Yesterday was a perfect storm of Allyson Baseball Happiness: The Tigers game that got rained out in May was rescheduled for 1:05pm, the 7:11 game last night was a half price Monday game. So not only was it amazing that the Tigers were playing a double header in Chicago, but also amazingly economical.
Snacks
I also packed us enough snacks for both games! Half a bag of peanuts, a box of Sugar Babies, and some homepopped popcorn. For lunch I packed us PB&Js. (Also, the old couple sitting in front of us were both wearing dog themed sweatshirts. So they could pick each other out of the crowd easily. Because no one else at the ball game was wearing dog themed sweatshirts.)
Game One!
The forecast was not friendly; scattered thunderstorms all day. But it sprinkled on us once for like half an inning. Very windy, though! Our hair was blowing in the wind.
Knitting at the Game
It was so windy my knitting was blowing all over the place! But game one was a blast. It was a close game, Galaraga (or Lady Gaga, as I lovingly call him) pitched way better than expected, and the Tigers pulled it out in the 9th inning. There were tons of Tigers fans everywhere.
Is that a... no, it can't be a...
I spotted this bro coming up the stairs and almost hyperventalated. Not only is this a Lions jersey. Not only is this a CHARLIE BATCH jersey.
Autographed!
It is an AUTOGRAPHED CHARLIE BATCH jersey at the Tigers game. There were so many Tigers fans in our section that this guy got got cheered to his seat. And I didn’t even know Charlie could spell.
Between games we went over to Taco’s Erendira Inc for some delicious Mexican food. I got an excellent guacamole burrito, and PT got some tacos that he was very excited about. Thank god we got a good meal because the second game did not go very well.
Sad Face
My boy Bonderman’s first game back was a disaster, they were down 0-6 pretty early, and half price Mondays bring out the douches, so on top of that it was a very hostile crowd.
I can’t help making the point, though, that if Detroit sucks, but they are in first place, and your team is in third place, that would make you worse than sucks, right? What is worse than sucks? Also, you can’t think of anything more interesting to say than Detroit sucks? Go back to North Riverside.
My Sweater Pattern
I did get some work done on my sweater pattern, however. Sad, pouty knitting.
