METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE JULY 22, 2003 GAME:Jared K
December 11, 2005
The last of my famous Mets-Phillies matchups with my rabid Phillies fan uncle at the old craphole known as the Vet.
It was a weekday day game. I had seats on the 3rd base side. The field temperature was 150 degrees, due to the refracting of the heat off the concrete they played on at that dump. I felt like I was in an oven. The stadium smelled like rotten meat, like it usually did on hot days at the Vet.
This was a rare win for the Mets that year. Both sides had ugly pitching. They must have used 15 pitchers between the two teams. A pretty uneventful and sloppy game all around.
The only other thing I remember was that it was the same day that our boys in Iraq gunned down Sadaam's sons. A Mets victory and vermin being exterminated. Not a horrible day at all!
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