Gone Farming

I’ll be heading over to Staten Island this evening to watch the Baby Bombers take on the Batavia Muckdogs.

I’m looking forward to checking out guys like David Adams, Pat Venditte, Mitch Abeita, Luke Greinke, Dan Brewer, Brad Rulon, Ray Kruml, Josue Selenes, Michael Lyon and Addison Maruszak…

If you also happen to be at the game, and see someone there who you think is me, please do say hello.

Update, 7/17/08, 8:29 AM ET: It usually takes me around 80 minutes to get to Richmond County Bank Ballpark - were the S.I. Yanks play. It’s 40 minutues from my house to the Outerbridge Crossing and then about 40 minutes to get to the park, find a parking spot, etc.

So, for this 7 pm game, I left my house at 5:15 pm - thinking that would give me 25 minutes to spare. Ah, the best laid plans…

However, there was an accident that closed one lane on the Outerbridge - and traffic backed-up…and then some. From 5:50 pm until 6:30 pm, I basically sat on the highway with my car in park (most of the time).

I was working the buttons on my X-M pretty hard - being in the car by myself, bored out of my mind. Heard some good oldies…from Ini Kamoze, Green Day, Chumbawamba, Sir Mix-A-Lot…thank goodness for X-M.

Based on my rate of “speed,” I figured it was going to be around 7 pm by the time I made it to the bridge. And, then, by the time I got over the bridge and to the game, it was going to be close to eight o’clock. That means I would have been arriving around the fourth or fifth inning. So, it was time to abort the plan. Once I crawled up to the last exit in New Jersey before the bridge, I did an about-face and came home.

In place of the game, I grabbed a couple of slices of pizza on the trip back and then watched an episode of Prison Break on DVD. (I started re-watching the first season a few days back. It’s still awesome - even though I watched them all when the first aired.) Hey, when life gives you lemons, right?

So, my apologies to anyone who was at the game and who wasted some time looking for me. I wasn’t there. Looks like I missed a good one too.

July 16, 2008 | Filed Under Trap Door Items

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5 Responses to “Gone Farming”

Raf on July 17th, 2008 10:28 am

Sorry you had to endure that. At least you didn’t have to eat a bridge toll. I know you’re from down there, but I don’t like Staten Island at all. Mainly because it’s so difficult (and expensive!) to get there from where I am (Bx/Westchester). Having the ferry not carry cars anymore doesn’t help matters much either.
MJ on July 17th, 2008 11:08 am

Jeez, that sounds miserable. I can’t imagine what it was like for everyone who actually HAD to go to Staten Island to get home from work. Pure misery.
Steve Lombardi on July 17th, 2008 11:48 am

~~I can’t imagine what it was like for everyone who actually HAD to go to Staten Island to get home from work.~~

My buddy was there at 4:30 and he said it was smooth sailing - right over the bridge, no problem.

So, based on the time I was there, I’m guessing that it was the get home from work rush that could have led to the accident.

Timing, as always, is everything.
Steve Lombardi on July 17th, 2008 11:50 am

~~Sorry you had to endure that.~~

Thanks. I felt worse for my buddy, Mike - who I was supposed to go to the game with…

I was going to pick him up, on SI, on the way. He even had a babysitter set up for his kids until his wife got home. So, because of the traffic, he had to eat all that too.
Raf on July 17th, 2008 12:52 pm

Having friends that are parents, and knowing the preparation involved with scheduling a night out, he has my sympathies