Opening Day
April 11, 2008
I went to the Royals home opener this week and I certainly want to thank my friend Chris for sharing his “lottery” tickets with me. What a game and what a way to start the season. My wife says I am currently in “sports nirvana.”
I have to confess, however, that opening day is consistently my least favorite day at the ballpark. The reason? (I hope this observation makes sense and doesn’t offend any football lovers out there, but…) My friend Chris and I agree that opening day is the one day where Kaufmann Stadium seems over-run with Chiefs fans. Anyone else know what I mean?
In 1997, my friends and I got bleacher seats to Tiger opening day. The game consisted of:
- fights all around us
- at least 20 people ran out on the field at some point during the game, and one of the 20 people dodged all security people to slide into home plate
- Kenny Lofton almost got hit by a flying napkin dispenser from the stands
I would agree with your point about football fans transitioning to opening day baseball but Detroit Lion fans have been quiet for decades, so I don’t know what to attribute the chaos to that fine opening day in beautiful downtown Detroit. JP
Good opening day story JP. I would probably attribute it to beer…something else which goes good with opening day. Here’s a quote from Chris last Tuesday: “One reason I enjoy baseball more than football – it’s harder to enjoy drunk.”
as far as sports nirvana goes – i mean come on – the jayhawks beat roy williams and north carolina – to get to the championship game – which they win – and then the royals win their home opener – against the yankees – in which the royals pitchers struck out a-rod four times! the only thing that would make my joy complete is if the NCAA came out and said that MU had to forfeit the MU – KU border war at arrowhead because they had a bunch of players that never went to class.
These are the days…