When Football is Unsatisfying, There's Always Baseball

Well, the Ole Miss football game just ended, so I thought I would do a post. After all, waking up at 9 AM to watch a loss to Vandy really leaves me in no mood to watch more football. Don't worry Ole Miss football, I will still wake up really early and stay up really late to watch you regardless of the season you are having. I just can't help it!

On higher notes, after a rather unsatisfying week of college and pro football, Laura and I had a great time this week at another sporting event!  Benefitting from an invitation by our neighbors, the Blackaby's, we went to our first SF Giants game last week as they took on the Dodgers. Unlike our favorite football teams, the Giants are wrapped in a vicious end-of-the-season stretch towards the playoffs. Needless to say, the crowd was energized and nervous as this was a must-win for the Giants (who are now ahead by 1 game in the division).

We arrived a few minutes before the game started with our free tickets (thanks to the many hook-ups that the Blackaby's seem to have) and begun to search for our section, in the 200's. Well, we found the first level then supposed it would be the next up so begun to walk up the stairs. The next level had closed doors so we climbed higher but the next level was 3. So we decided to ask the man at one of the closed doors and he told us to walk through the doors at the next level which happened to be the "Club Level". Yes, you guessed it, we had amazing seats to this intense game. As we arrived, Laura and I felt a little guilty as we haven't always been the biggest fans of MLB (with Laura not even knowing if the catcher was allowed to hit with the other batters....sorry, Laura, I told the world of your ignorance towards the game of baseball). We even had a little card to order food from our seats so that we wouldn't have to walk to the concession stand (and you BET we used the little card to get two chicken baskets and some Coke). We felt special! After 9 hard-fought innings, the Giants won and we had a great time at our first SF sporting experience. We will definitely have to find our way back to another game (if only we can find $140 laying around our apartment one day).

So, the lessons we learned from our Giants experience (because there is always a lesson to be learned):

1) Free tickets are ALWAYS worth taking.
2) While concessions stands cost about 100 times more than any other place, you can't resist buying their food.
3) Everyone wants to see a home run during their first game, and, most of the time, it comes from the other team.
4) Nothing else matters when you beat LA at any sport, especially baseball.
5) When football fails you, there is always another sport.

So, to all you Ole Miss fans out there, here are a few ways to find relief after another bad Saturday morning: pick yourself up, walk yourself home, and dust off your baseball mitt that you haven't used since you were in 5th grade. Baseball season is just around the corner!

Hanging in there,
Steve and Laura