1) We almost didn't go. I had tickets to this game since before the season started but in my phone it said this:
It wasn't until Monday afternoon I figured out that the game was a getaway matinee. Couple my poor planning with my family's schedule, a forecast calling for highs in the 90s and the team's general depressing play and we almost sat it out; my son has not yet manifested the deep love of the game his father has. But after straddling the fence for awhile and the game too close at hand to giveaway tickets, we decided to to make it work.