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Excited Mets fans of all sizes are set to cheer on their team Tuesday night.
10/20/2015
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork): As CBS2’s Hazel Sanchez reported, the Children’s Museum of Manhattan is teaching the littlest New Yorkers how to root for their favorite team — and right now, that’s the Mets.
“Go Mets!” said Lucy Gold, a little girl from the Upper West Side. “Mets fans are little people, too — and they’re boys and they’re girls and they’re grandparents,” said Andy Ackerman of the Children’s Museum. “So we have a lot of Mets fans coming to the Children’s Museum to celebrate.”
Mets pennants hang at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. (Credit: CBS2) Inside, there are blue and orange flags marking the Mets’ road to the National League pennant. One woman was spotted with her hair dyed the team’s colors.
The fanfare has Mets faithful checking on airfares to Chicago, where the Amazin’s will face the Cubs in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Tuesday night. Last-minute flights Tuesday were going for less than $200. Mets season ticket holder Ben Weil said he couldn’t pass it up.
“When I saw $140 roundtrip, that became a no-brainer at that point,” he said. At midday, StubHub had plenty of standing-room tickets at Wrigley Field for the game in the mid-$100 range, with seats for not much more.
And for those staying in New York, it seems like there’s plenty of excitment without heading to the Windy City.
“The city’s just more alive right now,” said Tim Gehrels, of Hell’s Kitchen. “You see people walking on the street wearing Mets gear, screaming at each other ‘go Mets!’ It’s really exciting.”
The Mets lead the best-of-seven series 2-0.
