Here's Why...

I love baseball. 

Check out this short video of David and I at the Braves game. And don't forget to comment on a memorable time you had at the ball park.

We left Acworth around 2pm to get to Turner Field in time for batting practice. It usually takes us an hour to get to the stadium. 


Except this Saturday, the GA vs. Boise State football game was at the Dome. We left in plenty of time to fight through traffic.

Believe it or not...no traffic! 

That gave us more than enough time to get something to eat and enter a Publix drawing for a cooler (didn’t win. But got two sweet seat cushions). 

We also checked out some vendors and the monuments of Aaron, Spahn and Niekro. 


What David was most interested in was getting into the stadium to watch BP.

Once the gates opened, we headed straight for the seats in right center field. 

No luck on getting a HR ball while the Braves were hitting.

But everything changed when the Dodgers took BP. Dana Eveland, a pitcher for the Dodgers, flipped David a baseball. 

This made David’s day! 

You realize (when you have a place of influence in someone else's life) that sometimes the smallest, insignificant events in your day can make a profound impact on the life of another.

Once batting practice ended, we went down to check out where our seats were. 

Lower level, row 13...Are you kidding? These seats were way better than where I used watch games from when I played---the bullpen!

BP ended around 6:20pm. We still had about an hour before game time. This gave us a chance to check out Sky Field and the amazing views of the stadium and the Atlanta sky line from atop Turner Field.

David’s next quest was to get his newly acquired baseball signed. 

As soon as he saw the Braves players warming up, we hustled down form Sky Field to try to get an autograph. 

I don’t know who the Braves player was that signed the ball...but again the fact that he took the time to sign just a couple more autographs made David’s day.

The game was tied 1-1 until the Dodgers ended up winning in the 10th 2-1. 

During the game we got to see Prado (David’s favorite player), Freeman (my wife’s favorite player), Uggla (hit a bomb) and Matt Diaz. 

I know Matt Diaz is not a high profile super-star. But what I really appreciated about him was his effort. Diaz came in to pinch hit, singled up the middle and ran harder than anyone on the field that night. 

Venters and Kimbrel got big strikeouts to end the 8th and 9th (fireworks included). 


The Dodgers went on to win in the 10th on a sac fly to center scoring Dee Gordon.

It was 5 minutes after midnight Sunday morning when we pulled back into the driveway. 

All in all, about 10 hours hanging out with my 11 year old son at the stadium, watching baseball, living the dream....That’s why I love this game!

Please, comment about a memorable experience around baseball.

A special thanks goes out to Philip Alequin with Turner Broadcasting for the great tickets! Also, thanks again to Dana Eveland and the Braves player that signed David’s baseball.