Overheard on Opening Day
You’ve heard enough from me for a minute. Don’t tell the Ballers, but I sat all over the park, and here’s what was overheard on Opening Day with your closest 4,100 friends.
“You missed it. They were playing the National Anthem and there was GOOSE FLYOVER.”
“What?”
They had GEESE. FLY OVER. THE FIELD.”
“I haven’t been to a baseball game since I was a little kid. I think I remember most of the rules.”
“I used to play with a guy who’s on the Ballers now.”
“The Ballers have the best names.”
“That one umpire likes us and that other one does not like us.”
“So I’m coming back with all of this food and like three drinks in my hands and all of a sudden this ball drops right in front of me and this other guy and we both look at it, and of course I can’t reach down, and he goes down and gets it but then he sees Addy and gives up the ball just like that and I’m like wow that is a nice guy. Actually everyone has been nice.”
“Did you come to Opening Day last year?”
“Yeah. Last year we had to wait a looong time to get in. They got that figured out now.”
“I did a sensory deprivation tank for a hour, which I’m obsessed with, but now I need a little sensory overload.”
During the hot dog throw
“I WILL DO ANYTHING FOR A FREE HOT DOG AND THE BALLERS KNOW IT.”
During the visit Oakland big board video
“TELL ME WHERE THESE PLACES ARE!”
“WHERE IS THAT CHICKEN AT?”
“Why does nobody sing the second verse of Take Me Out to the Ballgame?”
“Wait. They settle the game with home runs? Oh that’s wild.”
After the game-winning home run in the knockout
“THIS IS WHY YOU NEVER LEAVE A GAME EARLY!”
Quote of the Game: “…Hit a home run, and I did that.”
Tremayne Cobb, game winner
