I saw my first "in person" MLB game yesterday. MinniTwins and Chi-Sox. It was mostly entertaining, though I learned awhile back that going to watch a baseball game in person is infinantly better than watching on t.v, it was still not as much "riviting sports action" as I'd find watching horses jumping in Olympic qualifiers.
I did find it interesting that the Minnesota fans felt they had to boo a certain White sox player that used to be a Twin. I think I can never be in professional sports, I couldn't take a whole bunch of people boo-ing me before I even made it to the plate. I'd just want to buy them all an ice cream cone and say "can we call it even?"
Anyways, so this guy is apparently a jerk, even according to his new fans, and it seems he proved it, by perhaps stepping on Justin Morneau's foot as he went to the base. Okay, Jerky McJerkerson, you're mean sure, but they should boo you because you're an ass not because you had to switch teams.
Also - the Wrigley Field homerun throwback??? um, yeah right. If I hapen to ever catch a ball at a baseball diamond it will more likely be described as an "oowww, that ball hit me in the head, it now must die" -- though I did like the idea the Twins promoted of throwing the first foul ball in the 5th inning back to the field so the players would sign it. however in days of yore didn't people actually get to meet the athletes if they happened to catch a foul ball and have it signed?
To end my random baseball mutterings with one out of "left field"
Yay for Mall of America ---and I never thought I'd utter that phrase. Leave it to me when I should be honoring those who have done service to this country, instead I go shopping at one of its most recognizable capitalist commercialist establishments, and find what I've looked for at five other stores belonging to this particular chain.
well as they say in the ballpark: three strikes and you're out...