OH DOCTOR!

I was really fortunate today to be given Opening Day tickets to the Padres game.  My three friends and I got there late by my husbands baseball clock but we made it easily into the stadium before the first pitch.  It began to rain as we rode the escalator up to our section.  I thought this was a bad omen and more importantly I was having a good hair day and it was about to be ruined.

We made our way to our seats right after the National Anthem and the Marine flyby. My seat was very wet and dirty from the dust that had been there from the previous sunny, warm weather that we had been enjoying.  Thank goodness I am a good patron of Barona Resort and Casino because the hand wipes came in very handy to clean my seat.  Why did I decide to wear my white jacket? 

Just as the first batter for the Braves came to the plate the clouds parted and the sun came out.  Another omen?  As a matter of fact I believe it was.  The Pads came out to show off today and stir up the crowd.  They were up 1 zip by the end of the 3rd.  The 4th inning all hell broke loose.  They scored a record breaking 10 runs and I was in the gift shop when all this was going on.  Don't laugh you know I always need a new hooded sweatshirt (just in case it started to rain again).  Got back for the 5th and the fun continued.  They couldn't do anything wrong and frankly the Braves couldn't do anything right.

Final score 17 to 2.  It was fun to see the new talent, fun to see the 19 hits, fun to get free t-hirts, fun to see Tony Gwynn Jr. hit one off the wall, fun to see the optimism in the stadium and just a great day to be in San Diego and have some "fun under the sun".  Can't wait to take in more games. 

I learned some new tricks about the most direct and least congested way to get there, found a great parking lot and more importantly a secret eating spot you can go to before going into the stadium that's good, clean, fast and more importantly cheap.  Don't ask me where the eating spot is because I've been sworn to secrecy. 

So you go Padres, I'm ready for the season now, you've got me excited along with the rest of the stadium and I'm sure all the viewers watching on tv.  The next game is Wednesday so we get to bask in this glow for 1 1/2 days.   Keep up the good work (don't make me regret buying the new sweatshirt).

PLAY BALL!