Outdoor Wednesday With The "Braves"

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Al, Caroline, and I went to the Atlanta Braves - LA Dodgers game on Saturday. It had been a while since we had been to a game. It was hot and humid,(Alex called it "human" when she was little!!! I still call it that!) but we had good seats in the shade.

The most exciting part of the day for me was the hour that we spent at Ballard's Backroom. I will tell ya more later. OMG! Great bargains.

I probably "people watched" more than I watched the game!!! There are some strange folks at ballgames!!! Is this where I am supposed to say, bless their hearts?!!!
A couple of balls landed within 10 feet of us, but who knew we were supposed to bring our catchers gloves? I was amazed at how many folks were wearing a baseball glove.

There was a man who had to cross us to get to the beer stand. He crossed us 6 times!!! The aisle seat next to me was empty. About the 4th time that I had to pretzel my legs to let him back to his seat, I bravely told him he should just take that aisle seat. He started to sit down!!! Whoops! I was kidding. I told him so, and he went on to his seat. Hey, I didn't want his beer breath talking to me for the last three innings! Al, however, did get beer breath, but was just glad the guy was a "happy" drunk!!!

Another thing that had my attention was the older gentlemen with his much younger girlfriend. Yeah, she was tall, thin, blond, perfect-way white teeth, dressed to the nines, hands weighted with jewels, tanning bed tan, I'm thinkin' implants, perfectly manicured fingers and toes, Louis Vuitton stuff everywhere. Whew! Now, I didn't stare openly, mind you. Caro and I took turns peeking over people. He had a little gut, a receding hairline, some real good crows feet, and nothing special clothes. Don't know where I'm headed with this. Just a fun observation. I bet ya'll have made one just like this one!!!


Okay, finally some Turner Field action!
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Okay, not Turner Field yet. This skinny fox was crossing our street as we left for Atlanta!





The stadium from across Interstate 75, where we had to park!





The entrance to Turner Field felt a bit like Disneyland





Pre-game hose down





A shot of the crowd





National Anthem performed by a very talented trio whose name I can't recall!!
***Do you see how tiny the camera man looks?? That was one huge screen!
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Lowe delivering a fast ball!





Chipper swinging away





Anderson at bat
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By the way - Braves-4/Dodgers-3!!!!!

Rhonda