Baseball has been my favorite sport and hobby since the age of six, when my New York Mets won the World Series. As I started to grow older, I thought about how cool it would be to take my kid to a baseball game someday. This happened last Friday. New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers. Here is how it went down.
Pre-game:
Arrived at Dodger Stadium, and Babs was sleeping. Carried her into the stadium in the Baby Bjorn. I thought for sure she would get stopped at security for being way too cute.
National Anthem:
Babs and I stood with pride, as Lucy was grabbing some ballpark food. I had my baby in my arm, and we were standing up for our country. I guess now is as good a time as any to announce the Riles family is moving to Brazil.
1st Inning:
Babs was awake as the Mets jumped out to an early lead. I had a beer in my left hand and my baby in my right. Life was good, and got even better when Rihanna’s boyfriend struck out.
2nd Inning:
Photo shoot with the baby at the stadium. This is mandatory, whenever a baby is going anywhere for the first time. I think we may have over 1,500 hundred pictures of her already, in just five months.
3rd Inning:
I found myself talking in baby talk, but stopped immediately. What if the umpire heard me? I would be ejected.
4th Inning:
There’s no crying in baseball. Babs continued to follow this rule, and did not cry.
5th Inning:
We were watching the drama of two different celebrity families…only at baseball games in Los Angeles will you see this. Frank McCourt, owner of the Dodgers, and currently going through a nasty divorce, was in attendance and all smiles. Larry King was also there with his wife/ex-wife. They seemed happy, and their kids were running all over the place in the stands. Did Larry sleep with his wife’s sister? We can’t confirm either way.
6th Inning:
I ate some potato chips, and somebody in our immediately family pooped. I’m not going to point fingers.
7th Inning:
We stretched, we sang and then we went home after this inning, because you don’t want to get stuck in stadium traffic with a baby. I NEVER would have done this if we didn’t have Babs with us…I always got angry at the fans that left early, but now I guess I understand it if and only if you have children.
The Mets won, our baby was awesome, and it was a great night. And yes, Lucy, Babs is officially a bigger Mets fan than White Sox fan!