Let’s Go Met…airie….
I was visiting New Orleans earlier this month, just in time for the 2007 home opener of the Triple A New Orleans Zephyrs.
There’s a lot of excitement about the Zephyrs this year because after a two-year affiliation with the Washington Nationals, the Zephyrs are now a New York Mets’ farm club. Plenty of former or one-time Major Leaguers filled out the roster: Lastings Milledge, Fernando Tatis, Ricky Ledee, Chan Ho Park, Andy Tracy.
Proving there are Mets fans everywhere, Mets T-shirts and jerseys were prevalent among the packed crowd at 10-year-old Zephyr Field, which is actually located just outside New Orleans in the suburb of Metairie.
Best of all, sensing an opportunity for some geographical fun, the souvenir shop features a can’t miss item: a Mets blue T-shirt with the word “Metairie” written in the Mets’ script. And it’s a bargain at $12.
So, let's Geaux Mets!
CRAIG DAVIS In more than 33 years at the Sun Sentinel, Craig Davis has written about a wide variety of sports topics from baseball to yachting, fishing to triathlons, and also worked as a copy editor and page designer. Recently he reported on local sports, including running, swimming, cycling, equestrian and beach volleyball. He enjoys sports as a participant as well as a spectator, is active in the South Florida running scene plays in the curling club at Saveology Iceplex. This blog offers a glimpse at the business side of sports in the interest of enhancing enjoyment of the games and sporting options as a spectator as well as a participant.
