Hey folks. So anyhow.. My gal Emily and I went to Game 1 of the MLB ALDS game between Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox. Tropicana Field, or as I call it, “The Juice Box,” is hands down the worst stadium in baseball. The ceiling is so low that sometimes a fly ball hits one of the rings that hold up the ceiling. It’s so bad, MLB will never allow Tampa to host the annual All Star game.
Tampa has a great team, almost every year, but they rarely have more than 10,000 fans show up to any games. Unless it’s the playoffs. Then all the “bandwagon” fans show up. They have on the Tampa gear and cheer away in the stands. It’s great to see, I just wish they would show up every game, like Yankees and Red Sox fans do.
I have several buddies that are Red Sox fans and we needle and poke fun at each other all season. True Yankee and Red Sox fans know all of their players and, in turn, know all of the opposing teams players, too.
In Tampa, well, not so much. These two guys were sitting behind us with their Tampa gear on. They were all jacked up and ready to go. One guys seemed to know everything. He tells his pal, “Yeah Kiermaier is pitching today.”
So, I’m thinking…um…what? I look at Emily and say, “You hear that guy? He’s a typical bandwagon fan. Kiermaier is the darn center fielder!”
She just starts laughing.
I said, “Can you imagine me being in the Bleachers at Yankee Stadium and some clown says, “Yeah, Aaron Judge is pitching today! Chico would run him out of the stadium!”
We were sitting down behind the Boston bullpen as you can see from the picture above. Eduardo Rodriguez is warming up and the guy says, “That ain’t no real mound. It ain’t 90 feet. It’s short. I could throw it that far.”
Oh lordy! The bases are 90 ft apart, not the mound. It’s 60 feet 6 inches.
One inning, Randy Arozarena hits a homer for Tampa. It was a bomb and the place went wild. It was great to see. So, in between innings, when Randy comes out to his left field position, a cameraman comes out onto the field and shows Randy as he’s throwing. He’s a good 30 feet away. The guys proclaims, “Hey! Look! Randy is getting interviewed about his home run.”
Emily says, ” Well, the interviewers do have to keep their distance.” She can be funny, too.
I just said, “Bless his heart.”
The game is about over and we get up to head out. As I get up, I take a look at the guy , as he’s still talking. He had about four teeth in front and that was all. I look at Emily and said, “Hey! You see that guy only had about four teeth?”
She says, “Yeah.”
I said, “Well that explains everything.”
She says, “How’s that?”
I said, “He doesn’t have any wisdom teeth!!”
Bless his heart.
Go Yankees!!
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