I'd planned on heading to the Juicebox around 5pm today for the 7pm start time because I wanted one of the team blankets. You know what they say about "the best laid plans?" Yeah, that totally applies here. Didn't end up leaving the office until roughly 5:40, which meant we got to Minute Maid way too late to get one of the blankets. I must admit that I severely underestimated the popularity of these team blankets that don't even cover an entire body, much less keep one warm, but I digress. Saturday is Hunter Pence bobblehead day, and I'm planning on being at the Juicebox right around 3pm to make sure I get one of those things.

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Once again, I woke up today with no intention of going to Minute Maid Park tonight. I have tickets already for Friday and Saturday, and figured there might be such a thing as too much baseball. I was wrong, however, and there is no such thing as too much baseball. It's ludicrous, really, and I don't know why I considered it. So early this afternoon, I texted Jon to see if he'd be interested in going to the game, and he was. We made plans to leave for the ballpark around 4:15. I didn't know how many people would show up, and after last night's parking debacle I didn't want to risk having to drive around for 30 minutes looking for a spot.

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I think I'm going to make a habit of posting these "live recaps" of games that I attend at Minute Maid Park. They're not actually live, per say, but more of a reflection of my time spent at the ballpark for a certain game.

As I noted earlier today, I made the last second decision to go to the game this afternoon. Khalil had tickets and I was jealous, so I decided to go down and at least see if there was anything available. I had tried Ticketmaster and even StubHub, and no tickets were available at either site, which is a rarity.

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