The Baseball Game From The Point Of View Of A Frugal Nerd

     This week I went to a MLB game. I haven't been to one for twenty years. And I probably won't go again for another twenty years. Not that it was bad, just something I wouldn't waste time or money for. 

     I do not remember the details of the other games I went to. I seen the Pirates a couple times in the early seventies. The Reds in 1994.

     This time it was the Tampa Bay Rays. On a nine game losing streak. That didn't bother me As I do not follow the sport anyway. My buddy has been trying to get me to go to a game for years and asked if I would go and he would treat. I do not get out much on my off days so I said OK. We would go to lunch, hit the train shop and go to the game. A different diversion on my normal calm laundry, grocery store and guarding the television day off. 

     So off we went. Had lunch. Stopped at a couple of hobby shops. Hit a bicycle shop to look for a part I was searching for on ebay. Found the part at a local bike shop in St. Pete. Otherwise I would have probably bought the wrong part on ebay. 

     Checked out downtown St. Pete. Good to get out now and then. I like checking out downtown big cities as I like to look at how people live there. Walking, running, riding bicycles, riding motor scooters. Catching buses. The buildings. The streets. The people. Again fun. 

     So we went to the stadium. Then the robbery starts. Game tickets, $50 each. Parking $15. Walked into the store. Hats were $45. Tee shirts $30. I didn't even pick up the nice jerseys to check the prices. Baseball bats for $75. These real fans must be rich! 

     Heading to the seats we stopped in this like a bar place. A beer was $10. A soft drink was $5. So after drinking $20 worth of beer we went to our seats. Countless food places. I went for the $9 Italian sausage. Hotdogs were only $8 and maybe would have given me less heartburn. Bag of peanuts were only $6.50. The best deal was the $10 soft drink that can with a special cup that would give you refills. 

     So we have the national anthem. Most people stood. Very few put their hand on their heart. I guess people don't do that anymore. It could be politically incorrect. But we had great seats. I did not think there was going to be many chances for a foul. ball. But a lot came our way. I sat on the end seat and had the luxury of having the cheer leaders right there. 

     I guess all the rig a ma role is part of the show. I was bored. The mascot thing came up to me and stared. Then patted me on the head. I do not know why it picked me out. The sound system was too load. I had a screamer behind me. The game was boring and slow. 

     I just do not get excited about the sports hype. I would have rather stayed home and watched Leave It To Beaver while performing household chores. Must be a boring person without any social skills. But every once in a while one should check it out. As I said in an earlier post called Nerds. Once in a while a nerd just has to rear up his ugly head and see what the regular people do. Only to realize it much more fun to just be a nerd. A lot less expensive too!