Summary:
Score: Detroit 9 Angels 0
Temperature: 69 o
Attendance: 37,509
Winner of the Dunkin' Donuts Race: Cuppie Coffee
Number of multicoloured beach balls launched from the top row of section 325 in the 7th inning: at least 2 dozen (plus a few inflatable killer whales)
On Friday, we were back at the ballpark. It had been almost 10 days since I'd last been and it seemed like forever. As much as I enjoy it, I have to admit liking having more than half an hour of awake time at home during the week. I was mentioning this to a colleague at work who said, "but that's the way to watch baseball. You have to watch it everyday since they play almost everyday. So much can change within a week or two." I'd never really thought about it but he's spot on. I don't quite watch it everyday but watching it as much as I have the past month and a bit has done a few things: not only have I increased my affection for the game and the team but I've found my affection for the players grows with each game. I worry about their slumps, I cheer at their successes, and I laugh at them dancing in the dugout. This year, the Tigers have a "Who's Your Tiger?" campaign. In April, Placido Polanco was my Tiger. Then in June I added Curtis to my list. And Omar Infante. And Magglio Ordonez. And then after reading his Gum Time blog I added Nate Robertson. And, of course, Brandon Inge. And then I read this article about Craig Monroe and now he's one of my Tigers too. The list keeps growing. And then I think about who's not on my list and can't find a reason why they can't be one of my Tigers too. So I add Pudge Rodriguez, Carlos Guillen, Marcus Thames, Joel Zumaya, Justin Verlander and Jeremy Bonderman too. I think that's almost the whole team; if I double checked the roster, I'm sure there would be someone else I'd have to add. Oh my. There are times, like Friday night in the 8th inning, when I had to pause and think, "How did this all happen? When did I become someone who yells "yay yay yay!" and jumps up and down at a baseball game?" I didn't consciously set out to become a Tigers fan when we went to our first games in 2000 but it has happened incrementally and I find myself loving this team and this game. I suppose it's all there in Motown wisdom:
You can't hurry love
No, you'll just have to wait
She said love don't come easy
Well , it's a game of give and take
PS: thanks to all of you who politely inquired about my slump. Thanks to Leyland's advice, I'm back at it as of this morning. Curtis too seems to be rebounding as does Cuppie Coffee. It's all good.
2 comments:
Okay, this doesn't have anything to do with baseball, tigers, or donuts, but your mention of "Pudge Rodriguez" reminded me that Remark now carries your favourite brownie mix (heretofore only at TJ's) in FOUR flavours, including raspberry.
Thanks. You know... I often think of those brownies when they announce his name. They've also got a flavour or two at Zehrs but they're twice as much as they are at TJ's. For those who don't know about our favourite brownie mix, here is a link. http://www.nopudge.com/ They're pretty tasty.
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