As the season has started, I have followed my teams and cheered them on from this podunk town. Stewart even took me out to watch the first LSU game of the season (of course we won).
However, there was one thing that Stewart failed to mention for the first couple of months. I didn't know the full extent until June. He is mad about baseball. As in he will talk to ANYONE about it. And while he is crazy about the sport, there's one team in particular that gets his full undivided attention....
The Phillies. Stewart is obsessed. He gets updates on his phone whenever they're playing so he can keep up with the score. I've learned that they play almost everyday, sometimes twice in one day (a doubleheader so I'm told).
So I've done what any good wife would do. I've decided to embrace his crazy passion. I've learned that it's not overtime, it's extra innings; it's not the National Championships (NCAA football), it's the World Series; they're not referees, they're umpires. I've also learned how to tell if a player is a strong hitter and that each team has a ridiculous amount of pitchers. Stewart took me to see a minor league game out here, and once I got over the fear of being killed by a foul ball (which Stewart assured me he would catch before it killed me), I actually had fun. It can be quite an intense sport. Almost as intense as football.
Which leads us to last night. I decided it'd be fun to take Stewart out on a date. The movie, Moneyball, had gotten good reviews, it was about baseball, AND it had Brad Pitt. Could it get any better? Ok, ok. Wow, that was a good movie. I had no idea about how players are chosen or any of the specifics of putting a team together. I really enjoyed the movie and found it to be quite intense towards the end. So we walked out of the theater in a good mood.
And found out that the Phillies and Braves were tied 3-3 at the end of the 9th. Time for extra innings. We drove slowly and ended up pulling into a parking lot at the neighborhood park to listen to the rest of the game (slight drawback of not having cable). 10th inning, 11th inning, 12th inning! Even I was getting anxious over the game. And then in the top of the 13th, the Phillies scored! And they managed to hold off the Braves for the win. There was much excitement from my baseball fanatic husband who then tried to talk to me about the Tampa Bay Rays and St. Louis Cardinals and what this means. All I managed to take away was that the season is over for the Red Sox and Braves.
I imagine we'll have more edge of our seats moments as we move closer towards the World Series.
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