Meow, T Fell, The K, and me.

A few weekends ago, my favorite baseball team was playing a weekend series against the Kansas City Royals down at The K. Now, The K is no Target Field, but it is a beautiful ballyard and I enjoy watching games there for a few reasons. A) The Royals haven't exactly enjoyed what one would call success for a few years now, thus leaving the stands fairly empty, allowing us to buy the cheapest tickets available and sit basically wherever we please, B) It is quite a nice park and the setting of my first outdoor MLB game after countless games in the now former Twins 'ballpark' (I use the term ballpark very loosely), and C) Chili Cheese Fries (thanks Jum Hammonds).

The boys (Meow and T Fell) and I made the trip down on a Saturday morning for a 6:10 start. The forecast originally had rain scheduled but had changed during the week to a beautiful, sunny and 70 forecast. Naturally when we hit the MO border, the rain started falling. Fortunately we didn't care if it rained on our parade. If anything, it made us more determined to have a good time. We did just that.

Beginning of the K-C sucks chant

It happened to be Zack Greinke bobblehead day (BONUS!) and despite us entering the park five minutes before first pitch, all three of us got a souvenir. Way to support your staff Ace, Royals fans! As you may be able to tell from the video and that great pic of me on the cooler, we were feeling no pain as the game started. That all changed very quickly for Meow. I'm going to say it was in the middle of the 2nd inning when we saw and heard some fireworks, but it wasn't from a player hitting a home run. These particular fireworks were in the stands, in our row and aisle. Some of the fireworks even hit me! Meow decided to listen to the roar of the crowd from our tailgate spot for the remainder of the game, which went 12 innings in a Twins victory. All in all, a great success. I may have even caught a little shut-eye between pitches.

It's amazing that he saw less than 2 innings of ball. Looks like a champ in this pic.

Moral of the story: Drink Keystone Ice in moderation