We had the opportunity to attend an Indians’ game because of Jeremy’s participation in the Velasano team that the Indians sponsored. They gave us free seats; Jeremy was down on the field; and we had an event afterwards. Unfortunately, we missed the free jerseys they were giving out to the first 10,000 fans; we were even there an hour before first pitch!
First, Jeremy went down with some others from the Velasano team for the presentation of the check.
Then, we watched the game. It was a good game, and baseball doesn’t even always hold my attention. It became the Indians’ 17th consecutive win! (As I type, they are now on win 21 in a row!)
Our post-game event ended up coinciding with the season ticket holders event, which was fortunate for us. All the players came out to give autographs (if you waited in really long lines). We walked around and took paparazzi pictures of them instead of waiting in line. In order of appearance: Kipnis, Salazar,Jackson, Perez, Santana (award for best dressed), Carlos Baerga, and Francona.
Jeremy did get the one autograph he wanted – Sandy Alomar. He had saved three laminated posters from roughly 20 years ago of Sandy Alomar. He finally got the signature he saved them for!
The only thing close to to beating that (and maybe it did) was getting to go down on the field and play catch. It was pretty cool, and every boy’s dream come true. It is amazing how big the outfield really is and how far they have to hit the ball to get a home run.
We also met some of the fun mascots…
On top of everything else, this was our date night for Jeremy’s birthday. I am pretty sure it will be hard to top this on in years to come!
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