I thought the eighth inning was a lot worse than the ninth. Home runs happen, but the eighth was sloppy all around - and not just the throwing error either.
Many years ago, I was at a Red Sox game on one of Meredith's "company" tickets, so a lot of people from Boston Technology were there. After the bottom of the 7th, the Sox were done something like 6-2, and the guy in front of us tells his kids they're leaving to avoid the rush. I ended up commenting "what kind of a father forces his kids to leave a baseball game just to get a leg up on traffic?"
Yep, we rally in the eighth, and go on to win the game 8-6, or some such score. Turns out the guy was in manufacturing, and Meredith said any time she walked by, he was very carefully polite.
Anyway, the key is to make it into the playoffs. Then we can at least take our shot.
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Date: 2004-07-20 12:02 pm (UTC)Many years ago, I was at a Red Sox game on one of Meredith's "company" tickets, so a lot of people from Boston Technology were there. After the bottom of the 7th, the Sox were done something like 6-2, and the guy in front of us tells his kids they're leaving to avoid the rush. I ended up commenting "what kind of a father forces his kids to leave a baseball game just to get a leg up on traffic?"
Yep, we rally in the eighth, and go on to win the game 8-6, or some such score. Turns out the guy was in manufacturing, and Meredith said any time she walked by, he was very carefully polite.
Anyway, the key is to make it into the playoffs. Then we can at least take our shot.