Not the kind of strike they came to see
Victoria and Christian Smith of Glen Oaks, Queens, are Yankees fans who came to Citi Field for the Subway Series game Friday and were on the LIRR platform looking to get home at 11:28 pm.
They enjoyed the Yankees' 5-2 win but had only questions about the impending strike.
“We didn’t really think about it when we came in,” Christian said. “We were excited about the game and not considering a scenario of getting home if it’s 2 a.m."
“We’ve been look at our app and it just says to try to complete our travel by midnight,” Victoria said.
The Smiths had crafted a contingency plan.
Christian’s parents still live in Flushing and they could take a 7 train there to stay over.
Some awaiting trains into Penn Station said that the last scheduled one they expected never arrived.
Roger Rubin returned to Newsday in 2018 to write about high schools, colleges and baseball following 20 years at the Daily News. A Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 2011, he has covered 13 MLB postseasons and 14 NCAA Final Fours.
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