I discovered yesterday that there are a few people in my office who are die hard Oriole's fans. That's unfortunate because we went to a game to go see the Rangers last night. Work might be a bit uncomfortable today.
The game however, was awesome! Granted, I'm not a huge baseball fan, but when Josh Hamilton had 4 homeruns and the 1 HR hit by the O's was caught by someone in our group, it qualifies as exciting. We got on TV for the O's homer, but I'm betting that most people didn't see it because it was a shot from far away.
Let me just say that I love public transit. I never really understood the need for it while in Texas, but I do now! I was under the impression that public transit was just a bus system that was scary to ride. While there is a scary element on the trains here, they don't have the same problem that plagues Texas transit. Everyone uses public transit here. Yes, I will admit that there were several bullet holes in the windows of our train car on the way to Camden Yards, but they were all on the outside. Neither going or coming did we have any crazies on our cars.
The crazies came while we were at the game. We were sitting on the first level, in left field. Behind and to the right of our seats, a guy was constantly yelling in a deep, carrying voice. Constantly. It got old quickly. He tried heckling the Rangers in left field and in the bullpen, but to no avail. It was certainly annoying though. Finally, during the last few innings, he lost his voice. It was blissful when he couldn't yell anymore. There was another person who was even stranger. After Caleb caught the HR ball, this girl decided to come up and ask to "hold" the ball, which really meant she was going to take it and not give it back. Of course, she was not allowed to handle the ball. Caleb put it straight into his bag and left it there. That was smart because the girl had to be chased off a few times. I'm fairly sure she was highly intoxicated.
Having only been to Rangers games in Arlington, I didn't realize that every single MLB game was not sold out. I know better now. There were a grand total of 11,200 people at the game last night. And that was just how many tickets were sold, not an actual count of people. I liked this though, because when I needed to go to the bathroom, I was the only person in there. Unheard of for a women's bathroom at a major event such as a game. It was wonderful! No line and a cleaner bathroom than normal.
All in all, it was a great evening. We had a great time with friends, got to know them better and made memories! Oh, and the Rangers won!!
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