San Diego Padres @ New York Mets (game 1)

This was a strange game.  As I was a little late, having forgotten that I had a ticket for tonight's game, I missed the first 2 and a half innings, arriving during the bottom of the 3rd.  It could have been worse, but I asked Google Maps how long it would take from my hotel to the stadium and it said only 36 minutes, and it was about right - the subway entrance for the 7 line is very near my hotel.

On the down side, this game finished 8-3 in favour of the hometown Mets, but I only saw 1 of those runs score, as the Mets scored 5 in the first inning and 2 in the second.

I was on the Excelsior level, which is not the top Hyundai Club section, which I've been in before and is extremely nice and, when the Mets are competitive and able to sell it out, very expensive.  We still have lots of comfy chairs and tables to sit at around the concourse, which makes it a very pleasant place to come.

I was still feeling a bit tired, so I just had some chicken tenders to eat for my "lunch".

It was very noisy - there was unnecessary music between each pitch it seemed, and it wasn't really relevant to the action.

In the end, the part of the game I saw had some good pitching and good defence, although the Mets catcher suffered a nasty-looking injury when he was hit by a pitch on his hand and he left the game.

A Mets victory is the last thing the Giants need, unfortunately, so I'd like the Padres to knock them off tonight if possible - and I might get a commemorative gift if there are more than about 26,000 people on Wednesday, as it'll push the season total attendance to over 3 million.