Root, Root, Root for My Home Team

Even though Felix had a tough day, I loved seeing M's fans holding King's Court (top pic) at an away game! 

Saturday I was able to convince a friend of mine to come with me to see the M's play the Yankees! It was awesome. I taught Stretch that morning and then booked it home to change and meet him for an early (by NY standards) brunch before heading up to the Bronx to Yankee Stadium. My friend, Josh, is from NY, but ultimately more of a Mets fan, so I even got him to wear my M's hat! Ha! It was a successful coup!

Unfortunately, despite leaving Brooklyn with plenty of time to get to the game, because the trains were all fucked up this weekend (no 4 train service after BK Bridge, and 4 running local after 59th...), we didn't get there until about half way through the bottom of the first inning. But, the weather was beautiful and we were in the sun from the third inning on (result: definitely sunburnt on my face and the tops of my hands--ouch!). And it was a good game! Well, the game went down to the wire! The M's eeked out a 3-2 win with Yankees in scoring position in the 9th, so... I'll take it.

I'm always surprised to see how many M's fans are at the games! But it always feels so great. I mean, NY is the adopted city of so many people, that of COURSE there are going to be fans of all the away teams in the stands. Especially, west coast teams.

After that we found a bar in Midtown to watch the 3rd period of the Rangers game before I headed to my first tablework rehearsal. It was a sports-y day, topped off with a bit of Shakespeare! All-in-all, awesome, but exhausting. Now, you see why I took most of yesterday to rest and recover. Plus, I always feel like that first day in the sun takes more outta you that you expect.

Good times, though! Super glad it worked out to root for my M's here in NY! There's nothing like an afternoon baseball game on a nice weekend... What is it Carrie Bradshaw said? Ah yes, "Miranda was a huge fan of the Yankees. I was a huge fan of being anywhere you could [...] drink at two in the afternoon without judgement." The sweet draw of baseball!