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We fit in a trip to UVA's ballpark this evening. D came home from work, we ate dinner quickly, we made it to the game to enjoy four innings, but then we were headed out before it was dark and D was off to make a visit for church. UVA played Richmond tonight, and they played them well. The crowd was minimal and the kids weren't too needy so I looked around to make some observations.
These banners on the railing in outfield really cramp my style. I wonder if I should give someone important my feedback on that. I never do that kind of thing.
J is the only one with endurance for a longer (than 2.5 hour) sporting event. A and E tolerate it with snuggling and treats.
Right field at Davenport is only awesome if it's cold and the game is in the early afternoon, or it might work if you have super dark sunglasses. We tried right field general admission seating tonight at 7 p.m. We couldn't see the scoreboard because it was next to us, and we couldn't see anything else because the sun was shining in our eyes. Left field bleachers are better.
Also, I think Little League is in J's near future. He checks Major League Baseball scores daily. His Mariners cap is his new favorite. He asks us to play catch with him daily. He is so excited about baseball that I'm scheduling out the games for the spring and summer: definitely a Nationals game and perhaps some minor league games after UVA's season has concluded.
Finally, I've always thought baseball provides the best conditions for people-watching. Today I was admiring this couple in their UVA apparel. I took a stealthy photo. I bet they have UVA attire for every season, I thought. That's when it occurred to me to ask. Why just watch people when you can talk to them?
That is how I met PL and her kind husband. I heard their story. How she taught third grade until her first baby arrived. How she stayed home to raise them after that. How they get season tickets for UVA football, basketball, and baseball games. I learned more about about their family and about all the good things their grandkids are doing. They told me all about the best places in Davenport Field to watch the game in different seasons, at different times of the day, and for ACC games which get pretty packed.
I confess that Davenport Field became a much more beautiful place after that. Isn't it interesting how just meeting someone can make a place a more desirable destination? I can't wait to go back and find them in their reserved seats and wave and call them by name. I predict that three-fifths of my family will roll their eyes, and the other twenty percent will join me in chatting.
4 comments:
Love that you chatted with them. I am fully in that 20% group!
I actually really love two things... that J loves baseball so much, and that you talked to the people. I sometimes see people and want to badly to know their story. I very much support the talking to people rather than wondering. Props~
I love the people talking to story. I'm amazed at the things random people will tell me on first meeting. Sometimes it starts like this: Them, "Your kids are cute,". Me: "Oh, thanks, do you have kids?" And usually that's enough and if I ask a follow up question or two, most strangers will tell me the most interesting things. One classic line, from a lady telling me about adopting her kids: "Adopting isn't hard. People say it is, but it isn't. You just have to keep jumping through hoops until you get a baby." Classic. :)
I have been thinking of you lately...could you feel it? And...I ALWAYS wonder about the stories of people I pass...in airports, sitting in traffic and glancing back and forth etc. Everybody has a story...
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