College Basketball at MSG Recap

A St. John's Huddle

Tonight, the KHH bloggers headed to MSG for the first time ever to see St. John’s take on Louisville in a Big East Conference matchup. After we looked at our tickets and we arrived at MSG, we realized that there would be another game following St. John’s. Iona would be battling Siena in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) game. We thought this would be good news at the time, and it turned out to be great news. First I will recap the St. John’s game, followed by the Iona one. This was a very boring game, and if it had been the only game of the night, I do not believe it would have been worth it for us to go out. The Johnnies were, in a word, awful. They shot 28% from the floor and were 2-16 from 3. Many of these 3’s came when the shot clock was winding down and a chucked 3 was the only option. This is so unacceptable, because in college, the shot clock is 35 seconds. There is no reason why a team should not be able to get a somewhat open shot in 35 seconds, especially a team with the talent that St. John’s has. St. John’s moves very slowly and never pushes the ball. This leads to very boring basketball and very few points. Also, the longer a team holds the ball for, the more likely they are to turn it over, which happened too much tonight. The first half was especially awful for the Red Storm. After jumping out to an 8-3 lead, Louisville ended the half on a 26-10 run and never looked back. St. John’s first half field goal % was under 20. For the Red Storm, the only bright spot was D’Angelo Harrison, who had a Carmelo-like 24 points. This means that he scored a lot, but it did not feel like it because the rest of the team was doing so poorly and nobody else scored. Moe Harkless added 12 boring points. My two favorite Johnnies, God’sgift Ochiuwa and Sir’Dominic Pointer shot a combined 4-17 and only had 10 points. I was pretty disappointed. For Louisville, Russ Smith led the way off the bench with 17 points, 7 assists, and 4 rebounds in only 23 minutes. Kyle Kuric added 15 points.

God'sgift Ochiuwa

Now on to the jokes and notes from this Big East matchup:

• As usual, Raphi was 25 minutes late for this game, which almost caused us to miss tip-off. Unfortunately, we got there in time to see terrible basketball.
• I was very surprised at how empty MSG was for this game. I of course was not expecting a sellout for a mediocre St. John’s team, but this game was more empty than the Rock for the Nets. According to ESPN, over 9,000 tickets were sold. I find that hard to believe. After the St. John’s game ended, most people left the building.
• Louisville missed a wide open dunk in this game. It was pretty funny. They almost missed another one later, but instead got a lucky roll.
• The St. John’s student section was extremely pathetic in this game. They probably had about 100 people, which is nothing. They were not loud at all and did not effect the game. They also all did not stay for the second game. See picture below:
  

  St. John's Student Section

• St. John’s had two t-shirt tosses in this game. The first one was when we were in our real seats, which were not horrible, but still somewhat high up. The Red Storm cheerleaders did not have a t-shirt gun like they do at Nets games, and instead only had a bungee-chord-like mechanism to launch t-shirts. The cheerleaders could not figure out how to use this, and no t-shirts came even close to us. With less than 5 minutes remaining, we moved down to about the 6th or 7th row at center court. For the Heat-Knicks game on April 15th, on Stubhub, the cheapest seat in the section we were in would be $999. We also stayed in these seats for the entirety of the second game. Anyway, right after we moved into these seats, there was another t-shirt toss. First, Raphi was able to tip a shirt over to me which I then snatched up. A minute later Raphi caught a shirt cleanly. What a success. After we got both shirts, a guy yelled at Raphi, “These are not your seats!”. He continued to heckle Raphi a little after this. It did not come close to Jonah’s beer incident at Mets-Astros, but it did cause some controversy. On to the t-shirts themselves, they are very nice. First of all, they are wrapped with real tape and not Petro’s leg tape. Also, they are only size large, not 2XL like Nets games. Even the design on the shirt is nice, without any advertisements for Pepsi Max.
• In the middle of the Iona game, a Louisville player came into the stands, very close to us, to see someone he knew. I tried to get a picture of him close up, but my camera was being annoying, so this is the best I got:

