HERE & THERE COLUMN

   Mets-Yankees Tailgate Together

  Only in New York can Mets and Yankees tailgate together.
  What I witnessed at the bus parking lots at City Field prior to the September 19 Mets-Yankees subway series game was a display of complete harmony and friendly competition as fans for both teams sat together sharing all kinds of food and drink while playing various games some three hours prior to the start of the 1:05 game.
  As bus after bus arrived in their designated area Yankee and Mets fans poured out of their buses and began setting up tables, grills and games such as beer-pong and cornhole while tables were filled with sandwiches, chips, liquid refreshments, beer kegs, jello shots, salads, cookies and cake and all kinds of favorite recipes.
  Every now and them there were the "Let's Go Mets" chants and these were followed by "Let's Go Yankee" cheering.
 But all in a friendly atmosphere which shows that even tho these two teams want to slap the other team off the field the combination of these two set of fans chose tailgating harmony prior to entering the stadium.
  The day game experience at City Field was certainly enhanced by the tailgating efforts that took place in the bus parking lots, from the simplest grills with hamburgers, hotdogs and brats to the extravagant grills with side burners and steaks along with other fancy meals.
  We saw the whole culinary gambit along with a vast array of team apparel featuring both team logo's and at the game itself a Yankee fan sat to the right of me and a Mets fan to my left and we all enjoyed friendly ribbing without raising our blood pressure.
  It's pretty much you name it and it was all there at the Yankee-Mets tailgating parties.