The gang went up to the Rays game Friday night, it was our 7th or 8th game of the season. We've gotten to the game just in time most of the times we've gone this year. We park, grab something to eat, and get to our seats right when the game starts.
Friday night though, we arrived about an hour and a half before game time, and did some of the things that we usually did the last couple of years. The CEO and the Tornado went to pet the stingrays, while O, Bear and I went to watch batting practice. Bear got a ball, tossed to her from Carlos Carrasco, which was nice of him. I almost chased a ball down myself!
Afterwards, we went down by the Rays bullpen area to see if we could get any autographs. Bear saw Evan Longoria walking towards the area, and scooted under a table and through a number of people to get on the rail. She had a pen and the ball she just received, and got the ball signed by Longo! She was pretty pumped about that.
Then we watched that night's starter, David Price, warm up in the bullpen. We were standing about 10 feet from him, and he was pumping the ball in there with all he had. The girls mentioned they could barely even see the ball! That was really cool.
We then went on to watch the rays win 5-0, with Price striking out a career high 12 batters. Afterwards, we got to walk down onto the the field and dance for about 15 minutes. The kids had so much fun, and got on the big screen, after getting on regular TV when we walked into the stadium before the game.
So far this season it seemed like going to the games were a little more mundane, they didn't have quite the excitement that they had in years past. Friday night everyone seemed really into the experience, into the atmosphere, and it was a great family night at the ballpark!
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