Louisville player in the crowd

See more St. John’s-Louisville pictures below:

A Foul Shot

Another Foul Shot

Sir'Dominic Pointer

God'gift

Sir'Dominic

D'Angelo Harrison

D'Angelo Harrison

D'Angelo Harrison

Moving on to the second game, which had Iona facing off against its MAAC rival Siena. First off, I would like to give some background information on these two colleges, for those of you who had never heard of them before, like me. Iona College is in New Rochelle, New York, which is a quick Metro-North ride away. A famous alumnus of the Iona Gaels is Jason Motte who saved Game 7 of the World Series this year for the Cardinals. Siena College is located in Loudonville, New York, which is in the eastern part of the state (pretty much the middle of nowhere). Siena has had a lot of basketball success recently, making the NCAA tournament in 2008, 2009, and 2010, and even beating Maryland and Ohio State in the tourney. Both colleges are Roman Catholic schools.

Sean Armand

Now I will move on to the basketball aspects of this game, followed by jokes and notes. Siena came into this game with a mediocre 5-7 record and averaging only 60.7 points per game, 314th in the nation. Ew. Iona, on the other hand, was 10-3 and averaging 85.1 points per game, 5th in the nation. Right when I saw that, I knew this would obviously be a blow out, which it was. Two of the biggest reasons for Iona’s early dominance this season have been guard Scott Machado, averaging 13.6 points per game and a whopping 10.4 assists, and transfer (from Arizona, a big basketball school) guard Momo Jones, averaging 16 ppg. I was expecting these two players, as well as big man Michael Glover, to dominate this game, but they were not the story. The story of this game was sophomore guard Sean Armand. Coming into this game, Armand was averaging 13 minutes and 7 points per game off the bench for Iona. Nothing special at all. In this game, Armand played 22 minutes, scored 32 points, broke the MAAC conference record with 10 3’s in a game, and scored the last 20 points (yes, in a row) of the first half for the Gaels. No, this is not a typo; you may need to reread that. Nobody else for Iona took more than 10 shots. Armand took 22, 19 of them being from 3. Think about that. He shot 19 3 pointers in a 40 minute game in which he only played 22 minutes of. Wow. Sean made Siena’s 3 point defense look like the Nets. Armand also looks and acts like a certain Nets player who has not been living up to expectations this season, Anthony Morrow. They even both share the number 22. I think the Nets should just pick up Armand right now and dump Morrow to Iona. Maybe Armand would be able to make a 3 for them. Scott Machado also had a nice game for the Gaels, with 9 points, 9 rebounds, and 9 assists. The coach took him out with 5 minutes left. I would have left him in so he could get a triple-double at MSG. Momo Jones also had a nice game with 14 points and 7 assists. I was impressed by him.

Momo Jones and Scott Machado

Now on to the jokes and notes from this game:

• As mentioned earlier, after the St. John’s game, most fans left the arena. However, a pretty strong amount of Iona fans assembled behind one of the baskets. There were maybe 10 Siena fans at the game. Siena fans did not care to make the trip down from Loudonville.
• Siena had a freshman guard who was only 5’8”. However, he was their best player, scoring 22 points tonight. Raphi thought that this is who he would be if he was good. I have to agree. His name is Evan Hymes. See pictures below:
  

  Evan Hymes

  

  Evan Hymes

• Even though this was a neutral site game, only the Iona cheerleaders made an appearance. And they made a very large appearance. Between the Iona dancers and cheerleaders, there were over 50 girls behind the basket wearing cheerleading uniforms. It was such a joke. See below:
  

