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4/29/10 DAY 3

All right so today was our last day
in Baltimore. The series is tied up at 1 a piece and we got AJ going for us
today against some hot shot rookie the O’s supposedly got in Brian Matusz. No
worries cause today I was confident that AJ would be on his A game tonight. So
lets get started shall we?

I wake up nice and early to write
my blog from the previous day and take a shower. I go and see if everyone else
is up and of course they’re not. So I begin to get all my stuff together
because we were not coming back into the room later tonight. Eventually
everyone wakes up and we all begin to get our stuff out of the room and into
the car. We say our goodbyes to Anthony and his roommates and we’re off for
breakfast. I wanted to go into downtown Baltimore and go to the Blue Moon Café
and get the Cap’n Crunch French Toast but we woke up too late and we missed it
because they close at 2pm. So after a huge debate (and a 2-3 coin toss in the
Dairy Queen parking lot) we decided to go to Chaps again. (I made a couple of modifications to my Sandwich though) Incredible!

So we eat our
delicious pit beef once more and then Rich insisted that we go to a local
Thrift Store. Smh. So we find one a couple of miles away from the ballpark and
we each get some silly souvenirs. I bought a softball bat for $3. Ok now it’s
game time. We get into the ballpark and because we aren’t season ticket holders
we could go into left field. So we stood in RF and CF for an hour or so and
then Rich and I go into LF. The Yanks were up and Tex and Arod were hitting
bombs but they were all going into the bullpen. One in particular caught my eye
though. There was a ball sitting at the bottom of the bullpen walkway that
could be obtained through the glove trick. So I whip out my string, rubber
band, and sharpie and get to work. 2 things though. 1) The wall that I was
leaning against was really weird and I had to either jimmy my hand in between
two bars and lower my glove down and not be able to see what I’m doing. 2) My
string was not long enough. It was a pretty decent drop from where I was and
the bullpen walkway. So after a couple of attempts with what I had… I
improvised. I think to myself where can I get more string in a short amount of
time… my feet! I look at my sneakers and there was some string, shoestrings! So
I quickly unlace my sneakers and tie my shoestrings to my glove. No having much
more string to work with I was able to look over the bar and see where I was
going with the glove. After about 5 minutes or so I finally got a hold of the
ball and lured it up! This was my 3^rd career glove trick ball but by
far the most gratifying because of how I obtained it. By then the Yanks were
done with bp and we get a phone call from Dom. He said that another ball landed
in the well in CF. So I run over (still with no laces in my shoes) and go down
to CF. I see a couple of people eyeballing the ball and I knew this was going
to be like taking candy from a baby, I lean over the railing where the ball was
and after a couple of attempts I lured it up for ball #2 on the day. I got a
nice little round of applause from the crowd. They thought it was amazing that
I did it or whatever. Now I thought my day was over but I look over the CF wall
where there is a large area of grass and there were 7 balls just lying there.
So I obviously waited for someone to scoop them up and toss them into the
crowd. Finally one of the coach;s came by and started picking them up. I was
closest to where he was picking them up so I asked him politely if I could have
one. He took the ball and tossed it up for ball #3 on the day. Dom also got one
thrown up to him as well. after that we got settled into our seats for the
game. We decided to sit in LF tonight for possible Homeruns.

The game starts and we got jack!
Nothing even close came by us. No big deal though. The Yankees go on to win the
game and Rivera came in to get the last 3 outs which is always awesome to see.

So
that’s it. Baltimore trip is over and in my opinion is was a total success.
Everyone got at least 1 ball and the Yanks won the series 2-3. Now it’s back to
Long Island and wait for the next game. Catch ya lata

4/28/2010- DAT 2 OF BALTIMORE TRIP

    Ok so after a very long night of
college dorm room shenanigans we finally got some sleep. I woke up around 9am
(for no apparent reason) and was so tired but today was going to be another
long day so I got up, brushed my teeth, and had some breakfast. I then sat down
and wrote my blog from yesterday but was interrupted once everyone woke up. We
started watching “4 Christmas’” that is an absolutely ridiculous movie that is
just full of nonsense. Anyway, I finish up the blog, hit the showers, and get
dressed.

