Take me out to the ball game - the LA Dodgers
May 19th 2008 02:41
It's been nearly thirty years since I went to a live baseball game. The obsessions of childhood remain, though. Walking in to Dodger Stadium as a 'grown up' was no less exciting than when I was seven. Even the parking lot is still huge.
Those expensive seats seemed like a good idea back in Australia, but when I saw the sheer scale of the stadium, I wondered whether any seat would be 'close'. The heat was extreme, and I had expected to be even closer to the field, but we were the first row behind the corporate boxes. The attendant turned a blind eye when my son ran down to try to get his hat signed. The first time he tried, the player ran out of time. He only had one more chance. It was James Loney, the first baseman. My son thrust out his hat just as the national anthem was about to start. Yes! the last signature. And how fortunate it turned out to be. James Loney scored the winning run that day, after the game went to a 10th innings.
As the sign said: DODGERS WIN!
When the music started after the 7th innings, I couldn't stop myself from singing.. 'Take me out to the ball game...' The disturbing thing is that 30 years on, I still knew the words. (The Star Spangled Banner came back to me as well.)
The point of my rambling is - take your children travelling. They will remember and one day, they'll thank you for those memories.
Those expensive seats seemed like a good idea back in Australia, but when I saw the sheer scale of the stadium, I wondered whether any seat would be 'close'. The heat was extreme, and I had expected to be even closer to the field, but we were the first row behind the corporate boxes. The attendant turned a blind eye when my son ran down to try to get his hat signed. The first time he tried, the player ran out of time. He only had one more chance. It was James Loney, the first baseman. My son thrust out his hat just as the national anthem was about to start. Yes! the last signature. And how fortunate it turned out to be. James Loney scored the winning run that day, after the game went to a 10th innings.
As the sign said: DODGERS WIN!
When the music started after the 7th innings, I couldn't stop myself from singing.. 'Take me out to the ball game...' The disturbing thing is that 30 years on, I still knew the words. (The Star Spangled Banner came back to me as well.)
The point of my rambling is - take your children travelling. They will remember and one day, they'll thank you for those memories.
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