Okay…So, while I can appreciate the sport and athleticism…I’m just not a huge fan of watching sports (ok! ok!….I’m sorry!). Apparently, I’m not the only one-see the video at the end! However, being in New York, it’s almost a sin not to attend a Knicks, Mets or Yankee’s game. So here we go….
Knicks vs Nets….and no….Jay Z did not show up. Bummer. However, the nachos were great and I learned that Stoudemire is the man.
I won’t pretend that I’m a huge baseball fan….however-Baseball is ‘yuge’ here in New York. On game days the subways are filled with Yankees and Mets shirts and I am now very familiar that Jeter, Wright, Santana, and Rodriguez are BASEBALL players and not football, soccer or the dozen other sports players that I don’t follow. (However I will admit to knowing that Derek Jeter has a shoe addiction.)
My cousin Tim is a huge baseball nut and offered to take us to a Mets game….and I’m always up for checkin’ out new stuff. So off we went to Citi Field-The Mets brand spankin’ new stadium in Queens.
The front entrance of Citi Field features a rotunda named after Jackie Robinson and honors his life and accomplishments. Engraved into the rotunda’s 160-foot diameter floor and etched into the archways are words and larger-than-life images that defined Robinson’s nine values: Courage, Excellence, Persistence, Justice, Teamwork, Commitment, Citizenship, Determination and Integrity. Robinson’s famous quote: “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives,” is engraved into the upper ring of the rotunda.
Just love the colors of the grass and the dirt.
I love anyplace where I can go home with cotton candy!
UFC lll! Headed to the weigh-ins and the fights at the Prudential center in New Jersey. Here are a few pics of our day.
(and lets not be ghetto and steal pictures….just ask and I’ll give.)
Weigh-In Day.
Nate Diaz VS Rory Markham
Jim Miller VS Mark Bocek
….and P.S. Mark: For your next weigh-in, google…2(x)ist..or something…those stripes…I don’t even know!?
Ben Saunders. Killa B
He’s just so cute!
One of my favorites….Jon Fitch
More of himz…
……and thennnnnnn he looks a little crazy all hunched over….ek!
Jon Fitch VS Ben Saunders
Kurt Pellegrino VS Fabricio Camoes
Shane Carwin
Seriously ‘YUGE (this with a NY accent)
6.4, 265 lbs!
Frank Mir -also ‘YUGE.
6.1, 265 lbs
I never realized they were that big! hahaha…I’d love to have my picture next to them!
Combined weight of 530 lbs!
meh….
and the GSP GSP GSP!!!!
mmmmm…another please
Go Canada! The crowd was going crazy!
and finally…..Georges St-Pierre VS Dan Hardy
Welterweight Championship
I liked how the ring girls were a tad bored the whole time but when Georges came out…..they straightened right up and walked up to try to meet him. ….But hey! Not that I’m blaming them!
The day was fantastic…I loved it! The energy in the room was ‘ballin.
Weeks earlier, Wayne and Cole bought tickets to UFC lll, so we decided to follow Dana’s Twitter to see if we could get some of the free tickets he gives out for each show for MOI. We patiently waited…waited…and waited for him to twitter. When he finally DID…it took us 15 minutes to get to Pink Berry (keep in mind…getting ANYWHERE in Manhattan in 15 minutes is pretty good!). The first guy got there in 1 min 30 seconds! BaM! However the tickets were gone just shortly before we got there. Too bad….Obviously we missed getting tickets but he was very cool….stayed around and took pictures and talked with all of us. It was worth the wait just to meet him and get our UFC weekend started! Pretty rad guy.
What makes us click 