   My cousin Anthony was coming with
us today which was pretty cool because we don’t have much time to go to games
together since he’s away at college and I’m always too busy to visit so today I
wanted to make the most of it. We leave the room around 1pm and today I had big
plans for Lunch. Chaps Pit Beef in Baltimore was featured on the show Man vs.
Food and I had every intentions of going and see what all the fuss was about.
By the way if you haven’t seen the show I suggest you go Tivo it right now
because it’s awesome. So we get there and it’s some little mom and pops place
and was totally out dated but the food was amazing. 

   Everyone enjoyed the food
and it was worth every penny. So after lunch we hopped in the car and made our
way to the ballpark. We found some parking in one of the local garages and
walked to the field. No one was really there yet since it was only 3:30 so we
were forced to wait around. Anthony and I went inside the gift shop by the
concourse to look at some Yanks stuff they had set up. I then get a phone call
phone call from Rich. He frantically tells me to come outside so I rush out and
what do I see? Aj Burnett, Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain, Sergio Mitre, David
Robertson, and the strength and conditioning trainer running past us. They were
just casually running around the general area around the ballpark so that was a
pretty cool surprise. We figured they’d have to come back so I took out a ball
to get signed just in case. Sure enough they run back about 10 minutes later
and I walk up to Hughes and ask Hughes for an auto. With his hands on his waist
he grumbled what sounded like a no so I just walked away. Total failure but I
don’t blame the guy; I wouldn’t want to sign either when I was trying to catch
my breath. So they run back in the ballpark and the fun was over for now.

    Before we knew it, it was 5pm and
it was go time. Gates open and I made a beeline for LF. Now in Camden Yards you
need to be a season ticket holder in order to access the rest of the ballpark
before 5:30 so I just gave it a shot today to see if I could get through. I see
the guy whose checking tickets and such so I wait for the right moment and
sneak past. I now just get on my horse and get to LF as quickly as possible to
see if I could grab an Easter egg or two. 
Some other guy clearly a local ballhawk beat me to it by picking up 2 or
3 before I could get there. No worries I figured I’d get one shortly since
there was basically no one I LF. WRONG! The O’s ended bp so early and I got
shut out within the 1^st 30 minutes. I then go over into CF and try
my luck there. I got the attention of the Yankees bullpen catcher and asked him
for a ball. He threw it to me but there was a little kid next to me. I caught
the ball and I heard him say like “aww man” or something. So I turn to him and hand him the ball. He said, “You don’t want it?” Well of course I want it but
it’s the right thing to do in my opinion. So he and his father said thank you
and I continued to keep my eye on the filed. I did in fact count to my
collection so I have 1 for today so far.

   Jorge Posada steps up and I noticed
during yesterday’s bp that he was hitting bombs into that RF walkway. So I ran
up to the walkway just as he launched a ball up there. I make a mad dash for it
but it takes this insane hop of the back gate and I have to completely change
course of direction. Lucky the people going after it knocked it loose and who
was there to smother it with his entire body: Me. So I got ball number 2
secured and I made my way into CF again. Someone then blasts a HR over the CF
wall and I notice there is a cop standing around. Now before when I was in LF I
saw him throwing balls up including one to Rich. So I knew he was bound to toss
one up if I simply asked. Sure enough he picks up the ball and looks at me and
throws me ball number 3 of the day. That would be all the action I would get
for bp. Once it ended we headed over to our seats that were located down the RF
line along the wall. I made a sign and you can barely see it but here i am in the background:

CC was pitching and he had amazing stuff tonight. Opposing
him way Jeremy Guthrie and he was bum from the start. We got a couple of early
runs off of him and that’s all CC needed. When

8 innings later and CC was still in
the game but a hit knocked him out and who was there behind the 3^rd
base dugout to give him a standing O? Yes you guessed it, me. During the later
innings I figure I should try and snag a foul ball but had no such luck. I was
in the area though when CC got taken out so I figured some TV time would be nice. Here i am in the top right of the screen:

