Gemma had organized a group of 6 of us to all purchase tickets together to go to Opening Day for the Mariner's. When the day finally arrived, it was miserable outside. Pouring down rain. The day before and the day after were perfectly nice and sunny, but the baseball gods weren't exactly looking out for us. Plus, Clint had come down with a 24-hour bug, so he had to stay home. I unsuccessfully found anyone to buy his ticket, but I wasn't gonna miss out.
We all planned to meet at Jimmy's on First at 5:30pm for drinks before heading into the game that started at 7pm. Apparently, the rain created horrendous traffic for everyone but me coming from West Seattle. I got the the bar 15 minutes early, and waited for my friends. Luckily (or maybe unluckily), a group saw that I was alone and invited me to sit with them for a beer while I waited. Had I known I'd be waiting an HOUR AND A HALF for my friends to show, I may have declined. But, they were friendly and continued to by me drinks, so it wasn't so bad after all. One guy was even a childhood friend of a coworker of mine, small world. When my friends finally arrived, it was time to head to the stadium.
Our seats were up in the nosebleeds, and I've never seen the stadium so packed before. It took us a while to hike all the way up there, but the view was nice once we finally made it. I watched a couple innings with Matt and Gemma, and Kyle and Jen…but then decided I didn't want to be the 5th wheel anymore and walked down to the beer garden to find some other people I knew were at the game (grabbing a hot dog along the way of course).
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| Robby Cano at bat |
I ran into Henry and Duane who I talked business with (he was helping me with a refinance on my home) over shots of Fireball. I watched the rest of the game from downstairs where the Mariner's won 5-3 against the Angels. Then it was into a cab, and home I went. Despite the rain, we all had a great time!
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| Gemma, Matt, Duaney and me |
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