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Callmecrazy

(3,065 posts)
Wed May 22, 2013, 05:20 PM May 2013

Best Ballgame ever... [View all]

So I get a text message yesterday at 4 o'clock: "Wanna go to a Marlins game tonight? Won't cost nothin'." "Well, hell yes!" I replied.
A friend of mine finished processing a loan for an MLB Umpire and he offered him the tickets as a thank you.
So we get to the beautiful new Marlins Ballpark (which I helped build) and we go to the will call window. The tickets gave us access to the Diamond Club which meant a free buffet and free booze until 9 o'clock.
So we stuffed our faces and drank like fish. We finally go to find our seats and they are front row behind home plate!
The tickets also included our own waitress and more free booze!
This was hard to take, huh? Attendance was only about 15,000 so it was pretty intimate. It was also my first time back to the park since I was building it and what a welcome back!
The Marlins lost to the Phillies but I didn't care.
What a great night and a great ballpark.

Just wanted to share.

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Best Ballgame ever... [View all] Callmecrazy May 2013 OP
Cool! In_The_Wind May 2013 #1
Hey there, In The Wind! Callmecrazy May 2013 #3
I wish you more wonderful nights! In_The_Wind May 2013 #6
Lucky, I can't wait to see a game there NightWatcher May 2013 #2
I was thinking about you when I was there NightWatcher. Callmecrazy May 2013 #4
The Jacksonville minor league park is pretty cool. Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #8
I live across the river from that park and might get to go Monday NightWatcher May 2013 #9
I love going to baseball games Major Nikon May 2013 #5
Hoping to get to Marlins Park soon. Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #7
just something about the ball park AsahinaKimi May 2013 #10
I have never had a bad time at a ball game... Callmecrazy May 2013 #11
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