We went to the A's game this afternoon with our next door neighbors and their three kids. Our neighbors had never been to a baseball game, having immigrated from Iran. All the mother and elder daughter knew about baseball they learned from Twilight -- I love them!
This is what the six kids, aged 4 - 11, did during the game:
- Ate hot dogs
- Drank soda and rainbow-hued Icees
- Ate cotton candy in three pastel shades
- Ate Orange Dreamsicle sundaes, Dippin Dots, Drumsticks
- Cracked peanuts, threw the shells randomly around the bleachers and ate some
- Played musical seats
- Looked for Stomper, the mascot
The funniest part of the game was me trying to explain the game to them: the objective, the rules, the importance of statistics, the playing field, the strategy. And I didn't even touch on the 7th inning stretch or Dot Racing. I know this game pretty well and never realized how hard it was to explain until I tried! The only thing funnier than me trying to explain it was the pained expression on Dave's face as I did so.
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Some of my favorite memories as a kid of our trips to ballgames to see the Chicago Cubs!
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