Saturday night was the ninth Royals game and the last one of the year that I attended. I went along with my friends Kyle, Lane and Tyler. It has been a tradition to go to Fan Appreciation Night so this year was no exception. It involves giveaways, raffles and other stuff like that. Plus the opponent was the Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays who were fighting for first place in the AL East. So it made for a good night.
The giveaway at the gate was a Royals Snuggie or a "Sluggie". Got to enjoy a free Snuggie. Throughout the night they were giving away prizes with those who have the ticket drawn. They also had raffle tickets they were selling to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House, those who won got the jerseys off the players' back. Neither of those did I win. I did win something and there was a interesting story behind it. So normally when I go to the game I buy a program. This time was no exception. After I got past the gate and picked up my snuggie I went by a stand to pick up a program. The lady standing there looked at me and said "You know what? I'm going to give you the winning program". In every program there is a page called the "Lucky Page Giveaway". If there is an autograph on the page, you win a prize. So when I heard that I was kinda like I didn't know what she meant so she told me what she meant. She did this while reaching underneath the stand and pulling a program out from underneath. When I figured it out I was thinking "There's no way she's doing that." So after I found my seat and got food and ate, I pulled out the program and looked at the page. Sure enough, there was an autograph of Josh Fields (3rd Baseman) on the page. So I went to Guest Services to pick up what I won. I ended up with $20 worth of gift certificates at a local sub shop. So that was cool.
The game itself wasn't too good. The Royals put up 8 hits and had a couple more runners on top of that. Yet....they did not score a run. The Royals just couldn't put up runs. The Rays got 4 runs and that was more than enough. The Rays did set a Major League record for the most pitchers used in a 9 inning game for a shutout with 8 pitchers. One of those was ace starting pitcher David Price, Tennessee native, who threw an inning in relief. So in the end the Royals lost 4-0.
At the end of the 2010 season the Royals finished 4-5 in games I attended (3-1 in games that i wore the powder blue jersey, 1-0 in the royal blue jersey) and for teams i rooted for 6-3. Hopefully next season will be better for both the Royals and the Mariners.
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