  Iona Cheerleaders

• The reason Momo Jones transferred from Arizona to Iona was to be closer to his sick grandmother, who lives in Harlem. I kind of feel bad for him. Instead of playing in front of thousands of crazy fans at Arizona, he has to play college basketball in Westchester. Whatever.
• By the end of this game, I found myself rooting strongly for Iona. This is mainly because of Armand’s amazing shooting, but also because of Iona’s style of play. It is the opposite of St. John’s. They push the ball off of misses and try to shoot within the first 10 seconds of the shot clock. This leads to exciting and fun basketball. We may try to attend another Iona game this season, but more on that later. Iona may have just become my favorite college basketball team and was the only reason to go to MSG tonight.
• After the game ended and we were leaving MSG, we saw some pictures that they put up of Knicks. Most of the pictures were of the Knicks best players. Then there was this. Ew:
  

  Jared. Ew.

See more Iona-Siena pictures below:

Jermel Jenkins of Iona

Momo Jones

A foul shot

Sean Armand

Now on to upcoming KHH events. The Devils play at home tomorrow and Friday, but it looks like the Stubhub prices might be too expensive for us. Instead, we will likely have a viewing party for Nets-Celtics tomorrow. All KHH fans are invited to watch this probably blowout, especially if The Hump misses his second game in a row. On Friday, however, Iona will be taking on Niagra on ESPNU in Westchester, and the KHH bloggers may try to make an appearance at that sure to be great game. More info to come.

Yankees-Indians Recap

Yankees vs. Indians

Today, I spent the afternoon with my dad at rainy Yankee Stadium to see the Yankees dominate a pretty bad Indians team 4-0. We sat in the most expensive Legends Suites at the Stadium as part of my reward for graduating high school. This was the first time that we have sat in these seats. Usually when I go with my dad, we sit in Championship suites, which are a little closer to the outfield. Today, our seats were second row in the infield close to the Yankee dugout. Keep in mind that this was far from a KHH event because it was not a joke at all. Most KHH events are just stupid and unimportant games, like Nets-Timberwolves, Mets-Astros, or Newark Bears. However, this was a sold out game at Yankee Stadium that actually impacted the playoff race somewhat. Also, we paid waaay too much for our tickets for this to be a KHH event. This article will mostly be about the Legend Suites experience and less about the actual game, but I will talk a little bit about the game first.

Yankees Magazine (Russel Martin did not play)

The Yankees just showed that they were the better team today. The did not allow the Indians to score a run and they scored four times themselves. The scoring started in the 4th inning with an A-Rod line drive home run to left center. Then in the 6th, Curtis Granderson doubled the Yankees lead with a solo shot himself to the middle deck in right field. The Yankees scored again in the 7th off an error by Shin-Soo Choo (A.K.A. The Shoe) and then again the 8th on a homer by Mark Teixeira. This game was never in question for the Yankees. For the Indians, offense was very limited. Their only real scoring opportunity came in the 8th inning when they had 2 runners on base with nobody out, but they were unable to capitalize. Boone Logan shut them down in the 9th inning to finish the game off for New York. The pitching in this game was very impressive, especially from the Yankees point of view. Bartolo Colon had possibly his best game of the season, pitching 6.2 innings, allowing 2 hits and striking out 6, before leaving the game with a pulled hamstring. It is not surprising that he got injured. He is legitimately fat. Actually. See pictures of him below. For Cleveland, Mitch Talbot pitched pretty well before being thrown out of the game in the 6th inning for hitting Alex Rodriguez. The Indians hit Mark Teixeira last night and he was not happy about it, and the umpires did not hesitate to throw out Talbot today after hitting A-Rod. He was lying in the mud in pain after getting hit for a few minutes, but he stayed in the game. See pictures of him limping to first base below:

Bartolo Colon and Francisco Cervelli

Bartolo Colon After His Injury

A-Rod After Getting Hit By a Pitch

Now I will talk about the jokes of the game, the Legends Suite experience, and other things:

