Saturday, December 4, 2010
Jim gave me my ticket and we all went in, through the gate, up the many stairs and to our seats. The view from the seats was amazing, not quite as good as being on the front row but it gave a better perspective of the whole field. Not much had changed since my last visit, apart from the fact that the stadium never fills up so they close off certain areas now. Poor Kevin and Mike had a problem seat. It seemed that the support strut in the middle had snapped or something, so both seats tilted into each other. The were pretty much leaning on each other and using a lot of effort just sitting up right. Due to this we shifted along a few seats, keeping an open eye out in case the possible ticket holders of that seat arrived. They never came. The available seats in the stadium started to fill up. The game was about to get under way, the players were coming out onto the field. There was this strange guy behind us announcing all the players to himself, not as they came out, he was calling out the full Blue Jays roster. Apparently he was a little bit special. He would call all the players out one by one. In a very special way, for example when Jose Bautista came out, he shouted 'Hi Jose Baustista (little pause) Jo-Se!'. The thing was he did this for every single player, not just the ones on the field. It was hard to contain my laughter but I did as not to offend the guy. The memory of that special guy will live on forever. The commentators started announcing the players, properly. The game was only minutes from starting. As with most American sports, they have to have bloody advertisement breaks all the time, whenever there is a chance to slip in a quick commercial, they do. The game started badly, the pitcher was terrible, the Red Sox were getting nearly all hits, some doubles and the annoying home run. They are great, but not when its the opposition team. The game just went from bad to worse, we were being torn apart. Worse still, Jose Bautista didn't even get a home run. By the eighth inning we left, there wasn't really much point sticking around, the Red Sox had already won. We were beaten horrifically, I felt hurt. Mike went back to Jen's after as he had work in the morning. I went back home with Jim and Kevin. Then guess what, I watched the food network.
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