IGT 6/22 Mets at Phillies

[Guest Edgy DC]

Dim consolation A: Well, Willie went with the Kiddie Corps in the bit moments and they came up short. But we'll see if that helps them down the stretch.

Dim consolation B: Billy Wagner threw 27 pitches in an NSS.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

As cooby said, D-Dad and I were at the game last night. Our neighbor gave us his two corporate tickets, so it was a date night.

Ashburn Alley has added some new food concessions - Turkey Hill Ice Cream plus Philadelphia Water Ice. That's in addition to the food concessions that were already there (although the Geno's Cheesesteaks weren't as great as we remembered them last year), and the plentiful concessions around the park.

But in a lot of ways, I prefer the old Vet to the CB. I know I'm in the minority, but I never had a problem with the old place - it had decent sightlines, wide causeways, good access, etc.

At the CB, getting to any seats above the 100 level is a trek - too many stairs, not enough elevators, and no ramps. D-Dad and I are in good shape, but for families with small kids or older relatives in tow, it's problematic. We sat in Section 209, in right field, which meant that we couldn't see the out of town scoreboard or the right field corner.

As always, there was a good mix of Mets Fand and Phillies Phans in attendance. I saw one Vote for Pedro shirt, even though he wasn't pitching. The Phillies Phans were pretty quiet and well behaved until the late innings, when suddenly they found the courage to be vocal.

We moved down to section 133 for the last couple of innings because A) we didn't want to deal with the stairway crush after the game, and B) my friend yagottabelieve and her hubby were there. So we at least had company for our misery in the late innings. Those seats were just beyond third base, and nice, except for the fact that you had to turn your body to see the pitcher's mound and home plate. WTF? This is a brand new stadium - they couldn't have designed the seats to face the diamond?

The bottom of the 7th obviously defined our game experience - as the little guy said this morning, it was a big BLECH!

Anyway, it was a rough game to sit through, but for the first six and a half innings it was fun.

P.S. to Switch Hitter - I don't know the song Enter Sandman, but when Wagner came into the game, I did hear someone say, "Sandman", so I'll assume that's still his entrance music (plus Seawolf said that was his song as of last year).