Yesterday was a great day. In the morning I learned of a highly beneficial financial transaction that will help me out alot. Then in the afternoon I was offered a seat in the Parks Dept. luxury box for opening night of the Brooklyn Cyclones. There was a free buffet dinner for all the VIPs including hot dogs, chicken, pasta, fried calamari and plenty of beer, wine and soda. But the best part was that sitting right next to me in the adjacent box, were Omar Minaya (Mets general manager) and Jeff Wilpon (son of Mets owner Fred Wilpon). I tried to overhear their conversation and get some good Mets gossip but alas was not able to decipher much. I did notice that they had a TV on in their box and were closely following the Mets game in Philadelphia. Fortunately, both the Mets and Cyclones won last night... a good day for the organization.

As for the game, the Cyclones defeated the Staten Island Yankees by a score of 10-7. You can already see the influence of Cyclone manager Mookie Wilson as the team was very aggressive on the basepaths. They made seven steal attempts and were successful in five of them. As with any minor league game, there were plenty of fielding errors, but at least there were also lots of hits and homers to make it interesting.