Friday Night
Yankee Stadium
With Alex B.
What a glorious ending. The Red Sox moved to within 2 1/2 games of the Yankees and they did it by scoring two runs in the 9th against Rivera. Too bad I had left hours earlier. What? Me leave a big game in September early? Yes, well, it was supposed to rain all night. And when the second rain delay started in the 3rd inning, Alex and I thought we were making the right move to take off for Brooklyn. Unfortunately, the weather cleared and they were able to play.
When I got off the train at Atlantic Ave. to walk over to 4th Ave. and Atlantic to take the bus home, my sister who was visiting for the weekend pulled up to the corner to give me a ride. I might have missed a great game, but at least I got a ride home!
The game was very entertaining, even on TV. Manny Ramirez robbed Miguel Cairo of a homerun, but Cairo didn’t know and continued to run the bases. He celebrated demonstratively and the third base coach gave him an enthusiastic high five. It wasn’t until he got to the dugout that he found out the truth. As I watched on TV, I kept telling myself that I wouldn’t have had quite the fun view if I had seen it in person.
I kind of was hoping that the Yankees would blow the Red Sox out so I wouldn’t feel bad for leaving early. No such luck. But, how could I be unhappy with the result? I still can’t believe I left in the 3rd inning.
From Alex’s blog:
Posted by dan at September 17, 2004 05:47 PM
I do believe in beauty. I do wake up and feel exhilirated by the new dawn. I am an eternal optimist. But there are some things that really piss me off. Let me list the ways.
Going to Yankee Stadium annoys me, it just does. ($18)
Spending over an hour on the 4 train to get there when it should only take about 45 minutes.($2)
Pissing, miserable, soaking, demoralising rain.(free, it's rain you know)
Obnoxious Yankee fans on aforementioned 4 train.(also free yet still annoying)
Waiting for half an hour to get into the Death star in a crowd of annoying Yankee fans in the rain. (a combination of all of the above except the bit about the 4 train).
Seeing six Yankee fans turned away from the gate because they had arrived on Friday night with tickets for Sunday's game. (F*CKING PRICELESS!!!!).
I still can't believe that you're still sulking about leaving the game early. You neglected to mention that after you got a ride home, you had to parallel park the car for your poor sister because she is the worst parker ever!!
Posted by: Amy at December 15, 2004 12:54 AM