Attending Riverbats games last year taught me a very valuable lesson: I enjoy minor league baseball for 5 1/2 innings. After that I’m bored to tears and ready to go home. I’m ok with the 5.5 inning scenario. I feel like I’ve gotten my money’s worth and I leave when I get bored. It’s a good deal.The ladies from the Knit Nook aren’t quite as fond of baseball but they’re going to do their best to enjoy a game next Wednesday night during the first ever Stitch N Pitch.
There is a long tradition of knitting occupying our time during boring
things. You bring your knitting to the waiting room, the carpool line,
and now the baseball game!On Wednesday, July 2 at 7 pm, we’ll be hosting our first ever Stitch N Pitch at Slugger Field.
Bring your knitting or crochet and we’ll stitch while watching the
Riverbats. It’s Ladie’s Night, so tickets are $3.50 at the door. Ask
for a ticket in section 124 with the Stitch N Pitch group. The first
ten people to show up will get a Knit Nook tote bag. Also, if you
bring your ticket stub in anytime during the following week, you will
receive 10% off your purchase. (This discount is only valid through
Wednesday, July 9 and on one purchase only.)
June 25th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Funny. I am with you on the 5.5 innings. What we used to do is buy the super cheep seats, wait until the 5th inning and then go try to score better seats behind the batters box or 1st base. That is an adventure and usually not successful until the middle of the 7th with the ticket checkers at the aisles.
June 25th, 2008 at 11:23 am
That does sound like it would add some adventure and excitement to a baseball game. I haven’t made it to a game this year yet but I need to do it soon. Maybe this one…
June 26th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Beat ‘em to the punch. My dad occasionally gets Bats tickets through his office, and we went this past Monday, and of course I brought along the sock I’m knitting.
Ladies Night really doesn’t benefit me, though. ^_^
As for innings, we stayed ’til the 8th, when we were down 8-5 with little hope of improvement.
Not to point fingers, but our 2nd baseman, Herr, was not at all on top of his game, and things could’ve really been different had he been.
June 26th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Knitting at baseball games = awesome.