Last night, Kathleen, the Tank, and I went to visit good old Coney Island and see the Baracklyn Cyclones take on the Hudson Valley Renegades. The Brooklyn Cyclones decided to rename themselves for one night and and pay tribute to our new president. They also were giving away 2,500 bobble heads of Barak Obama. According to the news, the line was around the block all the way down surf and down to the boardwalk well before the game. Steve and Kathleen arrived about 20 minutes late so we missed the first ball by Obama Girl and did not get the bobble head since it was a complete sellout, actually they oversold the tickets by 1200 tickets.
As we waited for the tank, a member of the Renegades was named Burt Reynolds. I kid you not.
The Cyclones jumped to a 3-0 lead by the bottom of the second and we decided not to go to our foul pole seats but rather hang out behind the seats on the 3rd base line near the picnic tables and BBQ stand. We found the tank around the bottom of the 3rd and hung there for the rest of the game. Most of the single A ball players were the Mets prospects Steve and Kathleen met in spring training.
The game goes fast since most of the kids jump on the first pitch or two, and the Cyclones ace Brandon Moore pitched a 4 hit 7 inning shutout. At the bottom of the 7th Steve and Kathleen sang “Take me out to the ballgame.”
We decided to get a jump on the super slow N or Q train and left with 2 outs to go in the 9th (seeing Burt Reynolds one last time). On the way out we took a photo of the President himself (well, sort of. :) ) The Cyclones did win 7-3….
Reported live from Keyspan Park in Coney Island by Steve (and the Tank).