http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2008/07/29/the-old-soilmaster-stadium-try/ The blog for Mets fans who like to read Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:54:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2008/07/29/the-old-soilmaster-stadium-try/comment-page-1/#comment-12237 Anonymous Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:32:00 +0000 http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2008/07/29/the-old-soilmaster-stadium-try/#comment-12237 I tell ya, the '08 Metsies certainly have a flair for the dramatic... Their last 3 losses -- The Worst Game Ever (tm) in Philly, the Saturday Night Marathon, The Worst Game Ever II (tm) in FLA -- have definitely been in the "Bizarro" category. Luckily, they've been spaced apart a little bit. I tell ya, the '08 Metsies certainly have a flair for the dramatic…
Their last 3 losses — The Worst Game Ever ™ in Philly, the Saturday Night Marathon, The Worst Game Ever II ™ in FLA — have definitely been in the “Bizarro” category. Luckily, they've been spaced apart a little bit.

]]> http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2008/07/29/the-old-soilmaster-stadium-try/comment-page-1/#comment-12236 Anonymous Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:12:00 +0000 http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2008/07/29/the-old-soilmaster-stadium-try/#comment-12236 Most of the time you can walk up to the SI Yankees park on game day and buy as many seats as you want right behind home plate. Cyclones games are a different story. I found this out a couple years ago in less of a hard way than you - made plans with a bunch of friends and called for tickets the day before. I've lived in Staten Island for 38 of my 41 years. It is indeed a curious place. We have one attraction - the Ferry - and as you learned, there is literally <em>nothing </em> to do once you get there except turn around and go back to Manhattan. It's a combination of things: dreadful lack of imagination and planning; general indifference bordering on hostility from the rest of NYC government (due to, I suppose, our penchant for voting against the tide); the utter seediness of the surrounding areas (those "sketchy-looking" guys weren't there looking for work); and the NIMBY-ism that halts virtually every initiative on SI. A while back there was a big push to put The National Lighthouse Museum next to the ballpark. Because, you know, what could be a bigger draw than pictures of lighthouses? Most of the time you can walk up to the SI Yankees park on game day and buy as many seats as you want right behind home plate. Cyclones games are a different story. I found this out a couple years ago in less of a hard way than you – made plans with a bunch of friends and called for tickets the day before.
I've lived in Staten Island for 38 of my 41 years. It is indeed a curious place. We have one attraction – the Ferry – and as you learned, there is literally nothing to do once you get there except turn around and go back to Manhattan. It's a combination of things: dreadful lack of imagination and planning; general indifference bordering on hostility from the rest of NYC government (due to, I suppose, our penchant for voting against the tide); the utter seediness of the surrounding areas (those “sketchy-looking” guys weren't there looking for work); and the NIMBY-ism that halts virtually every initiative on SI.
A while back there was a big push to put The National Lighthouse Museum next to the ballpark. Because, you know, what could be a bigger draw than pictures of lighthouses?

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