School Day at the K: Fourth Royals Game of 2011....In Review

It had been awhile since the last time I had been to the ball park and I was itching to get back out there again.  So me and Lane made the trek out yesterday to the K to see the Royals take on the Baltimore Orioles.  It was School Day at the K which meant lots and lots of little kids.  We learned our lesson and got tickets in a section not in that area.  In fact we got Dugout Box seats for really cheap, they were 4 rows from the field.  They are probably the closest I've ever been to home plate & the field.

We were fortunate as we were late getting to the ballpark because of class (it was a day game, 1:10 scheduled start).  However there was rain that morning and on the way to the ballpark so there was a delay.  When we got inside the ballpark, the rain pretty much ended.  There ended up being about a 45 minute delay to start the game.  Once the game got started, there was no rain until we got back into the car at the end of the game.

The game itself was a good one...for the Royals.  Aside from giving up a run in the 1st inning, starter Bruce Chen pitched a really great game.  And the offense really came through early and often, including a 4 run 1st inning which even included a play when the sun peaked out and it caught the Orioles off guard and it dropped right down.

The scoring got capped off with a home run in the 8th by Melky Cabrera.  The Royals went on to win 9-1.  The cool thing also about the game was that Lane and I got on TV several times, mainly like blink and you miss but if you pause it at certain points you can make us out pretty clearly.  That was cool.

So right now the Royals are 4-0 in games I attend.  I joked with Lane that the Royals should bring me on the payroll in some capacity since they win every time I go to their games....just a thought.  :)

Retro Feeling: Seventh Royals Game in 2010 in Review

Yesterday I went to my seventh Royals game of the year. It was the first one in nearly two months (last one I went to was early June). Worked out to get cheap tickets and was in the city so away I went. It was free hat giveaway, they gave away a Kansas City Monarchs hat, in honor of Negro Leagues Celebration they do every year. The Royals were facing the Baltimore Orioles and both teams wore Negro League jerseys.

The game was a quick one (a little over two hours) and Zack Grienke got the win. The highlight was the 2 run homer by Billy Butler in the bottom of the 8th to allow the Royals to take the lead.

One other thing that stood out was the amount of people that walked up and down the aisles during the innings. In Seattle, the ushers in the lower levels wouldn't allow people to go while an at-bat was going on. In KC, they allow it. It gets kind of annoying when people are walking up and down and blocking the view of the game. My friend Kyle and I started joking about it after awhile and added that to the list of things he's going to teach on when he does his Baseball 101 class someday.

Overall the Royals are 3-4 in games I've been to, (all three games they've won I wore my Billy Butler jersey) and for teams I've rooted for the record is 5-2. I'm hoping to make it to a few more games before the season is done but we'll see.