With more than a foot or two standing here and much more as soon as you move off the lake, there is a fat chance I am going to see a robin anytime soon so popping into the brew pub for a late lunch yesterday provided the treat of watching the Mets and the Red Sox play in a pre-season game. I was not the only one watching apparently:

The Mets and the Red Sox, despite their memorable tussle in the 1986 World Series, are unofficial allies. They share a common enemy in the Yankees, whose senior vice president, Hank Steinbrenner, engaged in some kind-of, sort-of, not-really-unfriendly verbal jousting a week ago with Boston’s principal owner, John Henry, when Steinbrenner questioned the popularity of Red Sox Nation. There was no denying that Monday. The outnumbered Mets fans tried compensating for their size by exaggerating their emotions. Like in the top of the first inning, when Brady Clark lost a fly ball in the sun and they jeered him. Huh? Those weren’t boos? That sound was "Yooooooooooouk," the nickname of the on-deck hitter, Kevin Youkilis. Oh, well. "I’ve played on a different team enough to know the Mets get the same thing on the road," Brian Schneider said. "Big-market teams — the Mets, Boston, the Yankees, the Cubs — whenever you’re playing against them as an opposing team on the road, there’s going to be a lot of fans."