Baseball Trip 2008 - New York

Every year Mitch and I make it a point to attend a baseball game at a stadium that we've never been to before. This year due to the closing of two major stadiums we decided to catch two games in New York.

View from the Empire State Building

Our first game was NY Yankees vs. our Minnesota Twins on Monday July 21st. Unfortunately the Yankees put a beating on the Twins. Final score was 12-4. Yankee Stadium was great though. It had a very historic feel to it. It was also very "dressed up" because the All-Star game was played there only a week earlier.

On Tuesday July 22nd we caught the Mets vs. Phillies game at Shea Stadium. Everyone around the world seems to know that Yankee Stadium is being torn down but nobody seems to be aware of the fact that Shea Stadium is also in its final season. Anyway - the stadium was cool although it was very isolated. There were no bars within walking distance which was a bummer. The game featured ex-Twin Johan Santana pitching for the Mets. It was fun rooting for one of our favorite players. Overall Shea was a great time!

Mitch enjoyed his first experience in NY and he's already talking about next year. We'll have to wait until April/May before we decide where were going. Should be fun regardless.