternoon): Holy crap what a game! The first 5 innings that I got to watch on television were crazy. The rest of it that I listened to on the radio in the car was intense and kept me in my car glued to the radio in a parking lot full of tailgaters. One of the best sounds in the world is the roar of the crowd and yells of announcers at the end of a big win like that "Mets Win, Mets Win!"
Saturday July 3 (evening): Holy crap what a show! This was the third time I've seen Dave Matthews Band live and oh man is the third time a charm. I wasn't so much a fan of the insane people on the lawn, but I had a nice view and decent dancing room all night. The setlist was unbelievably good. The band was ubelievably happy up there, and the jams were intensely good. I considered an open letter to Dave, Boyd, LeRoi, Fonz, Carter and Butch, but I just don't have all the words, let alone adequate ones for the superb-ness they brought me last night.
Sunday July 4th: Well happy birthday to America. Another intense back and forth baseball game was had in Queens... and METS WIN, METS WIN! Mets SWEEP Yankees for the first time in history. Mets win the season cross-town series for the first time. I could go on for days on each game, and what the highlights of them really mean. I won't bore my small enough already audience with that. However I do want to note the importance of the coming weeks. If we can show our spirit and talent against the most successful team in baseball, we should be able to stand tall against the real competition in our division. Needless to say I'm quite excited to watch my team show themselves in the next few weeks.
Again I feel like I could write a thousand open letters to baseball heroes, managers who frustrate me, and the players that amaze me...
Perhaps I'll throw my wit that way another day (soon..) but for now this recap entry was brought to you by the letters S-W-E-E-P.