• First of all, the weather needs to be mentioned in this game recap. There was terrible weather the entire game. And I mean 100% of the time. It was not raining, but it was misting and getting everything wet. It was pretty gross and it never stopped at all. It was windy too. There is a possibility that the Yankees will give us free tickets to another game after making us sit through this one.
• As we arrived to the Stadium today, we realized that it was Yankee Stadium Hat Day. This was a very wonderful surprise. See pictures of the Yankees hat below:

Yankee Stadium Hat Day

Presented By Hess

• The thing that I most need to mention from this game is the food. There was tons of food, and it was all included with the purchase of a ticket. And it was all so fancy. Unfortunately, I am probably the pickiest eater in the world so I did not enjoy most of the food. I did not have breakfast this morning because I wanted to save room for all the food at Yankee Stadium. Now, it is almost 8:00 PM and I will certainly not have dinner. I will now list everything I ate: 2 bowls of pasta, 2 Famiglia pizzas, 1 Sierra Your Computadora Mist (in honor of Raphi), 1 blue Gatorade, 1 small bag of peanuts, 2 chocolate covered strawberries, 2 small pieces of cake, 1 cookie, and I took 2 large boxes of M&M’s for later. Here are pictures of my food:

Chocolate Covered Strawberry

My Pasta

Dessert

Famiglia Pizza and Sierra Your Computadora Mist

Legends Suites Peanuts

• Here are more pictures of fancy food and the overall Legends Suite experience:

The wristband that you need for the Legend Suites

The wristband that you need for the Legend Suites

Fancy Seafood

Food

Food

Food

Our Table

Comfy Seats

Championship Suites Lounge

An Assortment of Candies

So Many Peanuts

Alcohol Cabinet

Pepsi Max Making Its Appearance

• We got to this game very early to have a meal before the game, so after our meal we got to watch the Yankees warm up up close. Here are some pictures from their warm up:

Brett Gardner

Gardner and Granderson

Jeter and Cano

Robinson Cano

Granderson Stretching

Derek Jeter

Derek Jeter

Derek Jeter

Derek Jeter

The Yankee's Carmelo

 

 

Gardner and Granderson

Alex Rodriguez

•  About half way through the game, we decided to move closer to home plate. We were about 5 rows up from the Yankees on deck circle. They were really great seats. Here are some pictures of the game from those seats. Also, there are some pictures of a fan favorite here at KHH, The Shoe. He made an error today that allowed a run to score. Classic. The Indians made 3 errors total.

The Shoe

Cano On Deck

Nick Swisher

Jorge Posada

Brett Gardner

Derek Jeter

Derek Jeter

Francisco Cervelli at the Plate

Curtis Granderson

Mark Teixeira

Alex Rodriguez

Mark Teixeira

Vinnie Pestano of the Indians. He was kind of a joke.

The Shoe at the Plate

The Shoe

CC Sabathia After the Win

Yankees Heading Back to the Dugout

AJ Burnett

Mark Teixeira Interview

Mariano Rivera

Francisco Cervelli

There were not a whole lot of jokes from this game and because of this, it was not really a KHH event. However, the next KHH event will be tomorrow night as we have a combined viewing party of Game 6 of the NBA Finals and Keeping Up with the Humphries’s. It should be a jolly good time and all are invited.

 

Mets-Phillies Recap

Let's Go Mets!

This might have been my favorite Mets game of the year so far. One reason this is is because it felt like a real baseball game and not just Mets terribleness. First of all, the weather was good for the first time in a very long time. It was neither pouring rain, freezing cold, or snowing. Even Section 401 was somewhat full. Because of the weather, people actually showed up to this game. In fact, there were very few seats (unless you wanted to sit in the upper deck in left field, but more on that later). I would say that about 25% of the fans attending the game were Phillies fans. And why shouldn’t they come up to New York for a weekend series? It is a 2 hour trip by train and they get to see their team for cheaper than they would in Philadelphia. And their team has a better chance of winning because they are playing the Mets. The tickets for this game were very expensive on Stubhub because of all the fans, but luckily I chose this game as my free tickets for a rain out earlier in the year and these were our best seats at a baseball game in a while.

