This past Saturday, I went to my last Royals game of the year. After the game on Thursday, my friend Kyle and I were excited about watching some more baseball. We convinced ourselves that if the weather was still good we'd go one more time. And of course it was, so we decided to go on Saturday. It was Fan Appreciation Night and given there was a special online for tickets we ended up with 8.50 outfield tickets (they were 50% off). We had a couple of friends go with us (Lane and Andrew Higgingbotham, later joined by Andrew Huseing in the seventh inning, funny story with that....the night before he asked me if the game started at 8:30pm. I told him no, it started at 6:00 and we would probably leave an hour earlier or so. Come that evening, we try calling him around 4:30 and no response. Finally around the third or fourth inning, he calls and asks if the game is at 8:30. Anyway, he ended up coming and watching the last few innings).
When we got to the stadium, we got our free stocking caps (that was the giveaway) along with a card with the team poster and early 2009 calender. The game itself was a good one. They were playing the division rival Chicago White Sox. The team went ahead early on a couple of home runs (including one inside the park by David DeJesus). We also saw the first career home run by Kila Ka'aihue. The Sox rallied with a home run of their own to cut the score to three runs. But the Royals prevailed thanks to the save in the 9th by Joakuim Soria and the Royals won 5-2.
For 2008, the Royals ended up going 3-5 at games I attended. Hopefully, they'll improve next season and I look forward to that.
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