On Saturday, August 13, Roy, Rochelle, Mom and I made the pilgrimage to Wrigley Field to watch our Cardinals do battle with the small bears. After enduring a three hour rain delay, we watched a fine ballgame. Chris Carpenter pitched a complete game. Albert Pujols homered, and the Cards won 5-2.The highlight of the game for us, however, came on a Pujols foul ball. We were sitting behind the plate, a little to the right, when Pujols fouled one back. It looked like it would land 10 or 20 rows behind us at first, but the prevailing winds at Wrigley took over.
As it came down it drifted slowly toward us, until it came down in the row behind us. I saw it the whole way and could have made a play if I had stepped on my mother. Roy almost had a play on it and claims he would have caught it if he'd brought his glove.
The ladies behind is knocked it down and it was rolling around when Roy reached down to snag it. The lady behind us smacked him across the side of his back and made a remark about stealing her ball.
The day became a little surreal when the husbands returned, and the ladies related their tale of the stolen ball. One of the men made several provocative remarks. We made a few return remarks. You didn't expect Rochelle, Mom, and me to be quiet did you?
One of the women said something about stealing the ball from her eight-year old. Roy said he was going to sell it on E-Bay. Not really. I wish he'd said that, but he said his seven-year old would enjoy the ball.
Of course, being Cub fans they had to leave early. The loquacious husband made a departing crack, "I hope you enjoy the ball."
And let me tell you, we will enjoy the ball. Willa and Parke were thrilled to see it. Roy's plan is to take it to spring training next year and get Albert to autograph it.
To be fair, on our other trip to a Cards game at Wrigley we were treated wonderfully in spite of all our Cardinal regalia. So we won't draw any lasting conclusions from this trip.
3 comments:
He should have traded it for a beer.
Speaking from experience, that only makes drunken idiots more angry. Plus it was off the bat of Pujols and will be a cool item once I get it signed and Pujols is in the Hall of Fame. I'll put it right next to my autographed Stan Musial ball and bat.
Did these Cubs fans learn nothing during the McGwire/Sosa HR chase? The first person who tries to catch a ball barehanded almost always has the ball bounce off their palm. It's always the secondary scoop off the ground that picks it up. Unless their was an equal deathgrip on the ball by Roy and one of the women, it's a hand's down, no brainer, justified claim by Roy.
--Howdy
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