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Friday Night Was Special

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This is a follow up to last week's Friday With Fred blog wherein I heralded last Friday night's Mets-Yanks Mania and anticipated a great night communing in our "special" center field bleacher seats with 124 other Gothamites.

In the words of Gothamite Ellyne Finklestein it was "A perfect match up. Weather couldn't be better. 125 Bull pen seats filled with fellow Gotham members with their family and friends. Very heartwarming to see them all. Some members I recognize, others I just meet right in my row of seats. There's smiling, laughing, chanting, rooting, cheering and booing. The most important thing, we are  there all together sharing with our tribe, family and friends. A great time for all-priceless as they say! And of course the METS WIN!

And that's the problem.  The flip side of the Mets winning is that the Yanks lost and to make matters worse this Yankee fan took lots of heat as the Met fans feasted on me and reveled in their victory.  See Amparo's picture above.

Of course, the Yankees won the next 2 games to stay alive in their Pennant race, but I had little opportunity for pay back bragging rights. 

It bothered me that there seemed to be more Gotham Met fans at the game than us. As a consequence, please respond to our current Poll to the right. 

In any case, we will buy 150 tickets for the next Subway Series on 9/1 next year.

Then again, maybe, Baseball Gods willing, our two teams will meet in the World Series.  Here's hoping!

Comments

Corey Bearak

Last Friday was a blast and so will be tonight.
And thank you Fred and Nancy and Gotham for enabling that different type of Gotham Gathering,
150 is a minimum and the projected date is August 1. Even though no tickets, pricing or confirmation from Mets, never too early to put in your reservation. I suspect if we get enough commitments early on (as in a few weeks after the Mets win the series), that 150 can grow larger.
And this morning I will trade the Sat and Sun games that the Mets Manager lost (blew?) for the Mets place in the standing with Buddy Harrelson's # as the magic # with 9 games (six against the sub 500 Reds and woeful Phils) to play with a 7.5 game lead (I knew there was a reason to like the O's!). And on Wednesday, two new Mets color orange Buffalo Springfield tee-shirts arrived; at that point I knew the Karma was changing for the better NY Team.
Fred Klein

I am happy for you and remember, the Mets are my #2 team. Good comment and luck!
Benjamin Geizhals

The Yankee fans took no less heat than the Mets fans would have taken if.....
Perhaps just another aspect of "What goes around, comes around."
Rona Gura

The best part of Facebook is being able to see pictures of events that you're not able to attend. I couldn't attend as I was in Massachusetts with my college room mates. But, through the magic of Facebook, I felt like I was there.
Ellyn Finkelstein

Thanks Fred, for quoting me! Thanks Corey, et el for the opportunity for making this a special night. Sharing with family, friends and fellow Gothamites. Doesn't get any better than that. Correction, had the METS swept would have been awesome! Maybe next time.
Fred Klein

Looks like the Pope trumped Baseball today.
Amparo Connors

Delayed my reply since I was waiting for the outcome of this week...Fred you know I was rooting for a subway series. 9/18 was a terrific night and I hope my cheering wont stop you from rooting for the Mets down the stretch; we raz each other in good fun. What most don't know is that our leader asked me to pose for the picture! Thanks for a great memory Fred, Corey & Gotham tribe. Now Let's Go Mets!!!

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