Peanuts and Cracker Jacks

On a cool Spring evening, there is no better activity than participating in the ultimate American past-time: baseball. A generous friend gave me some tickets for tonight's Mets game, and so I took Jon and another friend to watch.

Despite a forecast for possible rain and thunder, it ended up a beautiful evening with temperatures in the mid-60s and not a cloud in the sky.

The new-ish CitiField!

We had seats 27 rows from the field, in prime foul ball territory past 3rd base. Images of being beaned in the head by a line drive while eating a hot dog danced in my head. One foul ball did indeed make it very close to us, landing about 10 rows in front. A brief but enthusiastic tussle ensued as fans dived madly for the ball. Jon and I wisely did not join the fray (though he was disappointed when the t-shirt guns didn't come our way later).

Yuens at a baseball game!

A very relaxing, and very fun way to spend an evening!

I never thought I liked violence...

until I attended a Muay Thai boxing match!!

The action was fast and furious; there were kicks, there were punches, there were knockouts. We got the 'cheap' seats (still had to pay tourist price... sigh) and sat among the loud, happy, gambling local Thai crowd. This was fantastic! These guys are really talented; I can see why Muay Thai is considered the national sport!

(pictures courtesy of Phil!)