I have felt fortunate the last two years that there have been day games during the week on my birthday, July 2, last year the Yankees and this year the Mets. (I generally don't go to night games or day games on week-ends because I prefer to spend the time with my daughter, who will soon be four and should be ready to see games soon). This year we took the R to the D to the M to the 7 to get to Citifield on a lovely day for a ball game. We sat in the promenade club fairly high up in seats that cost $28 and had a beautiful view of the field. In my previous visits to Citifield I sat at field level and didn't particularly care for the view; at that level the ball is against the background of the fans while where we were sitting Thursday the background of the ball was the green grass and the blue sky. I've previously compared baseball to ballet and sitting in the promenade club is similar to sitting in the 4th ring at the New York City Ballet, where all the gorgeous patterns of Balanchine's ballets can be best appreciated, spread out before you as the field is in baseball from the promenade.
The game itself was beautifully pitched by Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta but not so beautifully by Mets pitcher Jacob DeGrom, who as removed in the 6th after giving up four runs, though he did score the only Mets run of the game, hitting a double and being driven in by Granderson in the 2nd. Jonathan Herrera laid down a successful safety squeeze for one of the Cubs' runs, quite a contrast to the Mets totally botched suicide squeeze the previous day, when Darrell Ceciliani completely missed the ball and two Mets ended up on third base! (though one can't blame Mets manager Terry Collins in his desperation to score a run).
The final score was 6-1 Cubs and an enjoyable day of relaxation, watching the elegant game of baseball at the ballpark.
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