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Why my season tickets are close to the field

broderic on June 30, 2011

Foul balls were flying my way all night long. Close to last years seats. In fact, I most likely would’ve been the one reaching for the one that bounced back onto the field in the fourth.

I seem to get a ball every year. This one in the bottom of the eighth. Markakis catches a routine fly to right field. Since most of the regulars in my section were not there, I had moved over a couple of seats to hang over the right field wall. Markakis runs in as he does he looks my way. I do the international gesture for “throw me the ball:” hands go up.

He tosses it my way as he goes by! I am such a kid.

I had my camera in my hand so I almost crushed it while catching the ball.

One of the better moments in a dismal 5-1 loss at Camden Yards. Orioles are kind of lifeless right now. They’ve reverted to the mode they were in at the end of 2009: cruise control. We need the pod people back.

Homestand

broderic on June 12, 2011

Back home from the tonight’s game. Made some updates to the picture posts because they were upside down.

It was a close one and the O’s should’ve one that one, but shoddy defense cost them the game. Felix has got to catch that ball. It hits your glove you should’ve had it. I think Nolan would’ve gotten that one. And our first baseman who’s up for only a few games doesn’t make the catches to keep them in it.

Mark Reynolds clobbered the ball tonight. His second homer was a moon shot that looked to be falling in but just kept going and going and going 415 yards from home, a monster shot. I’ll post the video of his first homer soon.

The ball girl wore a pony tail!

Sat with the people I sat with a few games ago. They were old white folks but they seemed to enjoy the game. Good times.

The Yard was rocking tonight in that bottom of the 8th. I hadn’t heard it that loud in a long time. Not perhaps since opening day a few years ago and even then. It was something to behold and hear.

I’m 3-2 on the times I’ve been to the Yard, the Orioles have been battling, and it’s summer. Should I go tomorrow?