Now on to the actual game. The Phillies won 5-2 with Cole Hamels picking up the win to improve to 7-2, Mike O’Connor very deservedly getting the loss, and Ryan Madson securing the save. This game was a Mets bullpen catastrophe on every level after the starter, Mike Pelfrey pitched a beautiful game for the Mets. The disaster begun fairly unassumingly. After a pretty unwatchable and boring game, the Phillies had 2 outs in the 8th inning and nobody on base. Pelfrey was still on the mound and the Mets held a 2-1 lead. Unfortunately for Mike, he gave up a single to Jimmy Rollins and was pulled from the game. He received a huge standing ovation as he exited and this will probably cause him to pitch terribly in his next game because he will be overconfident. Anyway, enter Mike O’Connor. After allowing Rollins to steal second, Chase Utley hit a single to left. Keep in mind that the only reason O’Connor was brought into the game was to get a lefty, Utley, out, and he gave him a game-tying hit. He will probably be sent back down to the minors after this performance. Enter Jason Isringhausen. Utley attempts to steal second and Ronny Paulino’s throw sails into center field. Utley is now at third and there are still two outs. Issy (or should I say Sissy) then walks Placido Polanco and leaves the game without recording an out. Enter Tim Byrdak. He comes in as the lefty specialist to get Ryan Howard out and keep the game tied at 2. However, Howard doubles down the right field line and 2 runs score. In the 9th inning, Dale Thayer (who made his Mets debut) gave up 1 more run and the Mets were officially out of the game. They did absolutely nothing in the bottom of the 9th against Ryan Madson. One of the reasons that this was my favorite game so far this season is that this is such a typical Mets-Phillies game. This is exactly what I expected. I thought the Mets would take a lead, but of course disappoint the fans in the end like usual. They did the exact same thing yesterday as well. I don’t know how die-hard Mets fans are able to survive this. Even though I try to root for them, I can’t get myself to do it. They are just too terrible.

Dale Thayer. He is now apparently a reliever for the Mets.

Now on to the jokes from the game:

• As we arrived at Shea, we realized that Pepsi Max was unfortunately back, and they were back with a vengeance. There was tons of Pepsi Max stuff outside the stadium including an annoying DJ yelling at everyone. There were also huge bottles of Pepsi Max looming over everyone and girls with free samples of Pepsi Max. It was disgusting and horrifying. I refused the temptation to participate in the devilish activities before the game, but after the game I took a free can of Pepsi Max as I was leaving the stadium. I had about 4 sips of it before throwing it out in a subway garbage can. It was as bad as I thought it would be if not worse. However, it probably gave me the caffeine to be writing this article right now. As we were walking up the staircase to the subway, the stairs were littered with unopened and one-sip-taken-out-of Pepsi Max cans. It was terrifying. I should have knocked one of them over by accident and then the Pepsi Max would drip down the stairs grossing everyone out. It would have been quite funny. Also, after wearing my Mets throw-away shirt tonight to the game, I realized that I am a walking advertisement for Pepsi Max because it has an advertisement on the back. Maybe I should just cross it out with a black marker. Any better suggestions? See Pepsi Max Pictures below:

Pepsi Max Stand

Pepsi Max Bottle

• As we entered Citi Field, the Mets gave us free “Tote Bags”. It is really just a bag with a belt around it and it looks pretty feminine. It also has an advertisement for Harrah’s Casino. We took our bags into the stadium with us and used them in various ways. I will talk more about these Tote Bags later on. See pictures below:

Mets Tote Bags

Mets Tote Bags With Peanuts

Mets Tote Bag

Mets Tote Bag With Peanuts

Mets Tote Bags with Peanuts

Mets Logo On Mets Tote Bag

Mets Tote Bag Belt

Peanuts Inside Mets Tote Bag

• As we arrived we noticed the annoying foam finger guy. People actually bought stuff for him today. They could have spent that money on a lower level Nets ticket! Idiots…

