Last week while Mr. W and I were on vacation in New Jersey, his brother took us to a Yankees game. Can you tell from the above photo how great our seats were? No? Maybe this will help:
Why, hello, A-Rod! Call me if this thing with Madonna doesn't work out.
We were in one of those "order your food from your seats" sections. Sweet! I got a Hebrew National Deli Dog, which was listed as being a quarter pound. Have you ever heard of a quarter-pound hot dog? Anyway, it was huge, delicious, and served on a nice poppy-seed roll. I was enthralled. And it came with chips!
While I was eating my hot dog, the baby being held by the woman in the seat in front of me looked my way. I went into my usual "baby" routine - funny faces and arm waves - and he started bouncing around and reaching out for my hot dog, which was part of the show.
The woman said, "Uh-oh, he's trying to steal your hot dog!" I said, "He'd better not - this thing is good! I'll fight him for it."
Hebrew National should change their slogan from "We answer to a higher authority" to "So good, you'll fight a baby for one."
You better watch out, kid.I felt lucky to be there for one of the last games to be played in the old Yankee Stadium. One of the big outfield ads is also a countdown of home games left, and after the fifth inning, it changed from 33 to 32.
And to top it all off, the Yankees won. (I'm not normally a Yankees fan, but when in Rome ...) So we got to exit the stadium to the sounds of Frank Sinatra.
"Start spreadin' the news ..."
2 comments:
I wish I had been there. That delicious hot dog butt would have been easy takings once that baby softened you up.
I like to think I would've found Rocky-like strength for the sake of my hot dog.
That reminds me: during a pitching change, they entertained the crowd with a video of great Yankee plays - intercut with clips and music from the Rocky movies.
I asked Mr. W, "So, in this scenario, the Yankees are the scrappy underdogs with no resources?" It turned out he and his brother had just been talking about the same thing.
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