In all my baseball loving years, I’ve never once caught a ball that’s ventured into the stands, whether it be via foul ball or home run.
Not that the odds are in my favor per se. But with all the games I’ve gone too, it’s been nothing but near misses. That time with Jamaal when were runts at Yankee Stadium. Not when a foul tip split the inch of space between me and Demetrius when we were teens. Not even when a Gary Sheffield launched ball incited a drunken beating in the stands of Philadelphia last year (though I’m glad I didnt end up with that ball).
Finally, today, i decided at the last minute to make it to the All-Star Home Run Derby at Yankees Stadium since I decided no matter how much I reasoned it out, 13 year old me would have been disgusted with what I’d become if i missed out. So I went.
And caught a homerun ball via Ryan Braun of the Brewers. Seriously. It finally paid off. But seriously, am I gonna miss that stadium.