Annoying Foam Finger Guy (people actually buy these things)

• As part of rewarding their season ticket holders, the Mets chose some season ticket holders to go on the field before the game. It was mostly just old people. Each person went to a position and when the Mets went onto the field they shook hands with the Met who played their position. It was kind of a joke. See pictures below:

Random Season Ticket Holders on Field

Random Season Ticket Holder on Field

• After arriving to our very good seats, we noticed the upper deck in left field. In every game we have went to so far this season, nobody has sat in those seats. They are always empty. The Mets just never sell those tickets. This was for the most part the same tonight except for one section. I assume that there must have been a birthday party or something like that in this one section because there were almost no people in the other sections. It is pretty hilarious. Also, during the 7th inning stretch, there was one guy sitting under the out-of-town scoreboard in the left field upper deck and he was standing up and dancing and wanting to get a shirt. Good luck, because you will need a miracle. See pictures of the left field upper deck below:

Shea Stadium Upper Deck Left Field

Shea Stadium Upper Deck Left Field

• After the 1st inning we decided to break out the peanuts. They were as disgusting as we remember them being (we haven’t been to Shea in a few weeks) but luckily there were less than there are at Yankee Stadium. There weren’t many perfume nuts, however I did get one that was pitch black after being burned in an oven for probably 5 days. It was super perfumy. After we opened the peanuts, I thought of a great idea. We will put all of our peanut shells in Raphi’s Tote Bag and then Raphi will have to decide what to do with all of them. We carefully positioned the bag under Petro/GadZoom’s dunking bucket (AKA cup holder) so that when we dunked or shot, the peanuts would go into the bag. I suggested dumping them all in one urinal in the Citi Field bathroom but Raphi was too scared. He still has yet to make a decision and still has possession of all of the peanuts. See peanut pictures below:

Peanut Shells in Tote Bag Close Up

Peanut Shells in Tote Bag Close Up With Peanut Bag

Peanut Shells in Tote Bag with Peanut Bag

Peanut Shell in Tote Bag

• In the 4th inning, Mike Pelfrey had a balk with runners on 1st and 2nd. Unfortunately neither runner scored which would have made this a lot funnier. Still, a balk is a balk, and it made this game a little more of a joke.
• In the 6th inning, a fan won 6 months of Tide laundry detergent courtesy of BJ’s. Congratulations. This was a terrible Mets giveaway and I am thankful that I did not win it. Have fun washing clothes for 6 months. Is that a reward or a punishment? Probably punishment.
• Raphi claims that he got bit by a Shea mosquito during the game. Mosquitos usually love my blood but I have not yet noticed any bites. I’m glad Citi Field mosquitos like Raphi more than me.
• After the 7th inning, I noted that the Mets defense had been surprisingly good tonight. That is, until the 7th inning. In the 8th inning it was disgustingly bad including Ronny Paulino’s awful throwing error.
• After 2 outs were recorded in the 8th inning, it took the Mets 4 pitchers to get out of the inning. The foursome are Mike Pelfrey, Mike O’Connor, Jason Isringhausen, and Tim Byrdak. All those terrible pitchers just to get one out.
• During the later innings of the game, Raphi and I moved up successfully 3 or 4 times. I was pretty impressed with it and was not expecting it. I guess the reason we were able to do this was because the Mets fans were so disgusted with their team after the top of the 8th inning. They just wanted to leave Shea immediately. That was good news for us, and I got some nice close-up shots at the end of the game. You will see the pictures from the game towards the end of this article.
• After the game was over and the Phillies won, we were one of the first ones to get to the Phillies dugout. We saw all the players leave and we did not get any balls. However, the pitching coach and the people from the bullpen had yet to leave. We waited for them and I believe the Phillies pitching coach threw a ball in our direction. I had no shot at it, but Raphi had a small chance. He reached out as far as he could and knocked the ball closer to him and made an impressive grab, stealing it away from some Phillies fans. I was impressed to say the least. I didn’t know he had it in him. After getting the ball, he then put it into his peanut bag to make it even more disgusting. It now smells like peanuts. Ew. See picture below:

Peanut Shells in Tote Bag with Baseball!

