Audge-Podge and Blither-Blather: Bark in the Park

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Bark in the Park

I don't like baseball. In fact, that is an understatement. Most of the time, I'd rather re-take the math portion of my SAT's or my GRE than go to a baseball game. Why?

Baseball:

is slow moving
is outdoors
is during the summer
has the world's most uncomfortable chairs
only serves $8 beers

However. My parents/my family are huge baseball fans. And my dad is a season ticket holder for the Washington Nationals. As such, I've been dragged to a handful of games, which usually resulted in me sleeping or drinking my way to leaving them early.

But then the Nat's decided to pique my interest. They introduced "Bark in the Park," where you can bring your dogs to the game. Now, this did make me almost want to go to a game... but not really. I figured I could just as easily watch a game and drink beer with Lucy on the couch as I could muddle through traffic for two hours to watch a game and drink beer in uncomfortable seats with Lucy.

Lucy and I are really good at drinking on the couch.

So I declined every invitation to Bark in the Park.

That is, until my mom bought me a ticket and said my participation was mandatory.

(Womp womp, my parents are making me go to a major league baseball game where I get to hang out with dogs and eat nachos and drink beer all expenses paid I'm 27 I know, I know. First world problems.)

It actually ended up being a lot of fun. Thanks to getting stuck in traffic, we missed 4 innings (woo!), the Nationals murdered the Braves, so they didn't have to play the 9th inning at all, and I got to spend 90% of the game hanging out with Lucy and a gaggle of other really awesome dogs. And it was a sunny, humidity free, breezy day that only got to like, 72*. I can't imagine baseball getting any better.