AP: Going to the Game Thread

[Guest sharpie]

I got that same email, Yance. But I also got it for the NLDS and then got selected in a later round.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

cooby wrote: Yancy L. Gang

That's okay. I probably wouldn't have bought the tickets anyway. The way the schedule is, it looks like every potential postseason game at Shea will be played during the week. I'd be more likely to make the trip for a weekend game.

If the Mets end up playing the Phillies in the NLCS I might consider trying to get some tickets for a game in Philadelphia. Although I don't love the idea of rooting for the Mets in a playoff game in hostile territory.

[Guest cooby]

I'll bet you wouldn't be alone...

[Guest Rotblatt]

Gwreck wrote: Just curious -- are there any other season/plan account holders here -- or other persons holding tickets to the postseason?

My dad & I had the Saturday season ticket plan, and have 2 tickets to the following: Game 1 of the NLDS, Games 1 & 7 of the NLCS & Game 4 of the WS.

The seats are better than expected--Section 17 in the Mezzanine Reserved.

I'm totally excited, but I'd been hoping to pick up an extra ticket so that my long-suffering girlfriend could go as well.

[Gwreck]

We have the Tues/Fri plan and the Sunday plan and were very happy with what we got as well. We got Mezz 14 / Upper Box 788 for the playoffs.

Tue/Fri plans got DS Game 2, LCS Games 2 and 6, WS Game 3.
Sunday plans got the same games. We made some trades for DS 1 and LCS 1, although trading World Series tickes could be tougher.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Rotblatt wrote: I'm totally excited, but I'd been hoping to pick up an extra ticket so that my long-suffering girlfriend could go as well.

I have to ask, is she suffering because she's a Mets fan or because she's your girlfriend?

[MFS62]

Yancy, you just asked the question I'm sure many of us thought of asking... but didn't.

LOL!
Later

[Guest Rotblatt]

]I have to ask, is she suffering because she's a Mets fan or because she's your girlfriend?

Hah! Both, really. She started off as kind of a baseball widow, then gradually became a Mets fan over the years. By necessity, most likely, but she's a natural. She watches games on TV even when I'm not around, keeps score for me when I'm off getting beer, and shakes her head sadly when she sees babies with Yankee gear on.

She's totally earned a couple tickets to the post-season!

[Gwreck]

="Rotblatt"]keeps score for me when I'm off getting beer

Wow.

Now that's good.

My g.f. has gradually become much more involved in the fan thing over the past 1.5 years -- from basically no interest to being responsible for us having the ticket plan (I wasn't going to get it, she just put the $ down and told me later) to going to road games in Pittsburgh --.but keeping score for you...wow. I can't get her to listen to me when I try to explain what it is that I'm doing making all those little markings during the game

[Guest Rotblatt]

="Gwreck"] ="Rotblatt"]keeps score for me when I'm off getting beer Wow. Now that's good. My g.f. has gradually become much more involved in the fan thing over the past 1.5 years -- from basically no interest to being responsible for us having the ticket plan (I wasn't going to get it, she just put the $ down and told me later) to going to road games in Pittsburgh --.but keeping score for you...wow. I can't get her to listen to me when I try to explain what it is that I'm doing making all those little markings during the game

I know, right! And jesus, but I forgot the best part. For my 30th birthday this year, she took me on an East Coast ballpark road trip. We kicked it off with a bunch of friends at Coney, then went to Boston, Baltimore & Phillie and ended up at Shea.

It was awesome. She actually asked me to show her how to score games in Baltimore. If we hadn't already gotten engaged, I'd have asked her to marry me right then and there!

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

The part I'm most jealous of is that you're only 30!

[Gwreck]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: The part I'm most jealous of is that you're only 30!

...says the man who was old enough to have seen the '86 series, in person.

(Those younger often have much to be jealous of too).

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Point well taken.

[Elster88]

Got NLDS Game 5 (Game 3 at Shea) tickets. Not bad...middle of section 8 in the upper deck. I almost kind of hope it doesn't go to game 5, but it would be great to be at a deciding game like that.

I got my NLCS rejection letter today.

[Guest SI Metman]

Mezz section 18 with my Sunday plan for same games as Gwreck.

[Gwreck]

Rotblatt wrote: I know, right! And jesus, but I forgot the best part. For my 30th birthday this year, she took me on an East Coast ballpark road trip. We kicked it off with a bunch of friends at Coney, then went to Boston, Baltimore & Phillie and ended up at Shea.

Very cool. I should start dropping hits to my g.f. now.

I don't know who around here is big on the blog-reading, but she's the writer of the two of us and decided (what timing!) that this was the season to document in blog form: http://www.metsgrrl.com

[Guest cooby]

Is there any particular reason why she doesn't post here? She'd be welcome...