take me out to the ballgame-

on monday night i went to the a’s game with my friend marc.
he’s got season tickets on the aisle really close to 3rd base-
and foul balls fly over there all the time-

it was the 5th inning and this foul ball comes darting toward us-
marc had his glove and went running up the stairs after that ball-
it bounced and he missed catching it by less than an inch.
a couple of obnoxious college guys got it.

what marc didn’t see, was that when the ball bounced,
it didn’t bounce off of a chair or a stair,
it bounced off of a woman’s nose!
the entire section rose up in concern.
her nose started gushing blood-
she ran up the stairs holding her nose,
and people handed her napkins from their hot dogs.
EMTs came to help her and so did representatives from the a’s-

the only people who didn’t seem concern for her
was the 2 obnoxious college boys-
they were holding the ball up for the camera
and gloating.
the crowd was disgusted.
they were shouting at these guys:
GIVE HER THE BALL!
GIVE HER THE BALL!
they started throwing stuff too-
i’ll admit it, i egged it on.
all of this was happening all around us-
the obnoxious college boys shouted back
about how it was their ball and they weren’t giving it away.

a representative from the a’s came over and gave her a ball.
the crowd applauded
and the lady stood holding the ball
defying the 2 obnoxious college boys.
they started cussing at her.
an older gentleman behind me
stood up to her defense.
he started walking toward them,
pointing at them and saying something.
they started cussing at him too.
that’s when it got crazy.
the whole section stood up
cheering, yelling, throwing stuff
and looking for a fight to watch or join.
it was all being shown on the big screen.

finally security came out.
it was the REAL security-
not the guys in the polo shirts-
these were uniformed policemen-
they pulled the 2 obnoxious college boys out of their seats
they dragged them up the stairs
and the entire time the crowd was throwing stuff,
shouting, cheering-
and the boys held their ball in the air in defiance.
justice was served
and chivalry was alive and well.

after that, the entire section got up and went to the bathroom
they all needed a break from all of that drama.
marc and i looked at each other and said
“this is the best game ever!”