{"id":2974,"date":"2018-03-28T11:27:50","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T15:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/?p=2974"},"modified":"2018-03-28T11:27:50","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T15:27:50","slug":"anticipating-the-bedlam-of-opening-day-at-citi-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2018\/03\/28\/anticipating-the-bedlam-of-opening-day-at-citi-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Anticipating the Bedlam of Opening Day at Citi Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mikkeller.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2930\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mikkeller-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mikkeller-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mikkeller-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mikkeller-100x100.jpeg 100w, http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/mikkeller.jpeg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a>Opening Day is finally just about here. It&#8217;s always a fun time out at the ballpark, but this year especially there is so much to see and do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Besides the usual catching up with friends and tailgates, there&#8217;s the new Mikkeller NYC brewery to check out. 60 taps and a cool space just outside the gates? That&#8217;s a must see.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once inside I need to allow myself enough time to to a loop of the stadium, check out what&#8217;s new, what&#8217;s changed, what looks different, and any unreported new food items.\u00a0 With a sold out crowd that&#8217;s more in the hangout mode than a game-watching mode, that&#8217;s harder to do efficiently than usual.\u00a0 I&#8217;m particularly interested to see if there are any new Mikkeller options INSIDE the stadium, or any other new beers in general.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then it&#8217;s just taking in the atmosphere, enjoying being back at a baseball game, and having a good time. Watching the Mets crush the Cardinals and get this season off to a roaring start will just be a bonus. I&#8217;m predicting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/frazito01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Todd Frazier<\/a> home run.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s Go Mets!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opening Day is finally just about here. It&#8217;s always a fun time out at the ballpark, but this year especially there is so much to see and do. &nbsp; Besides the usual catching up with friends and tailgates, there&#8217;s the new Mikkeller NYC brewery to check out. 60 taps and a cool space just outside &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/2018\/03\/28\/anticipating-the-bedlam-of-opening-day-at-citi-field\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Anticipating the Bedlam of Opening Day at Citi Field&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2999,19,351],"tags":[375,2981,2966,2964,331],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2974"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2974"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2976,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2974\/revisions\/2976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ceetar.com\/optimisticmetsfan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}