Bases Loaded

I'm not a big baseball fan but Stephanie is. So, last Saturday we attended the semi-finals to the World Baseball Classic. The first game was between the Dominican Republic and Cuba. Yeah, Cuba. This got the best jokes like "wow, those Cubans are playing like their lives depend on it." The game was pretty slow but the Cubans won which was really cool.

After the game we met up with some livejournal friends, Nancy and Paul and went to Hodads for dinner. We then headed back for the second game, Japan vs Korea. This is easily the funnest baseball game I've ever been to. This was mostly because of the Koreans who are the greatest fans I've seen. The constantly cheered and were extremely passionate about the game. And I'm not talk about 1 or 2 Koreans, no, I'm talking all of them at the stadium.

The game itself was also exciting as it was a low scoring game but the players were constantly hitting. I've found that pitching is what bores me about the game. I like it when the players hit the ball, even if it is a pop fly or an easy out thrown to first.

On Monday we attended the final which was Japan vs Cuba. This was a fun game especially at the top of the ninth when Japan was leading by 1 run. Japan ends up winning and I found that I enjoy "World" baseball a lot more then "Professional" baseball. I liked not having to have a "team" to cheer for. I was just enjoying baseball. I also enjoyed the cultural elements of the different fans and the announcements in different languages.

On Sunday we also attended a play "Intimate Apparel" about a black seamstress who makes lingerie for other woman. She starts getting romantic letters from a mysterious stranger working in Panama. He then shows up in NY and marries the seamstress.

The performance was excellent and everything was well done. The only problem was that you had to keep your ticket to get free parking and I through ours out when we left. Cost me $20. Damn.