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    NEW YORK/ CONNECTICUT/ NEW JERSEY Oriole Fans

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    Just thought I'd bump this since we're just over a week away from the last NYC series of the regular season and for the first time since I moved here the games mean something! I will definitely be there on Sunday the 2nd as I made plans with two friends. Will go to probably one other, leaning toward Friday because tickets are cheaper on Stubhub for it. Also going to Cal's statue unveiling in Baltimore on the 6th.

    On a side note, I started a Facebook group called "NYC Orioles Fans" which is a spinoff of people in the NYC Redskins Fans and NYC Capitals Fans groups. The Redskins group is a weekly thing during the season and the Capitals group is primarily for the playoffs, always at a bar in Manhattan. We are thinking about putting together some kind of viewing party for the O's for any crucial pennant race games and definitely any potential playoff games. Until this season it was a running joke that we'd ever do it, but now we have a good reason! Feel free to join any of the groups. I'm the moderator of the O's one so you just have to request to be added.

    I looked on Facebook but couldn't resolve to NYC Orioles Fans :( . On a side note, I hope to firm up plans to go to next week's games and also to Cal's statue unveiling.

    NEW YORK/ CONNECTICUT/ NEW JERSEY Oriole Fans

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    IRON-BIRDS: New York City Week.

    MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY: @ The Staten Island Yankees. All Games at 7 P.M.

    THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY: o.@ The Brooklyn Cyclones. 7 P.M., 7 P.M., and 6 P.M., respectively.

    http://www.milb.com/schedule/index.jsp?sid=t488

    I'm definitely going to at least 1 Coney Island game, maybe 2. :)

    I can only make it on 6/30. I'm on a project in Boston from Thu to Tue but I'm traveling back home for this game!

    NEW YORK/ CONNECTICUT/ NEW JERSEY Oriole Fans

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    Made it to Shea, but not without a hassle. Almost waited too long on stubhub, but picked up two of the last 80 tix or so - 8th row in my section, 13th from the field along the aisle where the 3B/LF ball boy sits. Wanted to score a Johan Santana no hitter t shirt, but played the idiot instead as I realized I had left my wallet at home about half-way to destination. For the NY/NJers here, I live 5 miles west of Newark off 78 and figured out that I was sans wallet across from Giants Stadium. I was taking my daughter and was patting myself on the back for a memorable evening for her and me outside of life's grind .... and then had to high tail it home and to Citi Field to make it to my seats for the bottom of the third. Of course, they were out of t-shirts by then.

    I was really impressed with Citi Field. Very clean, new ballpark look. Lots of stats on the various scoreboards. Five levels, but mostly straight up so many good seats. I saw a lot of Bmore Os fans - easily in the hundreds. IMO, the game came down to a few key at-bats and the Os fired blanks and the Mets did not. IMO, the swinging K to Reynolds with 2+3 with one out was ball four and the subsequent looking K to Pearce appeared low. Hunter looked very ordinary at times, but still had some a nice fifth or sixth. Not sure if folks made a deal out of Betemit going home instead of trying to turn 2 in a key sequence that led to the fourth and fifth runs. The Mets fans around us were very nice - snapping a picture, complimenting my daughter on the ball, etc.

    The highlight of the night was my daughter coaxing the ball from the ball boy after a foul in the fourth. Our seats were on the aisle where the ball boy was and I realized if he was going to bring fouls back to his seat that she would have a shot if she moved down there. Anyway, in the fourth, I believe it was JJ Hardy who hit a foul that ended up in fair territory in shallow LF. As the ball boy went out to get it, I told my daughter to hustle down to his chair and she got there ahead of some other kids just as he returned. She was wearing an Os hat, but still landed the souvenir. She was pretty giddy about it.

    More bad news on the way home. Not being familiar with Queens and the myriad of streets, in my race to exit the stadium, I followed the GPS out of Citi Field and .... into and through Manhattan to NJ via the Holland Tunnel. Lots of driving, lots of tolls, an Os loss, but a first viewing at a new ballpark for me and a happy 10 year old with a Mets 50th anniversary MLB ball.

    I sat in the same section and was there for BP. There were crowds along the railing chatting it up with some of the Orioles especially some that were making fun of Wayne Kirby and his eating habits. I'm not even sure how that conversation even took place. Anyway, I finally got a MLB ball when some Mets fans were chatting to Luis Ayala about him throwing a ball to them. I was behind them and threw my arm up. He purposely tossed it higher than the Mets fans and it landed in my hands. Woohoo!

    OFFNY, hope to meet you at the ball park today. I think I'm in section 430. I'll be wearing my #16 CHEN jersey and I'm fairly certain there won't be many of those to spot at Citifield. Can the O's score at least a run tonight please!?

    NEW YORK/ CONNECTICUT/ NEW JERSEY Oriole Fans

    in Orioles Talk

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    Coming over from Allentown PA, some section 510 or something like that. First time in Citi field for me.

    I'll be there on 6/18 somewhere behind the O's dugout (like 13 rows back). I haven't purchased tickets for 6/19 yet but plan to soon. I can't go to the 6/20 game, company softball commitment.

    NEW YORK/ CONNECTICUT/ NEW JERSEY Oriole Fans

    in Orioles Talk

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    I'll be in Section 428 with 4 other Orioles fans (including one Red Sox fan) on Monday. I'll most likely be there on Tuesday too but I haven't ordered the tickets yet. I cannot make Wednesday's game.

    Cool, the Stankee fans won't be picking on us. They'll be picking on the lone Red Sox fan and wonder why he's at an O's vs Stankees game. :)

    Why (and When) did You Become an Oriole Fan ???

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    Born and raised in NYC and currently reside in Brooklyn. My brother got me a Yankees jacket while I was in elementary school. It was short lived because I somehow lost it. (strange he got me a Yankees jacket when he was a Mets fan) Upon looking at it now, I think it was a sign. I started rooting for the Orioles watching the '79 world series even though they ended up losing it to the Pirates. I was just more exposed to the AL than the NL.

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