The night is showery — damp but snug. The smell of hot dogs and the sound of the ocean fills the air. It’s baseball season on Coney Island, as a sellout crowd of 7,271 endeavors to drown out the noise of the local beachgoers.
“Welcome to MCU Park,” the ushers’ bellow. “It’s an exciting time to be a Brooklyn Cyclones fan.”
Who could blame them? It is Edgardo Alfonzo’s first season as manager of the Cyclones, where he once played as a wide-eyed 19-year-old en route to a successful 8-year stint with the New York Mets.