A man goes to one game and look what happens

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May day. May 1st.
When an opportunity to go to the ball park arises, I always think of May Day. Many years ago, a twenty-something year old TXBO was sitting in a client's place of business in Fort Smith, Arkansas. I was in the final days of a project when about 10:00am the client walks in and thanks me for the work I'd done. To show his appreciation, he invited me to a baseball game. We would take his private jet, fly to Dallas, see a game and relax a bit. Being a young, greedy, assertive ****, I choose to stay, complete my project and move on to the next one. That night, as I settle into my hotel room, I caught the last 3 innings of the game he was watching from three rows up behind the batter. May 1, 1991, Nolan Ryan threw his 7th no-hitter against the Toronto Bluejays. I could have been there.

Think twice before you miss an opportunity to go to the park,
 
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txbo said:
May day. May 1st.
When an opportunity to go to the ball park arises, I always think of May Day. Many years ago, a twenty-something year old TXBO was sitting in a clients place of business in Fort Smith, Arkansas. I was in the final days of a project when about 10:00am the client walks in and thanks me for the work I'd done. To show his appreciation, he invited me to a baseball game. We would take his private jet, fly to Dallas, see a game and relax a bit. Being a young, greedy, assertive ****, I choose to stay, complete my project and move on to the next one. That night, as I settle into my hotel room, I caught the last 3 innings of the game he was watching from three rows up behind the batter. May 1, 1991, Nolan Ryan threw his 7th no-hitter against the Toronto Bluejays. I could have been there.

Think twice before you miss an opportunity to go to the park,
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Man, I know you were sick over that one.
 
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txbo said:
May day. May 1st.
When an opportunity to go to the ball park arises, I always think of May Day. Many years ago, a twenty-something year old TXBO was sitting in a clients place of business in Fort Smith, Arkansas. I was in the final days of a project when about 10:00am the client walks in and thanks me for the work I'd done. To show his appreciation, he invited me to a baseball game. We would take his private jet, fly to Dallas, see a game and relax a bit. Being a young, greedy, assertive ****, I choose to stay, complete my project and move on to the next one. That night, as I settle into my hotel room, I caught the last 3 innings of the game he was watching from three rows up behind the batter. May 1, 1991, Nolan Ryan threw his 7th no-hitter against the Toronto Bluejays. I could have been there.

Think twice before you miss an opportunity to go to the park,
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In some ways your story reminds me of the scene in "Good Will Hunting." Robin Williams talks about missing game 6 to spend time with his future wife.

I get it, and I could have made the same decision back then as well. I actually have a friends wedding that I missed because of a job. They are still married and I lost touch with them. Still regret the decision.
 
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VFFL@THE BEACH said:
In some ways your story reminds me of the scene in "Good Will Hunting." Robin Williams talks about missing game 6 to spend time with his future wife.

I get it, and I could have made the same decision back then as well. I actually have a friends wedding that I missed because of a job. They are still married and I lost touch with them. Still regret the decision.
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Yep, it's become a metaphor for me to not miss life. I share it often hoping it might mean something to others.
 
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txbo said:
May day. May 1st.
When an opportunity to go to the ball park arises, I always think of May Day. Many years ago, a twenty-something year old TXBO was sitting in a client's place of business in Fort Smith, Arkansas. I was in the final days of a project when about 10:00am the client walks in and thanks me for the work I'd done. To show his appreciation, he invited me to a baseball game. We would take his private jet, fly to Dallas, see a game and relax a bit. Being a young, greedy, assertive ****, I choose to stay, complete my project and move on to the next one. That night, as I settle into my hotel room, I caught the last 3 innings of the game he was watching from three rows up behind the batter. May 1, 1991, Nolan Ryan threw his 7th no-hitter against the Toronto Bluejays. I could have been there.

Think twice before you miss an opportunity to go to the park,
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Good things can happen at the ballpark. When students at UT, I took my then-girlfriend to a game. Either Connor was coach, or it was real early Delmonico. UT was bad. It was a very early in the season game. It was bitterly cold and snowing during the game. There were more than twice as many people in the dugouts than fans in the stands. I thought to myself, wow, here's a girl sitting with me in the snow at a baseball game- that's special.

Last night we celebrated a milestone wedding anniversary. On the way home from dinner, she asked if I wanted to go to the Tennessee game. She gets me. I checked the score, it was in the 6th, and we got nowhere near that mess of a game.
 
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fryeguy93 said:
For the sake of the rest of the season; I may stick to streaming the rest of the season.
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If you had the power to decide the outcome of all games by not going would not the Vols be 41-1 right now? Sports superstitions are stupid everyone’s team would be undefeated if fans had that type of power. Fans always say “I am not shaving until they lose/win” guess what your facial hair has no effect on the outcome.
 
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@1RBFjr said:
Good things can happen at the ballpark. When students at UT, I took my then-girlfriend to a game. Either Connor was coach, or it was real early Delmonico. UT was bad. It was a very early in the season game. It was bitterly cold and snowing during the game. There were more than twice as many people in the dugouts than fans in the stands. I thought to myself, wow, here's a girl sitting with me in the snow at a baseball game- that's special.

Last night we celebrated a milestone wedding anniversary. On the way home from dinner, she asked if I wanted to go to the Tennessee game. She gets me. I checked the score, it was in the 6th, and we got nowhere near that mess of a game.
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That's awesome.

I actually met my wife at a baseball game. Stanford vs Arizona State in 1988. We'll celebrate 29 years in June.
 
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Crossvilleman said:
If you had the power to decide the outcome of all games by not going would not the Vols be 41-1 right now? Sports superstitions are stupid everyone’s team would be undefeated if fans had that type of power. Fans always say “I am not shaving until they lose/win” guess what your facial hair has no effect on the outcome.
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Which all presents a problem for me tonight. I was wearing the wrong hat last weekend, I realized around the third inning. Tonight is also the NFL draft, so I need a solution that allows me to wear two hats. I’m thinking I’ll wear a Steelers hat when the Steelers pick at 24, barring a trade. Will also need the multi TV set up! 😀
 
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I know these midweeks are killing me. I got tickets to the Belmont game coming up in May. I didn’t have a chance to watch the Lipscomb game but do we usually play backups or something during the midweeks?
 
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LivinginthePast said:
I know these midweeks are killing me. I got tickets to the Belmont game coming up in May. I didn’t have a chance to watch the Lipscomb game but do we usually play backups or something during the midweeks?
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Never any starting pitching. But the batting lineup wasn't all that different Tues night - we just left a crap ton of runners on base. It happens.
 
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LivinginthePast said:
I know these midweeks are killing me. I got tickets to the Belmont game coming up in May. I didn’t have a chance to watch the Lipscomb game but do we usually play backups or something during the midweeks?
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I look at midweek games like, well...a crystal ball towards the future, at this point in the season anyway. Some guys have earned rest, some guys need to show what they can do, and we need more arms in the post season so if we can find one or two thru midweeks, awesome! Big Mac comes to mind, he showed up in midweek and now he’s showing up in SEC play. As others posted, the batting line up isn’t all that different.
 
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