When I lived up in Maine I went to a Portland Sea Dogs game once while in High School. In 2006 I went to a Readings Phillies game. On Monday night I went to my first Major League game! The Phillies were in town to play the Giants.
And we lost. No wait, San Francisco won. The Phillies lost. I don’t know who I was supposed to be cheering for, but given that Nita was all decked out in Phillies gear I guess I was supposed to be cheering for the Phillies! To my surprise there were a lot of Phillies fans there, and the Giants fans were gracious hosts, one even offering his seat to Nita on MUNI.
The game was fun, the crowd was excited, and logistically things worked out beautifully. We were able to take MUNI down to the ballpark (ok, so it is walkable from where we live, but public transit is quicker), people got in quickly, we snagged some hot dogs, chicken fingers and I got my hands on a beer. MJ got us great seats behind the Phillies dugout and we hunkered down for 9 innings (look, I used a baseball word!) of entertainment. In spite of not being a baseball fan in general, there really is something about being in a crowd of excited people all focused on a field that is a totally different kind of fun than I’m used to. I may have to start walking down to games from time to time – especially since it turns out there are cheap seats to be had.
As the game wrapped up we headed to MUNI to catch a train back, and then hop on another to head down to The Castro for some dinner – but the diner we wanted to go to had closed early! So we decided to bring Nita to In-N-Out for a taste of west coast fast food burgers and shakes. By the time we finished dinner it was just after midnight and we wandered over to the cable cars and caught a ride home on the last one of the night – but not before getting to watch them turn it around. Cable cars are so cute and fun!
We sadly had to drop Nita off at the airport to go home on Tuesday night, I miss her already! This night was such an awesome wrap up to a fun weekend.