Opening Day At Citifield

The Mets come home to play the Padres after losing 2 out of 3 to the Marlins. The Padres have gone 5-2 to start the year while our amazins are at .500. It's hard to tell right now about this Mets team. The offense seems to be sputtering, the defense looks great at times, the pitching is hot and cold, and unfortunately when the pitching is hot, the bats are dormant.
It's difficult to pinpoint things this early in the season.
They begin their first home stand of the season in dramatic fashion as they open Citifield with 3 games against the Padres, and then 3 games against the Brewers.


Buzzing around looking at the Met's site, they are talking about Citifield getting a nickname. The one nickname that is most popular right now is........umm... ya ready for this?..............The House Of David......................
David Who? If they are talking about David Wright I think that is a little bit crazy dont you?
Besides, the whole "House of David" sounds like a name of a band from the 90's, like "Fountains Of Wayne", doesn't it?...................


Some opening day festivities and Citifield Points Of Interest:


* Tom Seaver will throw out the first pitch to Mike Piazza.

* Dwight Gooden, Rusty Staub, John Franco, & Ralph Kiner will be among the stars coming out.

* If you are going to the game, they suggest that you take mass transportation. They always say that.

* Be sure to check out the Pepsi Porch way out in right field. It is supposed to be pretty nice, extending over fair territory.

* Check out the Taste Of New York food court where I am sure that you can enjoy a small snack for less than $50 ( We don't need no stinking food court!)

* The 2K Sports Fanfest area, located behind the main scoreboard looks pretty interesting. Fans will find a batting cage and a dunk tank. Not sure if their are any scheduled wet-met-T-shirt contests scheduled, but there is nothing like baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and dunk tanks!

It's gonna take a long time to get used to this new ballpark. I don't really care about all the new stuff at this park. I don't care about the Shake Shack and all the food court items, it sounds too much like a shopping mall than a ballpark. Just give me a good seat and a scorecard. I can do with out all the fluff!