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Opening Day

I wa hoping to have a really happy post today about my joy at attending my first ever baseball opening day game.

Yeah. Not so much.

It wasn't the score...hell, I'm used to losing...I'm just still bent out of shape because, even though we were on the road at 10:20 a.m., we missed the whole pre-game hoopla, not to mention the actual first pitch, and in fact the first two batters.

It usually takes us, non-rush hour, 45 minutes or so to get to RFK. Rush hour, a bit more than an hour.

I didn't factor in the Maryland Department of Transportation shutting down the right lane of 270 and half the fucking Cabin John Bridge.

My blood pressure did not return to normal until the seventh inning stretch.

Next game I have tickets for is Friday. I am guessing I should be ok if I pack a bag and leave the middle of Thursday night.

You know it's bad when the high point of the day is watching the giant Teddy Roosevelt lose another Presidents' Race.

Posted by Nic at April 2, 2007 07:18 PM | TrackBack