Sun Soaked, Fancy Free

Quick one for you all today. The Glass Man was out there today at Citi Field with B.O.A.F.O.M.G., who was taking in his first game at the new ballpark.

I can't say enough good things about this new stadium of ours. What really gets me about it is the sense of freedom. We got up from our seats in the 3rd and toured the ballpark. Out we went to left center field where I waited endlessly for a beer on a line with a broken register.

Then it was off to the area behind the scoreboard in center where the Shake Shack is. I found a functioning beer line and ordered the first semi-exotic thing I could find... Kirin Light. Let me tell you something about Kirin Light -- it's great for group dinners at Benihana or the Bond Street Grill in Westport, but at a ball game... well, I'm not sold. Not yet anyway.

From center field it was off to right center for a tick followed by a walk up tothe Pepsi Picnic Area, a great spot to watch the game on a gorgeous, 70-degree day. Curiousities include the 900-calorie popcorn offering (to put it in perspective, the fries had something like 475 -- you really have to wonder what the eff they're putting in that popcorn).

By the time we returned to our seats it was the 6th inning, but we hadn't missed any of the action. We'd caught the whole game but had managed to see it from 4 different perspectives. It's liberating.

Saturday was the first beautiful day of 2009, the first day that makes you think winter might end some day after all. I couldn't have been happier to have spent it at Citi Field with B.O.A.F.O.M.G., Johan, and all the rest. Perfect little Saturday.

They say tomorrow's going to be lousy weather; whatever, you take a sun-drenched Saturday and rainy Sunday over the opposite every time. More important, let's hope there's no let up in our boys. 7-5 sounds a heck of a lot better than 6-6.

Before we get there though, there's still a beautiful Saturday night to enjoy. Have fun everyone.

- A.F.O.M.G.