Sunday, September 16, 2007

Let's Play Ball

Earlier last week we had an event at work and I entered a draw to win some tickets.
The tickets were to a Jays game but also included a 90 minute coaching session following the game for someone 6-16. As you can guess I won.
The game started at 1:07 and we got there just before that. As an added bonus it was Jr. Jays Saturday and we were given a passport. 20 minutes later and three stamps on our passport and we were given a (Gregg Zaun #9 backcatcher bobble head). This alone would have made the day but the festivities continued.
Brian only asked when the game was going to be over after the 6th inning at which point we went for cotton candy and a new baseball cap.

Following the game all the kids in the dome got to run the bases. You can imagine the line up. It wound all the way from field level to the top of section 500. Which is where we were waiting. Surprisingly it was very well organized and it only took us about 15 minutes to get to the field. At this point Brian thought this was it and was ready to go home but the fun didn't end there. He had his picture taken and they made a baseball card. Three coaches came onto the field and took the kids through some baseball fundamentals. The day ended at around 7 with some pizza and pop. We could have skipped getting the baseball cap as they go a free one during the clinic.

BTW, The jays won!

Jays Game

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