Roadtrip to see The Mets in DC

Last weekend series between The Mets and The National was an exciting series for the Mets and for me. I got to go to Friday's game with an old friend from my Richmond, Virginia days, Tom Metzler.Tom has a keen baseball and sports mind and it is always a good time chatting through a game with him. The Nationals Park was a very nice place to watch a game and it was great seeing Davie Johnson in the other dugout.

Saturday's game was even better if that is possible. RA Dickey pitched and I have not seen him pitch in person since his University of Tennessee Volunteer days. The big reason Saturday was  a blast because I got to go to the game with John Patrick Long, my oldest and dearest friend. We met on Berkeley Place in Park Slope when we were four years old. John and I have been New York Mets fans from day one April 13, 1962.

Sunday's game with Dillon Gee on the mound was another good game but unfortunately The Mets could not pull it out loosing in the bottom of the 9th.

I went to my first Mets game at the Polo Grounds in 1963, John's dad took the two of us. I have no idea how many games we went to over the years. When Shea opened we thought it was a palace compared to the Polo Grounds. We were Borden Milk Carton Coupon Kids. Hundreds if not thousands of kids would line up outside Shea Stadium. John and I would have a sac lunches and usually a little money for a coke or snack. We kept score and watched every pitch with anticipation of a Mets win. We did not see many victories prior to 1969 but we had a lot of fun.

These Mets are different from those early Mets players 50 years ago. These Mets are young and vibrant and exciting to watch. John and I watched the Mets loose two games and in both they had chances to win just like we did in 1962. Somethings never change but I still think the Mets can catch the Braves. You Gotta Believe!

Orwell was Right

The politics and talk of multinational corporations taking over the world, with puppet governments being run by egotistical ideologues creating a global Oligarch is going to make a wonderful book. Oh Yeah, 1984, people thought/believed Orwell was writing an anti-communist book, little did they know he was talking about now. It was not a warning of Communism; it was a warning of global dominance by Multinational Corporations and their influence and control over society.

Global dominance by Multinational Corporations and weak central governments have put the world economy in peril.


The middle class and the poor of Europe are taking to the streets. When will America wake up? I have been asking myself where is the outrage over two endless wars and the assault on the middle class. I see people just existing, living hand to mouth. The malaise that is engulfing this country is being caused by ineffectual leaders from both parties.

The only way we as a united people will change this is by voting and by taking to the streets. First, we must take to the streets. The current leaders will only understand the power of the people. We have done this in the past. We have turned the political climate. We have changed the world. It will only happen when regular hard working Americans stop what they are doing and March on Washington.

March on Washington DC, Labor Day weekend . Lets get the ball rolling. Come out and show the world we can change the course of this country. We have done this before, we can do it again.