Baseball exposure

We went to an Oakland A's game yesterday with Linda and Tod. The weather was perfect, the seats were great (given our status as once-every-couple-of-years-fans) and the A's kicked ass. Its fun seeing a game when your team wins. Really fun.

Its not as much fun going to a game when you bring a 2 and 5 yr old who aren't really getting the ballgame vibe. Aiden had a squishy tummy (let's just keep it there) and Max wanted to spend the game at the "Fun Zone," which had a jumpy house, batting cage, tattoos, play area and the like. Not completely free and not the most fun when you have spend over $60 to bring the family to a baseball game that might even be fun to WATCH.

I will say that even with the barriers to our family and friends baseball outing, we still had a great time and are already planning a baseball date night sans wee ones.

We finally have learned why BART is so great. It goes right to the stadium. Commuting on BART is not the most fun thing but going to a game is fantastic. No parking fees, no parking lot and post game traffic, E-A-S-Y.

Max can't wait to go back. He got to meet Stomper and he won a stuffed Stomper doll as well. Oh, and he got to eat an over-priced ballpark hot dog with relish. Now that really is baseball.