Talking about the Mets on the Commute Home

The gentleman in the photo above is Eric Katz, Professor of Philosophy at NJIT. His commute is actually worse than mine since he lives in Bay Shore, Long Island. He takes New Jersey Transit to Penn Station and from there the Long Island Rail Road to his home. Since he is on the teaching faculty he only has to come to NJIT the three days a week that he has to teach. Yesterday I met him on the way home. Most of our conversation was devoted to what the Mets will do in the offseason to improve the team for 2009. He bought a Saturdays plan for Shea Stadium in 2008, but does not know if he will be able to get tickets for Citifield in 2009. It is always nice to be able to talk to someone on the trains. I used to meet Lynn Mullins, the head librarian at Rutgers-Newark, but she retired.