So the Yanks go on to win the game
and we decide to wait outside and try for some autographs. We didn’t have to
wait to long because Ken Singleton and Michael Kay came out. My cousin got
Singleton on a ball and managed to talk to Kay about an internship for ESPN New
York so he was certainly on his game today. Shortly after that a gentleman
named CC Sabathia came out! So I already got CC on my 09′ Championship ball and
on another ball at home so I figured I could get him to sign a ticket stub from
the game he just won. I made my way into the group of people, gave CC the stub,
he signed it, gave it back, and I was set. So after CC left Francisco Cervelli
came out and he was pretty cool. Not only did he sign my Champs ball he stopped
for a photo. (The photo is on Rich’s camera so i don’t have it now)

Now the night was a compete success
and over.

Final totals:

Me: 3 balls, Anthony: 2 balls,
Rich: 4 balls, Both Doms: 0 balls for the day

Catch
ya lata

April 27^th, 2010- DAY 1 OF BALTIMORE TRIP 

(First i’d like to apologize in advance for the lack of pictures being used in these upcoming entries. My camera broke so i couldn’t take any pix)

     So today was the big day. Today we
go to to Baltimore and see the Yanks take on the Orioles.
Unfortunately the week started off sour because I was supposed to attend the
Met/Dodgers game at Cit Field on Monday but it got rained out. Drove all the
way to Flushing for no reason but that’s ok, I had brought a pretty lady to the
game so we just enjoyed each other’s company for the rest of the night (relax
this is a PG-13 Blog). So if all was according to plan, I was going to be at 4 games
this week and get ready for a stellar snagging week but I’m going to have to settle for 3 games in Baltimore. Anyway back to
the present.

     Making the trip was Rich, Dom
Dolce, Dom Digga, and myself. Last years trip to Baltimore was Rich, Dolce, and
myself but Digga was all for it this year so he on board to make some plays.
Around 12pm we all left my house and we were off… sorta. 1^st we had
to stop for gas and then drive to CW Post so Rich could drop off some papers or
something, I don’t know. Either way it took us a little out of the way because
when all was said and done we lost a good 30mins or so. Now one would think
that when you are going on a trip you should follow the GPS exactly right?
Wrong! My father is a human GPS and he knows his way better around the City
then the Ninja Turtles do. So when I called him and asked him for directions he
had me basically drive through parts of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens just to
get all the way back to where we were originally supposed to be if we were not
to of gone to CW Post. So simply put, we drove in a big circle and to top it
off, the GPS time clock was off by an hour. It said we were supposed to arrive
in Baltimore around 4:15 but when I fixed it, it said 5:15. So now we’re going
to be late since gates open up at 5:00. No big deal though.

     Lets just fast-forward past the car
ride because it was just filled with dirty jokes and lots of Matt and Kim tunes. So
we get to Camden Yards around 5:00, find a parking garage a couple blocks away,
and we are off. We get inside the ballpark at 5:20ish and the RF stands have a
pretty good amount of people in them. We couldn’t get into the LF seats since
we didn’t have season tickets so we were stuck here for 20 mins or so. Oriole
bp put simply: Pathetic. I mean Adam Jones was hitting bombs into LF but that’s
not going to help us. So I figured I’d give calling out some players a shot. I
went into CF and managed to get the attention of some Spanish guy (Maybe Simon)
and asked him for a ball in Spanish. His aim was awful because when he threw it
to me the guy next to me winds up catching it. Of course he’s like 30 years
old, no glove, has no intentions of snagging a ball. So there goes that one. I
told the guy “Your welcome” and like a goon he says ” yeah thanks man!” and gives
me a pound. Apparently he missed my sarcasm. 

