Yo! This was a great promotion

When the New York Mets' promotional schedule was released way back in the winter, our youngest son James had circled the date of Sunday, July 3 as one he would like to attend. It was Yoenis Cespedes arm sleeve day -- as you can see! A unique and interesting promotional giveaway, to be sure.

We had to hold off on purchasing tickets because James made the Hyde Park 9-10 All-Star team (he was the starting third baseman), and we weren't sure if and when their All-Star run would end. Well, it ended with a thud last Wednesday night (the final score was football-esque ... at least for the winning team, which was NOT from Hyde Park), and so we were able to get tickets to Sunday's game. We got some really good seats near the leftfield foul pole for a very reasonable price, and James is seen here in his Lucas Duda shirt and his two arm sleeves (he's wearing mine). We picked a great game -- good weather, and a blowout of the Cubs to finish a 4-game sweep.

Let's Go Mets.