Sadly, I didn’t get to go to the game on April 1st, having to work.
When Gunnar from ticketing suggested this seat, I didn’t think about the broadcast. Now my wife can see if I am snacking. I probably should have thought that out before taking the seat. That’s me in the grey and red hat next to the score graphic.
It was a chilly evening for my opening day. The Wings were playing the Baby Yanks. I opted to go camera less for the first week. It was cold and a chance for rain. I wanted to soak in (pun intended) being back at the park, in my seat.
I missed the national anthem. One of the best news of the day was that there are now refills available in souvenir cups. I signed up for my Red Wings Rewards … not sure what I want to go for. Lunch with Dan and Naomi? An appearance in a team’s social media video? First pitch? Lineup card exchange? All of those sound great. I wonder if I could spend my points picking the walk up songs for a game. No doubt if that were to even happen, I would pick songs I play on Fantastic Voyage. I should make a list of spacey walk up songs.
When I am just sitting by myself and watching a game, I am truly in my zen space often left to my own thoughts and stupid ideas. For instance, during this game I came up with a chart for keeping score/track of obscure stats during the game. I will be introducing that chart by the next home stand, giving it a test run.
Tonight, a guy got boo’d relentlessly for chasing down a foul ball ahead of a little kid and not giving the ball to the kid. In another at bat, a ball got stuck in the outfield padding, which brought up a sweet memories. On the only time Yanquiel Fernandez got on base, he didn’t realize it was ball four, with his dugout mercilessly yelling at him “ball four!!!!!”
The popcorn tasted good. The first bucket of the season always does. A girl serving coffee laughed at one of my jokes, which was nice.
Barb is already in midseason form getting the crowd riled up for the Taco Bell strike out player of the game. I plan on interviewing Barb, hopefully in the next month or so.
In years past, I always walked around and made photos on opening day. Here’s one from 2015 as Josmil Pinto rounds the bases on a walk off homer.
The game only last a little over two hours and the Yankees lost. A great start to the season. I am 1-0 when attending games this year.
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