Cyclones Game

I took Heather to her very first Brooklyn Cyclones game tonight at the recently re-named MCU Park down in the heart of Coney Island. My aunt has a mini plan where you go to see 6 or 7 games, except my uncle was out of town for business. She gave the tickets to us instead, along with vouchers for free food! As sports fans (and fans of all things free), we weren't about to pass that up.

The game was at 7pm against the Aberdeen Ironbirds. They had a t-shirt giveaway for the first 2500 fans. The tee is commemorating the 10th anniversary of professional baseball coming back to Brooklyn where it rightfully belongs (I can't believe it's been that long ::insert nostalgia::). We also got a couple of free bags. They just couldn't help but throw stuff at us!

The seats were only 6 rows behind home plate. It was early so we meandered around the official merchandise store for a while. We got our traditional magnet to celebrate. Then we wandered around the stadium taking pictures and came across the place where you redeem the food vouchers for all season ticket and mini plan holders. Holy awesome, Batman. The voucher was good for 1 hotdog or hamburger, 1 bag of potato chips, and 1 can of soda. What a great gift to loyal fans! After devouring this classic stadium food, we headed back to our seats to watch the game.

The Cyclones ended up killing the Ironbirds 9-3. It started raining in the 5th inning, so we popped open our fantastically clear and huge umbrella. We got quite wet anyway. While waiting for the rain to clear though, we split a delicious Brooklyn Lager on draft. The rain simply couldn't put a damper on our spirits. Heather and I are the kind of fans who love to cheer AND jeer. We're a hoot in all kinds of weather.

There is still that one guy who tries to loudly start the "Let's Go Cyclones!" chant and fails. Someone cheered along but they kept yelling "Let's Go Cyclops!" Then there was the guy who yelled "Come on! Double play!" even though there was no one on base. His friends tactfully told him to have another drink. And lastly, there was the lady who brought a cardboard food tray back to her seat, except instead of a hotdog, she pulled out a bird... and held it in her hand while showing it to people. How many diseases does that thing probably have?!?! EW!!!

My favorite moment of the night though - a talent scout who was tracking pitching speeds the whole game stopped us on our way out just to say, "Good cheering tonight!"

This is baseball, Brooklyn-style. Oh, how sweet it is!