Here are some pictures from the actual game:

Jimmy Rollins

Placido Polanco Stretching

Placido Polanco

 

Justin Turner

 

Jose Reyes

Carlos Ruiz

Philly Fielders

 

Justin Turner

Raphi's Favorite Ben Francisco

 

Ryan Madson

Our next KHH event will be on Monday, Memorial Day, as the Mets host the Pirates at Shea. We received these tickets for free for sitting through Mets-Nationals a few weeks ago and we picked up our tickets for this game today. It is sure to be a great one, and we will probably go to at least one more Mets-Pirates game in the series. That is all for now, but look out for a video of the announcement of the Mets starting lineup coming soon. Also, Mets-Nets comparisons will finish up tomorrow!

Mets-Giants Game 2 Recap

This was definitely the worst Mets game that we went to this year. The biggest reason for this was the weather. It was just freezing. It was even too cold to write down the funny moments of the game on my iPod. I had to put my hands in my sweatshirt the entire night except for when we had our peanut disaster. And even the peanuts were especially horrible today. A very large percentage of them were perfume nuts (the “P” in peanuts stands for perfume and they are disgusting). The game was terribly boring also. The pitching matchup featured Chris Capuano (who we saw for a third time (ewwww)) against Tim Lincecum. Between the 6 Mets games we have went to so far this year, we have seen a total of 2 Mets starters, The Dick and Cappuccino. Terrible. However, Cappuccino was surprisingly ok tonight, only giving up 2 runs, but against Tim Lincecum, that was 2 runs too many. Tim struck out 12 Mets and the Mets struck out 16 times over the course of the game. That’s just awful. I know Lincecum is an excellent pitcher, but they couldn’t even get the ball in play. Lincecum pitched 7 scoreless innings and the San Francisco bullpen finished off the game. There was very little offense or excitement in this game, with the only two runs being scored on singles by Pat Burrell and Mike Fontenot. This made sitting through the cold even worse. However, there were a few interesting things to say about this game:

• For the first time ever (including Nets games), we were kicked out of our seats by people that were actually sitting there. I was pretty shocked. We were sitting in the front row of the upper deck behind home plate (where we sat for the whole game last night) when someone said that it was their seats. After looking around for a few minutes, we finally settled on the first row of the upper deck on the first base side, which is where we watched most of the game.
• In maybe the 5th inning when it was freezing, it started drizzling for a few minutes. Because it was so cold, I think it actually may have been snowing. It was also extremely windy. This was an extremely difficult game to sit through, especially when it is snowing in May.
• When I couldn’t stand the cold any more, I took a huge risk. I decided to try Citi Field hot chocolate. It was a mistake. The hot chocolate was very average tasting and it was only warm. The only reason I got it was to warm me up, but instead it was not hot and gave me a stomachache. Ok, I might be exaggerating, but still, it was very disappointing.
• In the 8th inning, we decided to go to section 401. What is section 401, you ask? See my next article to learn more and see pictures.
• After we left, we were waiting for the train for 20 minutes in the cold. It was pretty awful. Especially because we could see the train a few feet away and it just wasn’t going to the station.
• I think that Pepsi Max has decided to stop giving out free samples at Mets games. I think that they have just given up on Mets fans ever liking their terrible soda. The only time I got it, I brought it onto the train, had one sip, and spilled the rest out onto the train platform. It was a disaster.

The next Mets game that we plan on attending will be Monday, May 16 unless we go to Mets-Dodgers on Friday, although it is unlikely. They will be playing the Florida Marlins. Expect more disgusting baseball then.