Yesterday I went to my first ever baseball game. For the benefit of my family (who as far as I know have never been to a baseball game either - it's a virtually non-existent sport in the uk), the rules are similar to the game "rounders" that we used to play in school. How ironic... The most popular sport in England (football/soccer) is played mostly by girls over here, and one of the most popular sports over here is played by small children in the UK.

Anyway, we watched the game which was between the Angels and a team from Seattle called the Mariners. I enjoyed the game very much and there was a really good atmosphere. A few observations I made.

• It seems like more of an excuse for a family day out than a sporting event. People had newborn babies and small children there. Not that there is anything particularly wrong with that. It is just that I can only compare it to going to a football match in the UK. There is no way you would dream of taking a baby to a match. The reason for this being that, if it cried and disturbed the yob sitting in front of you, he would probably take a break from yelling obscenities at the players, to eat the aforementioned baby and wash it down with a couple of pints of beer before belching loudy and returning his regularly scheduled programming.
• There doesn't seem to be any real animosity between the opposing fans. There were Angels and Mariner's fans milling around the parking lot together after the game. Steve's friend who came with us, even poked fun at a Mariner's fan who took it all in good humour. Had he been at a Manchester United game, he probably would have started a riot.
• There is some serious gluttony going on at the games. Case in point... Steve managed to wash down; 3 nasty ballpark hotdogs, a large bag of crackerjack (caramel covered popcorn with peanuts) and half a large bag of shell-on peanuts, with 5 beers.


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