My own personal opening day
My buddy Nick and I went to Shea for a 1:10pm start between the Mets and the Cubs. Despite it being a game between two teams I could care less about, it was great to be at a baseball game for the first time in six months. The grass was green, the beer was flowing, and the hot dogs were expensive. Play ball!
The game itself was ok. Mark Prior was very sharp through seven innings. The Mets were pretty poor. The Cubs knocked Steve Trachel around, but interestingly, got picked off of first twice, consecutively (which has to be some sort of record) and got called out at the plate twice in the same inning (which probably isn’t a record, but amusing nonetheless).
Also, unfortunately, Sosa didn’t connect for his 500 home run. That would’ve been cool.
