nice night for a walk to the park

EA & I celebrated our 3rd game together this season at the ballyard with a nicely played victory by the boys in Blue. It was much more exciting than the previous game I attended a few weeks ago. At least we had some semblance of an offense. We met at the Short Stop prior to walking up the hill to the stadium, thereby allowing us to drink the $15 we’d normally spend on parking. As convenient as it is to meet there, pray no one in your party needs to communicate the fact that they are running late as the place is a black hole....especially if you carry Sprint as your cell service provider. We had none of those problems though, all was fine and dandy in the meet up.

The tickets I had for the game were sort of a gift from the Dodgers organization. Last year I was a True Blue member, receiving points and perks if I spent money at certain places and showed my “card.” It was a short lived promotion and those who actually took part received a consolation prize this year of vouchers for certain games. The stipulation that it had to be a Monday – Thursday game with certain blackout dates. I finally got around to finding a date that worked with our schedules and since the Nats were in town and I’m originally from the D.C. Metropolitan area I thought it’d be a good game to choose. Granted the Nats weren’t in D.C. when I grew up but no mind, one also assumed that it might be an easy win for the Dodgers. Thankfully the stars aligned as the moon shone brightly over the stadium illuminating us with the glorious glow of said win.

If my luck holds out I just may get to another game this season....Go Blue.

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Comments

[Nick]

Hi. I'm new to reading the downtown blogs and stumbled upon yours. I grew up in downtown area. It's great that I can read about my community on blogs. I was also at the game and am in your picture (somewhere left of the dugout in the FieldBox) but look just like a dot. Also, a fellow lindy hopper and Camp Hollywood attendee.

[Penelope]

I'm embarrassed to say that we've been downtowners for 2 years, making all the discoveries around Dodger Stadium, yet somehow managing to miss the "blue."