Take me out to the ballpark...

We are in Atlanta all this week for some meetings... and I just could not resist the temptation. Dee and I went to another Brave's game. It was a midweek game and so the crowd was small, but we were able to get some of the best tickets in the ballpark.... row 4 next to the dugout! I have never been so close to the action. We could see into the dugout from our seats, and the players threw several of the foul balls/used balls into our section. One ball came so close that I could have caught it. A rather large man that was seated in front of me beat me to the catch by making a dive backwards over the back of his seat and onto his back in our row. He was about twice my size..... and needless to say I didn't get in his way... and I didn't get the ball. The second ball that came our way was a row behind us but nearly hit Dee in the head. Finally, I caught the eye of Brandon Jones (a player for the Braves) and he threw a foul ball he had retrieved right into my glove. Now....... I know that this might not be a really big deal to anyone else...... but I have always wanted to get a game ball - in fact it was on my list of things to do before I die.







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