True Love. What a Tragedy.

An article that struck me today while I was on the overcrowded E train and actually made me smile:

Crane vic’s fiance turns down aid from Mets player

BY MATTHEW LYSIAK
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Wednesday, June 4th 2008, 10:42 PM

The fiancee of a crane operator killed in last week’s tragic collapse on Wednesday rejected an offer of help from Mets star Ryan Church because her future hubby was a Yankee fan.

A day after burying Donald Leo, Janine Belcastro said she couldn’t accept the offer from the right fielder and his wife.

“Don was a die-hard Yankee fan,” Belcastro said in a statement. “It would not respect his memory if he accepted this.”

The grieving Belcastro added that she “greatly appreciated” the offer.

The money was to come from Church’s participation in a Mets’ fund-raiser for a variety of causes. A spokesman said Church will choose another charity.

Now that’s LOVE. Seriously. She understood her fiancee like a true soulmate would. Often times, people don’t believe me when I say that Baseball is like a religion, and Shea Stadium is the most sacred place for me. This guy had felt the same way, and she got that. It’s such a shame that the crane killed him, especially right before his wedding. R.I.P., even though you were a Yankees Fan.

best loss ever.

the game i went to almost a month ago (i had been dreading doing this post, since i tried to block this game out of my mind) was both the WORST and BEST loss i have ever been to. why was it the worst? the mets lost by 6 runs to the lowly NATIONALS, and on top of that i dropped my $5 hot dog. why was it the best? because i was plastered.

so the game started out ok. the mets were even winning at one point. and the nats were using Odalis Perez. You know, that pitcher that hadn’t even won a game yet. figueroa was pitching for us again, and showing promise still.

but it was all for not. i don’t even want to get into detail. its pretty painful. the only bright side is that joe smith struck out the side. i was with my best friend frank (president/only member, official joe smith fan club) so this was amazing for him of course. we also ran into the steves there, who i think were a date or something.

finding our way home was some of the funnest time i have ever had with frank, or at shea. good times, good times.

record: 3-2 (.600)