    Anyway I figured the O’s would be
done at any minute I decided to try another alternative: Glove Trick. In CF,
Camden Yards has this like 2ft gap between the wall and the seats and to my
delight a ball was sitting there waiting to be claimed for the taker. Now before
I left this morning I figured there would be no way I’d be using the Glove
Trick because I would be too focused on HR balls. But I lucky grabbed some
string and brought it into the Park with me. So I quickly tie the string on my
glove, set the pen up, and go fishing. (I just realized as I’m writing this
that I forgot to use the rubber band. That’s probably why it took so long for
me to get the ball). So I’m trying to grab the ball but it just wouldn’t want
to stay in. I kept trying and trying but still no bueno. Now people around me
are getting all excited because they see what I’m trying to do. Great more
pressure. So I’m lowering and raising the glove constantly because I had to
keep readjusting the pen so the ball would fit. Eventually I had switched
gloves and now I was using Rich’s glove. So after about 15mins of trying, a
security guard comes down to see why this little white kid was doing leaning
over the guardrail. He looks down and explains to me that it’s not going to
work because of the type of pen I was using or something. He was like you need
to use a cup…. WHAT!!! Is this for real right now? Am I really getting advice
from a security guard of all people? I’m thinking this guy is going to
confiscate the string or just tell me to stop. Instead he was helping me. Wow
do I wish I lived in Baltimore and came here for my home games instead of the
Prison I have to call Yankee Stadium. So another 5mins of trying and I
eventually get the ball. Alight so no shut out at least. By then the Yanks were
already hitting, so I quickly changed clothes and positioned myself in the RF
seats. Moments later Cano sends a laser in my direction. I run down 2 rows and
move a couple seats over to the left and make and easy 2-heanded catch. I get
the nice hand from the crowd but shortly after that the next 2 homeruns hit my
general area were caught BARE HANDED by two different guys. So now I look like
the clown who brings his glove to the game while these guys are catching HR’s
on the fly with their hands. I figured it was time to make a move anyway. I
went into LF and I got zippo! Absolutely no action so I ended up with a weak 2
balls for bp.

   So we decide to find some seats and
since it was Baltimore we had plenty to choose from. We find 4 seats about 8
rows away across 3^rd base and we sit down and get ready for the
game. Before the game started obviously the starters came out and stretched and
threw. I didn’t really have any intentions of getting another ball because I
didn’t bring my glove down to the wall where I was standing by. I brought my
09′ Championship ball with me hoping that I could get an auto from Cano or
Gardner. So surprise surprise nobody signed and I was standing there like a
goon with a ball and pen in my hand. BUT there was something interesting going on
right in front of me. Derek Jeter was about 5 feet away from me as he and Cano
were having a catch. Awesome! Now is when it’s gets really awesome though. Cano
sends a short hop to Jeter that he couldn’t handle. So the ball rolls all the
way down the LF line and I’m thinking that someone is bound to pick it up and
toss it into the crowd. I see the security guard walk down the line and pick up
the ball and to my surprise he doesn’t toss the ball up. Instead he takes it
with him and rolls it to the Strength and Conditioning coach who was with
Granderson.By now Jeter and Cano are back in the dugout. He picks the ball up and puts it in Grandys glove. Ok so now I got
to get Grandersons attention before he runs away with it. After 3 more sprints
into CF Granderson comes to the LF line and grabs his glove. I throw my hands
up in the air and get his attention. He lofts the ball up to my direction but
it falls way short. So now the ball is sitting there along the LF line again
BUT now A-Rod and Ramiro Pena are having a catch and I’m standing right in
front of the ball so I’m in a prefect position to not only get the ball but to
ask Pena for the ball in Spanish. I wait a couple of minutes for them to finish
up and Pena starts to jog in. I shout out to him can I have the ball in Spanish
and he picks up the ball and tosses it to me for ball number 3. YES! I just got
a jeter/cano warm-up ball. That might of just made the trip…. unless i get a foul/hr ball. (foreshadowing)

    So now the game
starts and we have prime seats behind 3^rd base. Phil Hughes is on
the mound for the Yanks and he looked good tonight. The O’s countered with Vet
Kevin Millwood and he looked good as well.

  Alright so after my failed performance at Fenway Park for Opening Night with no balls snagged or autographs, i decided to make my way to the always gracious Citi Field to try my luck out before my Yanks Opening Day next Tuesday. I went on StubHub a couple of days before the game on Thursday night and bought 2 cheap tickets. I had a couple of people lined up to bring with me to the game but it seemed like everyone had something to do. Finally at the last minute my friend Jackie that i work with said she would go. So it was all set.