My 50th blog entry!

I couldn't think of a better way to commemorate my 50th blog entry than to recount my day at Shea. I was able to bask in a glorious day at the ballpark courtesy of my good friend Jim. He was able to score his company's primo box seats, situated behind home plate which proved to be an ideal location to watch my beloved Mets sweep the San Diego Padres 12-0.
We left Holbrook at around 10:30 AM and we were accompanied by 2 of his friends, Kevin and I forget the other guy's name. Kevin was kind of enough to do the driving and he proved to be an excellent driver as he sped us on our way to the ballpark, despite the fact that the LIE was partially closed and we were forced to take some back roads to get beyond the closing.
Needless to say when we arrived to the ballpark it was hot out. There were no clouds with only a hint of a breeze leading to a lot of sweating. Kaz Ishii was far from flawless today but he was able to work in and out of trouble, while the Mets tried to get past the Padres' ace Jake Peavy who was cruising along the first couple of innings.
But then Doug Mientkiewicz took him deep in the bottom of the 3rd and that started the deluge of runs that were soon to follow. When Ramon Castro homered in the bottom of the 5th to make it 3-0 things just went downhill for the Padres and Mr. Peavy. Before I knew it the score was 5-0 and the sweep was on.
I knew things were going my way when the lady behind me gave me the ice cream cone she bought for her son, who promptly refused to eat it. She then turned to her other son to see if he wanted it and he also refused. At this point I had sweated away about 10 lbs and was monitoring the situation very closely. When she offered the neglected ice cream to me I didn't hesitate to accept. I made sure I offered it back to her sons, as if they would some how come to their senses, but they were too intent on getting out of the heat and into the AC environment of the Diamond Club. Man did that ice cream hit the spot.
With the win today, I improve to 4-2 on the season and the Mets improved their current winning streak to 4 in a row. I just hope they didn't use up all their runs today since the Dodgers will be in town this weekend.