Let’s Play Ball!!

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I got the question at least 100 times.

“Are you going to the Yankees games?”

The answer was always ‘No!’

Lately I’ve been adding, “I don’t even want to watch them on television!”

But…

…I got a text at noon on Tuesday from my boy, Sam.

“Hope you aren’t busy tomorrow night.”

He sent it to all of us.

Sam went online and found 4 tickets along the 3rd base line.

He paid a whole lot of money.

I thought I was being pranked, actually. I let Sam know that he didn’t have to pay for all of our tickets.

“I’m not worried about it,” Sam texted. “I work so I can have a good time with my family. When will the Yankees play 15 minutes from our house?”

“They’re playing lousy,” I said.

“That’s why I picked the game that Cole is pitching.”

And man, I’ve been disappointed with all of this baseball season. It’s not just that the Yankees are playing lousy…

…it’s all the garbage I wrote about at the end of last year.

The shift has to go.

The pitchers using illegal substances.

The homer or nothing approach.

The pitchers going an inning or two and then coming out.

Guys resting before or after a day off.

It’s destroying the sport.

I don’t watch every game anymore.

I certainly will tomorrow night!

Go Yankees!!!

And Sam did great.

A whole lot of our family memories were at the ballparks around us.

We saw games in Cleveland, New York, Pittsburgh, Philly and in Toronto.

Who would’ve ever believed that we were going to have the chance to see the Yankees play in Buffalo.

“We’ll remember it forever,” Sam said.

Comments

Tammie Lewis said…
Seriously....great job Sam! I love that his reasoning is that he has a job so he can have a good time with his family (great job mom and dad!) I hope you guys have a great time. Memories are priceless. (I'm ready to get back to Dodger Stadium!!!)
16 June, 2021
Cliff Fazzolari said…
Thank you! Sam did great - he was right! A wonderful memory and it felt great to be out around people!
16 June, 2021
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