CitiField
Flushing, New York

April 24, 2011 

It’s Easter Sunday.  The sun is almost shining, after all the rain of April.
A lot of fans are elsewhere.  A lot of seats are empty at CitiField.

After the 1st four weeks of baseball, the national pastime plays as usual in the Major Leagues. 

Arizona Diamondbacks 8 – 11, The New York Mets 8 – 13.
The Mets playing for a 3 game sweep of the Arizona.

Pitching for the Arizona team is the near perfect Armando Galarraga.  During 2010, an umpire’s bad call cost the Latino pitcher a  perfect game.  He is  nowhere near perfect on this aftern0on’s mound.  By the third inning he had walked 4, the “2011 amazins”  hit him 4 times and scored 6 runs, twice by homeruns.

Thus the New York Mets sweep the Arizona Diamondbacks 3 game series by score of 4-1, 6-4 & 8-4.
The second 3 game sweep in April for the Mets.

This Mets team needs a couple of months of playing good baseball putting together consistant strings of series wins in order to convince their fans that there is something special worth coming to CitiField for.

At the other New York, Alex Rodriguez records his 22 Grand Slam against Baltimore to bring him one shy of Yankees Lou Gehrig.  The Yankees have started the 2011 season 11 – 6.

In the American League  League leader standings, both Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers are 13 – 7.
The National League Philadelphia Phillies and Colorado Rockies are 14 – 6.  Cincinnati Reds are 11 – 10.

In California, the Los Angeles Dodgers managed by Don Mattingly are playing at 11 – 11.  The organization was at one time among the elite of Major League Baseball but recent events have tarnished the Dodger Blue image and tradition.

I’ve celebrated lots of birthdays reporting  baseball.  Like a gift that keeps on giving, I own 30 seasons of Media Guides.  Happy Birthday Carlos Beltran.

Let’s go Cleveland.

Remembering Bill Sannon – Play Ball!