home plate

today i learned that a boring baseball game is boring no matter where you watch it from, even if it's from behind home plate.

long story short: sam's dad bought 3 reading phillies tickets for himself, sam, and sam's brother-in-law for monday night's game. but, if you were in reading on monday night, you know that it was pouring down rain ALL DAY, so the game was cancelled. the ticket holders were entitled to go to tonight's game, but with the change of date, sam's brother-in-law could no longer make it, so i was invited along. i haven't seen any baseball yet this season, and i needed some time out of the house in fresh air, so i of course accepted.

i knew it was going to be a chilly night, so i layered it up, and when we arrived, i followed my dad-in-law to our seats. i was quite excited when we plopped ourselves down just a few rows back from (and a few seats to the left of) home plate. it's not saying much at a reading phillies game, but that's the closest i've ever sat to the field at any game.

unfortunately, by the middle of the first inning, we were down 3 to nothing. and then 5 to nothing. and all those good seats did for me was help me to get a better view of all of the terrible pitches as they zoomed towards us. by the sixth inning, the score was 5-1 (whooooooo) and the only exciting thing that occurred was 2 of the outfielders running into each other because they couldn't listen to one another as they frantically yelled "got it" and waved their arms while their heads were cocked back at 90 degree angles to track the ball instead of each other. and the crazy hot dog vendor, of course. but it was nice to have some time out and about with the hubby and dad-in-law, so i'm not disappointed in the evening.

it's just good to know.