Games
Corey Bearak
Jan14
Super fun
Posted By : Corey Bearak

The Football playoffs started yesterday. I barely paid attention with my team out of it. I did notice that my brother’s team did not prevail. I am in a pool with my friend Eric that started with the season and was made hard when our fave team lost its starting QB a few plays in on day one. It often put us in the hate position of picking our team’s

Corey Bearak
Aug20
Another group outing
Posted By : Corey Bearak

This afternoon I get to run another outing to a baseball stadium.  It will be the second time.  First was June 14 at Citi Field, Mets v. Yankees.  This one involves their high Class A minor league teams, Brooklyn Cyclones (Mets) v. Hudson Renegades (Yankees).  As Friday's blogger noted on Friday (of course), we arranged to throw out the first pitch

Corey Bearak
Apr30
A game
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Yesterday's plans adjusted a bit.  The rain played no role.  Technology did. Any maybe the change allowed me some time to teach my grandnephew to play a simple strategic game: checkers.  Simply spur of the moment after dinner, I asked the young's if he wanted to play.  He expressed sufficient interest to bring up the game on my iPad.  Worked out ni

Corey Bearak
Feb19
A Season to Believe
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Next weekend, Saturday to be exact, after several days of team members, prospects, and some just hoping to gain a spot on my favorite baseball team gather in Port St. Lucie, actual games -- the Spring training variety -- commence. That prospect certainly excites this correspondent. How can you not after viewing that commercial during the Superbowl

Corey Bearak
Feb05
Support charities while you enjoy the superbowl
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Next week at this time many will be preparing to watch and/or attend gatherings around Superbowl LVII.  Many enjoy “buying” boxes around the final score or variations on it. My Knights of Pythias lodge runs a nice variant of superbowl boxes as a fun fundraiser that helps raise funds for our lodge’s foundation. Each year, FDR Lodge 613’s Kings FDR T

Corey Bearak
Jan15
The original
Posted By : Corey Bearak

We were clearing a wall unit in Marisa’s (former) room when I found my original glove (baseball mitt) and subject of a blog or two; it has been missing for sometime; I’d been using a newer glove that Marisa decided to use when she played. I thought that glove got lost several years ago. Shelly said she knew the glove was there; never thought to ask

Corey Bearak
Sep11
Gotham needs to make a choice!
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Gotham needs to make a choice -- and  it's not Yankees or Mets but when to see these beloved and successful teams play each other (at Citi Field) in 2023. As Gotham looks forward to another successful outdoor gathering -- we get to enjoy the splendors of Alley Pond Park in Bayside Queens next Saturday, September 17 for our annual (free) Gotham Pic

Corey Bearak
Jul31
A Friendly Gathering Around A Rivalry
Posted By : Corey Bearak

  We took over Citi Field last Tuesday.  At least one section of the Left-Field Landing.  Last week’s commentary concluded with a mention of Tuesday night when some 250 of my closest friends and their family, friends and colleagues would join me at Citi Field where Friday’s bloggers Yankees and my Mets previewed a later October (and maybe early No

Corey Bearak
Jul10
Keith’s day
Posted By : Corey Bearak

Depending on one’s age you may be more familiar with the baseball broadcaster/analyst than the total ballplayer many of us “experienced” after Keith Hernandez joined the New York Mets June 15, 1983. It was electric inside and outside Citi Field yesterday (July 9, 2022). The Mets emailed ticketholders to arrive early; my Mets Group Sales rep Aaron R

Corey Bearak
May29
Gil and Buck
Posted By : Corey Bearak

It's not exactly unknown that I root for the Mets.  Friends and colleagues know, I have strong opinions on personnel, staffing, who plays, player moves, even in game strategy. When first discussed last fall, I was not on board with hiring Buck Showalter to manage my Mets.  It turned out what I read about him was not what he turned out to be.  It st