Not My Game

Last night we went to a Baltimore Orioles Baseball Game. I’m not a huge baseball fan but when I was a kid my parents took me to a Washington Senators Game and I had a great time.

So for memory sake I thought I should do it. The crowd was……not a crowd. The Ravens also played last night and they played a great game. In Baltimore football rules.

We started our night at the Pickle Pub across the street from the stadium. $4 pulled pork sandwiches, $2 canned local beers and loud music.

As we arrived at the stadium a guy was standing there handing out free tickets to the game. I didn’t ask where he got them we just took the tickets and walked in (I think they were comp tickets).

We sat behind a group of guys from Canada who were drinking too much and were cheering on the Toronto Blue Jays. At first they were irritating but as the game dragged on they became almost more entertaining than the actual game. They were a group of high school friends on a “mancation” (man vacation). Several of the guys had wives who were about to have babies and they wanted to take one last trip before fatherhood sets in.

So what do I take from this adventure? You don’t have to over plan your life. You don’t have to do something you like to enjoy what you do. But you do need to do whatever it is with people you like.