Brooklyn Cyclones Opening Night

Katie's parents gave me two tickets to the Brooklyn Cyclones opening night game for my birthday. The stadium is very intimate and right on the boardwalk in Coney Island. A really neat place to watch a baseball game. The Cyclones beat their rivals the Staten Island Yankees 10-7. Also, Constantine from American Idol sang the Star Spangled Banner AND God Bless America. One thing that bugs me about the Mets and Cyclones fans: When singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame, they sing "Root, Root, Root, for the HOME TEAM" instead of "Mets" or "Cyclones". Don't they know who the home team is? Oh well, I had a lot of fun rooting for my new home team!

Mookie Wilson is the Cyclones manager and third base coach. He also happens to be Katie's favorite baseball player of all time.

scoreboard! (photo by Katie)

reverse angle

Astroland Park, just down the boardwalk from the ballpark, is like the travelling carnival that comes to town once a year, except that it never leaves Coney Island.


Gotta love the Zipper!

Spooky!


Coney Island is also the end of the line for the F train. In case anyone was wondering who cleans the trains, it's this guy.