Tonight my wife Molly and I went out to Kauffman Stadium to watch the Royals take on the Cleveland Indians. Gil Meche was matched up against C.C. Sabathia–at the outset it appeared to be a good matchup. Meche had just come off a win, and Sabathia has had a rough start to the season. At the end of the night, Sabathia pitched six innings and struck out 11. Meche didn’t make it out of the fourth, having given up 8 runs. Molly and I left at the end of the 5th, with the Royals down 10-0.
We didn’t take off simply because it was a blow out. Molly is headed out of town tomorrow morning, and I’m driving her to the airport. I wanted to get home at a decent hour.
I decided to upload a couple of pictures. Above you’ll see how close the season tickets I split with Andrew are to the left field foul pole, and here you see the view we have down the third base line (click the photos for an enlarged view). We’re on the front row out in section 139. This baseball season we’ll be talking theology out in left.
I love baseball.
Here is Billy Butler. The more I see this guy, the more I like the nickname I’ve given him–Pancakes. He hits the ball hard when he makes contact. He also looks like a guy who eats a big breakfast. When he comes to the plate, I thinking his ideal theme music would come from this YouTube video.
Tomorrow I’m preparing to teach and head up our youth group gatherings, while also continuing to work on material related to my studies at KU. I have another couple of weeks left in the semester. That means I have a few papers to put together. This semester has featured an additional load as I’ve been prepping for my comprehensive exams. Written comps are on May 2, and my oral defense will come the following week.
As I prepare, baseball will continue to be a great distraction. Wish me luck.
