Baseball, Baseball, Baseball

The Twins were on a roll. Key operator being “were”! They had one 8 of the last 10 games including sweeping the Chicago White Sox in last weeks series. Unfortunately the night I decided to go to the game with some friends there luck quit on them. We went to the Wednesday night game against Chicago and watched the Twins quit literally stand around as the Sox scored through out the first 3 innings. The next six were basically uneventful and then in the ninth, after most people – including my buddies from DC – had left the Twins rallied. All of a sudden they had scored twice, had a guy on third, and only two outs. But they lost anyway with the next two batters striking out. Bummer. But at least happy hour that day was good. It was also fun to spend the night with both new and old friends. It’s been probably 2 maybe even 3 years since I went to see the Twins so all in all it was a good time.

One thing I did think about while watching the game was how crappy the dome is for baseball. I really hope they build the stadium up in Anoka and move the team. For one thing it would help some of the traffic; not for most people but for me and that’s what counts right! Also then maybe they could lower the city sales tax (dome tax) though I don’t think they ever will, considering the dome has been paid off for years. I would however like to watch baseball in an outdoor stadium.

As if the Twins were not enough for one week, RB and I got to go to the Saints game on Friday night. I was nice; DC rented a tailgating area in the stadium parking lot and supplied us with beer and Famous Dave’s. They also gave us the tickets to the game so it was a fun and FREE Friday night. The Saints also lost. I’m beginning to think I am bad luck at ball games for the home team. But the Saints games are always a lot more fun because of the atmosphere. There are always side attractions going on, the stadium is outdoor like it should be, the fans are aloud to have more fun (throwing beach balls around and being more crazy), beer and food are a little cheaper, heck even the announcer is more fun cracking jokes and making fun of the players. I did have to teach RB about baseball but she caught on by the end of the game and enjoyed it a lot. It was also funny because I ran into people from both CSOM and high school. Some of them I hadn’t seen in years.