Every two months in Allen's office they have a blood drive and apparently they give out a prize each time to someone that donated blood. This time Allen was the winner; he won two tickets to see the Astros! I met him downtown after work and brought dinner, so we just ate in his office and walked over to the game.
The Minute Maid Stadium is only about a ten minute walk from Allen's office and when the retractable roof is open during the day, he says they can see soap operas being played on the ginormous HD Jumbotron.
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| A very nice man offered to take our picture for us. To his credit, he did take a nice picture of us, too bad he didn't get any of the signs or the field in the background : ) |
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| I didn't get it in the picture, but Allen's feet are right on the home run line. Coincidentally a home run was scored right over this railing later in the game! Too bad it was the Rockies' home run |
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| The view from the nosebleeds . . . Section 327 |
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| We left after the seventh inning stretch, when we sang Take Me Out to the Ballgame AND Deep in the Heart of Texas! |
When we left, the Astros were winning 5-3, which isn't too shabby for a team with a 54-102 record this season. They ended up winning 9-6! Once we're true Astros fans (as in, when I can actually tell you about the players and how they did in their last game) we'll get Astros gear to wear to the game. Allen at least wore the right colors . . . I, on the other hand, am limited on what fits me since I am ten days from the due date!
Walking back to the car from the game, as we were about to pass the prison, an inmate was being loaded into an ambulance. The guards made us stop until the ambulance doors were closed, so we got to see all of the security and everything that has to happen to transport a prisoner to the hospital. Kinda cool!
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