300

a pretty good movie, so i've heard. but, also the win total that tom glavine reached two sundays ago a wrigley field... when i was there. : )

it was a "magical" evening. i'm actually serious. it had a playoff feel to it... b/c a LOT was at stake. the cubs were playing the mets at the same time that the phillies were playing the brewers. two sets of playoff contenders... trying to maintain or takeover first place in their divisions. add to that... glavine trying to get his 300th. add to that... wrigley. i gotta say... those are some intense fans. they care a lot more than i thought they did.

so... my new roommate... malissa... was in town for the weekend and she's a huge cubs fan. we spontaneously decided to try to go to the game. the only seats left were $12 standing room only seats... so we took them!

the interesting things of the game:

~ soriano got injured.

~ the home plate umpire got beaned in the head with a pitch. not only did they take a time out... but the entire field cleared for a time since they didn't know when play would resume. apparently they thought he may have had a concussion. so bizarre.

~ there was a "disturbance" in the standing room only section. security was "talking" to these two guys for quite some time.

~ kerry wood showed up... and the crowd went NUTS. i've never seen so many camera flashes over one player in my life. he's their messiah figure... and this was his first major league appearance since june 1996.

~ glavine batted in the mets first run. love it when the pitcher impacts the offense.

~ we had a lot of mets fans near us.

~ it was american girl night... so there were thousands of little girls with their american girls in tow. they were given little cubs outfits for their dolls. very cute.

~ of course... tom glavine got his 300th... which was incredible. even though he used to be with the braves and now he's with the mets... i have to admit that he's a really good guy and i was hoping he'd get the 300 while i was there. although... don't be deceived... i still loathe the mets.

~ hmmm.... was there anything else strange or really cool? i can't remember.

~ oh. i guess i could mention that there were some really good defensive plays during the game. in particular... by the mets.

i love baseball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh. and we ended up sitting for a good portion of the game... lower level... behind home plate. not bad for $12. : )