Ah what a way to end just a crap week at work. A great night at the ballfield...Tigers are on a roll, the Chi-Sox are in town, the sun is warm, and the beer is cold. PLUS I scored some SWEET seats at a discount. So...off to the game we go. Traffic's not too bad, but the challenge is always finding parking anywhere near the stadium that you feel good about 1. leaving your car there in the first place, 2. safely making it to and from the park, and 3. ever finding once you leave it, and 4. affording.
We're up to the challenge. We drive as close as we dare to the stadium, and see the last $10 lot, and it looks fairly ok. We pay, turn down the street, and realize that for the TEN dollar lot, you have to keep driving about 3 blocks off the main strip and park in this alley. Nice. Well, deciding to go ahead and park there, we encounter several iffy situations before getting back to the main drag. All good, it's time for ball.
On the way into the park, there was a guy playing bongo drums and creating riffs about passers by for $. Ahead of us by a couple of paces was a cute little blonde thang with her date:
"MMMMmmmmm look at her she's fine
Sure wish that she was mine
Yeah I really know I should
But I don't even dream that good..." ROFL
Right. Play ball please...
The seats were great, and the game started out great. Unfortunately the pitching went straight down the toilet, and the Sox got a grand slam. Nice thing to see, but better when it's the home team. Anyhoo...paying $5 for a soda always makes me not so thirsty, but the sun was SHINING, and the wind was absent. So...soon the fans get bored of watching the Tigers batting averages fall with every at bat, and some guys decide it's time to start the Wave. Yay. Of course, the disgruntled old man behind me and the drunk college students across the aisle were way into that.
Old Man: "SIDDOWN! SHYEAT UUUUUP!"
Drunk college students: "YOU OTTA GET A BRA TO HOLD THOSE MAN BOOBS STILL BEFORE YOU DO THIS..."
Personally, I was feelin the love.
Saw some good fielding, some bad dancing during the breaks as fans tried to get the camera on them, and then the game was over. Tigers came to within 3, but just couldn't pull it out. In fact, they had a three stooges moment...the first baseman and second baseman both ran after a foul ball...both within catching distance of it...and both watched it drop between them. The flabber of all the fans was definitely gasted.
Old Man: "YOU SUCK!"
Drunk college students: "MY MOM HAS HER MITT...WANT A BREAK?"
Once more with the love...
So. Game over. Braving the crowds we walk back to the car. This time, the guy 'guarding' the lot wasn't so nice...uttered a bit of a threat when we wisely didn't pull out our wallets to fork over a handout (nevermind we paid too much to park in a decrepit alley anyway)...so we hurried and left. All was good...got home, had a good nights sleep...peeked out my window this morning...noticed a hubcap is gone. Sigh. I hope whoever took it got a meal or two out of it instead of a fleeting high...
You gotta love baseball...
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so we thought we'd give it a try...well no parking down there unless you are lucky to get a space on the street and if not if you park in one of the garages to the office buildings down there you WILL get towed so what do they want you to do? Park at the old Astrodome and take a shuttle bus to downtown MinuteMaid Park. Last time we ever went to a ball game while living there. The only thing that did get me to take the shuttle bus again was when George Strait came to town.... I'd walk 10 miles just to see him. 
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