What I Learned While Tailgating

If you know me, you know that I am a huge Mets fan. No matter how many games they lost, I still believe! Sal is also a huge Mets fan, which is probably why we get along so well during baseball season. If he was any other MLB fan, let's just say we probably wouldn't be together almost 5 years later.

Did I mention Sal is a very spur of the moment type of guy, so when he called me one afternoon telling me we were going to a Mets game and that he was inviting a bunch of people to tailgate, I wasn't surprised, nor was I against it (especially because it was against the Yankees). We've never tailgated at a baseball game, so we thought we knew how it went - bring hamburgers, hotdogs, beer, and a grill and you were set. Well we were wrong about that.

It started off great - we set up our chairs, started to heat up the grill, and begin snacking on the chips. It took a turn for the worst, as soon as we opened up the beer. Little did we know, you're not supposed to have open containers of alcohol in the parking lot of Citi Field, in NY. We thought that when the cops rode over on their bikes that they were just going to check our ID. We were prepared for that; what we weren't prepared for was the summons, two of them to be precise. Sal and his friend were asked if the cops could see their IDs. They checked them, and then handed them a $25 summons for having open containers, but not before they joked around with us - acting like they were going to arrest Sal! The look on our faces, as well as the cops, was priceless! The one cop couldn't even keep a straight face, he started laughing!

So...

1. Don't drink from open containers while tailgating, but do joke around with the cops, and make sure you bring cups, so you can continue to drink.

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2. Don't go to a Mets game, with Yankee fans, when they're playing the Yankees. It's just not good luck, hence why we lost. 

[The Yankee Fans]

[The Mets Fans]

3. Do go with one of your best girl-friends, so you can make fun of the uneducated comments said by the girls who know nothing about baseball. 

4. Don't say "It looks like rain" at a baseball game, ever. It will in fact rain. 

5. Make sure that while raining and running to your truck after the game, dance a little, because that's always fun! I mean you're already wet, right?!

The Mets didn't win, but we had an awesome time, and we will definitely be tailgating in the future!