We got back from the cruise yesterday morning and had enjoyed our vacation so much that we didn't want it to end. As a result, we decided that instead of unpacking, we should go to a Mets game! For all of you Dodgers fans out there, don't take for granted how inexpensive tickets are to go see your team play at home. Apparently baseball is huge out here (there's the Yankees and Mets teams across the river from each other as well as the minor league teams not far away) so tickets are quite expensive. The cheap seats are over $20 a piece! We bit the bullet and bought them (although we made a trip to the stadium to buy them in person to save the extra $24 they tack onto the price if you buy them online - what a rip off!) We were excited about the game and also about the promo item - the Mets cap courtesy of Nathan's.

We packed all sorts of snacks to avoid the temptation of purchasing hot dogs at the field and the sky was looking threatening so we also packed a blanket, sweatshirts, jackets, and gloves. It's a good thing we did, because it didn't take long before we were quite cold sitting in our seats. One positive thing we found about the "nose bleed" seats was that they were under an overhang of the roof. It was drizzling by the time the game started and the rain continued to fall until the game was delayed due to the rain in the top of the 8th inning. We were relatively dry and warm in our cheap seats, but the 75 minute delay was still a bit too much for us to handle. It was already after 9pm and we needed to get some things done, so we decided that we had our money's worth of baseball and headed home before the Mets lost 3-1 to Tampa Bay.

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