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Tuesday, Aug 30th, 2011 ↓
Jose Reyes, Brooklyn Cyclones by AshMarshall on Flickr.
Great evening for NYC sports yesterday with the Jets, Giants, Mets and US Open all in action on a beautiful, cool late-summer evening. Opening Day at US Open was the headline event with Federer and Venus Williams leading off. The NFL is so big that even a preseason matchup between the two area teams attracted a giant share of local attention. But for my money, the best event of the evening was the Mets sweeping a DH from the Florida Marlins. The first game included a sparkling performance by R.A. Dickey, the Mets’ folksy knuckleballer. He has pitched well all-season, but has received terrible run support. That didn’t change yesterday, but even a 9th inning home-run given up by the bullpen couldn’t obliterate the 2-0 lead he left. The second game brought the return of Jose Reyes from his latest stint on the DL. There’s a lot of angst among Met fans about whether he will remain a Met; and whether or not the team should offer him the kind of money the MLB free agent system will dictate. Indisputably, he is one of the most charismatic athletes around and his team is much more entertaining with him on the field.
July 4, 2010 - Teams representing Queens and Bronx playing in Old Lyme, CT: a quintessentially American scene on Independence Day.
Shea Stadium “lives” in Google maps even though it was dismantled and demolished with “amazing” speed after the 2008 MLB baseball season. The Mets have commemorated it with plaques marking the bases (strange how small the infield feels without a huge superstructure surrounding it). There was some controversy in the blogosphere about whether the plaques were positioned correctly, but according to the GPS in my Blackberry they are indeed in the right locations. In June, while my son tried out to be a US Open ballperson, I stood on second base and tried to imagine the Beatles performing in exactly that spot.
July 4, 2008 - Photos were taken by my friend Nick with his new Nikon D300 at the Cubs-Giants game played on July 3 in San Francisco. What better symbolizes the nation on its birthday than our great, but imperfect, national sport? The player shown is Tim Lincecum, the Giants phenomenal second year pitcher, following through on a pitch. What amazing flexibility and strength in a guy who is not bigger than you or I. OK - he is two inches taller and weighs 25 lbs. less than I do, but am I 24? And the view onto SF bay with the fog rolling in from the Golden Gate; well, you don’t have to be a baseball fan to enjoy it.
