This weekend My Boyfriend (to be called "R" from now on) and I headed to Baltimore with his parents for a belated fathers day present. The actual present was tickets to a Baltimore Orioles game. They were playing the Washington Nationals. Both teams have been doing fairly well this year so we hoped the outcome would be a toss up.
Let me back up.. For those of you who know me, I am a big baseball fan. I have been watching The New York Yankees since I was a little girl. Now before you cancel out the window because you could not possibly read a blog written by a fan of the "evil empire" recognize two things. 1. I used to watch baseball with my grandpa religiously. It was our little way of bonding. 2. I have been watching the Yanks since the 97'/98' era. It was a time when all of the players were young and enthusiastic. They played for the love of the game not necessarily the money. The time of Young Jeter, Chuckles at second, Tino Martinez on First, Bernie in Center, Scotty B on Third and Paul O'neil practicing this golf swing out in right field. They were an amazing team to grow up watching and they are the reason I love baseball. Sometimes I compare them to the Texas Rangers the past two years. Not so much this year (to me the Ranger's don't have the same twinkle they had the past two years), but definitely 10' and 11'. Too bad they couldn't pull out and win a World Series, hopefully third time is a charm this year!
Anyways, because I am a true supporter of the American League (go DH, poo NL), so I put on some Orange and Black and planned to root for the Orioles. Later of course I was heckled by my mom, a huge Yankee fan as well, who feels that since I started dating R my pinstripes have faded. We headed to the harbor and dinner at an Irish Pub right in the harbor, stopped a bar for one additional drink and headed to the park. The game was enjoyable (the O's ended up losing) but two really cool things happened!
The first was that we were looking around the baseball park and saw this tall guy dancing in a pink cowboy hat and a green dress. After closer look, it was R's roommate from VCU! How random! He was there from VA Beach with his Rugby team for a Bachelor Party Weekend. We sat with the Rugby players until they started getting a little un-rooly for me (showing their man parts to each other- yikes!). But they were HUGE men! The one on the left of me, was so big and had hair like Troy Polamalu! One guy behind me had a big scar down the center of his face, and a third had the most epic mustache I have ever seen!
R's Roommate, R, and Me
The second thing that happened that was really awesome was an entire ball-park wave! Now most people can say they have been part of a wave at a sporting event but how many can say that they were two seats away from the guy who started it! He tried soooo hard to get it going and it was about the 5th or 6th time that he got it going. It ended up circiling all the way around the park 5 or 6 times! Pretty long wave! The video doesn't do it justice at all, but you can see part of it!
But over all it was a fun weekend with R and his parents! I always have a good time going on mini-adventures and enjoying new experiences when I am not in the cheer gym! Hopefully the rest of the summer will bring some more exciting times!
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