ALDS Game 2 Red Sox vs. Angels with "Ballhawking 101" client David Y.
This is going to be short since the Angels are out of the playoffs and I am still frustrated that Aybar couldn't get the damn bunt down!
I again arrived early in the morning at the stadium around 8am to find that only 7 other people were in line for tickets. After waiting a while and growing very impatient I found a pair of Field Box tickets. I then ran to McDonald's and grabbed lunch and headed back to the stadium for autographs.
Unfortunately it was basically a waste of time for autographs since all of the Red Sox players went in the back tunnel. The only guy to come in the front was Mark Kotsay. Awesome guy and really nice in fact on the workout day before the series started he even gave us some pointers on where the guys would come in. Although we already knew that info it was cool that he was trying to help us out!
Around 3:30 David called me and we met up in front of the stadium just before the gates opened. David had all of his camera gear with him so he could take pictures at the game. He even got a little video footage of me that I hope to get and put up here at some point.
As we got in I went down to my regular spot in the right field corner. Within the first 10 minutes of BP I snagged a ball hit by the Angels Kendry Morales. I am guessing that he has hit at least 3 or 4 of that balls that I have caught this year. David who was standing next to me was the recipient of that baseball. The next 35 minutes were very slow with hardly any balls being hit by the Red Sox into the corner.
One thing that people have to learn is that once a ball is hit near you and you don't get it turn around because another could be on it's way towards you! Well it seems that I should have followed that rule because when BIG PAPI was in the cage he hit one ball over our heads and as we all watched the scrum for the ball another was hit and one hopped the wall right in front of me. It would have been an easy catch for sure!
The next time in the cage Ortiz sent a sinking liner into the right field corner that came right to me. I did have to lean way over and fend off some crazy kid that kept trying to push me out of the way. I basically boxed him out like a basketball player and scooped up the baseball.
So it was an OK night with me catching two baseballs. David took a lot of photos and learned a lot over the two days about how to position yourself to get baseballs and a lot about getting autographs. He seemed to be very pleased with the experience!
As we were about to leave I also snagged an autograph from former Angels pitcher Mark Langston!
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