dodgers stadium

so i'm not a fan of sports (generally-speaking), particularly SLOW sports. and i'm definitely not a fan of watching sports live, especially if i think i'm going to be bored out of my mind. so the only way to keep my attention is to put me in a box -- a really really nice box. luckily for me, i've had some amazing friends who've had some amazing perks, thereby allowing me to sit in a yankees stadium box (thanks, lily!) and a dodgers stadium box (thanks, michelle!).

so when i received a last-minute call from kel about watching the dodgers game, i was only mildly interested. even when she said she really wanted me to go, i was still only mildly interested. but when she offered to pick me up on my schedule (since i'd already made plans to catch up w/lily), i decided that i shouldn't be a brat and that i should just go.

after a way-too-long drive and an annoying hike (due not to the intensity of the hike, but to the heinous drunk guys that followed us, hootin' and hollerin' like dumbasses), we finally made our way into the stadium. to be honest, the air was quite oppressive. and i wasn't sure how we were going to be able to stand the heat and humidity. (yes, humidity! probably due to all the dodger dog-making machines, i'm thinking.) thankfully, the air quality changed for the better w/in minutes. whew!

at first, we thought we were headed up to some nosebleed seats. but lo and behold, when we had our tickets checked, we were directed (drumroll, please) to the ground level! and while we weren't in box seats, we were waaaaaaaaaaaay closer to the field than i'd ever imagined we'd be. i mean, we were really really close! and that just made everything better. *sigh* (i know, i'm pretty easy to please. HA!)

aside from passing by homer simpson (i hope the guy inside the suit had some AC) and some really yummy-looking food stands (i'm so glad i wasn't hungry b/c i saw cupcakes!), and meeting kel's fun bunch of intern friends (larissa, melissa, jacob, and barry), the best part of the night was getting one of the balls from the game! apparently, barry's a groundskeeper on the side, and he was able to get one for each of us! he told us that baseballs only have a shelf life of 6 hits, so it really wasn't a big deal for him to get them. but for us (or maybe just me), it was a pretty big deal! i mean, seriously!

the coolest part (and i know this is awful) was when the woman across the way asked where i'd gotten the ball and whether i'd just asked the guy for it. to which i replied "oh, we know him" in that oh-so-cool manner that's oh-so-typical of LA folks. i guess this is what status feels like. OH YEAH. now if only i could've made it onto the big screen.... (which i did at yankee stadium by the way -- another reason to love box seats!)

thanks, kel, for a fabulous last-minute trip! oh how i love spontaneity! (when it works out, of course.)

dodgers official site
http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=la