My 3rd Braves game of the year was the most successful trip yet. A Saturday afternoon game lent itself for some heavy pre and post-game tailgating and quite a few Miller Lite's. We had a solid crowd of at least 10 people, most of whom are fantastic Braves fans and prodigious beer drinkers. Yesterday was an absolute clinic on how to tailgate for a professional baseball game.
The game itself was fantastic, another win for the red-hot Braves who after today's game have climbed back up to the .500 mark. Andruw Jones hit his 1st homer of the year, but that was about all the Dodgers did right all day. The Braves got a good outing out of Chucky James and the bats stayed hot enough for the Braves 3rd straight win. Chipper most cerainly enjoyed the standing ovations he got from our section with every plate appearance he had. Andruw probably didn't enjoy the ruthless heckling he received from one of our paying patrons, the Godfather. People around us didn't seem to like Andruw being booed but as the Godfather pointed out-"He was terrible last year, that's why I'm booing him. Plus I paid for a ticket, I can do what I want." I agreed whole-heartedly with this logic and supported his right to free speech.
Also, we had a cultural expert in the section. Some 50 year old fat guy appeared to be disturbed with our antics, most notably with our "aye,aye,aye" chants as Yunel Escobar came to the plate. He informed us that Yunel is Cuban, not Mexican and we certainly thanked him for letting us know. We did mention that they speak spanish in Cuba as well and Yunel chose a latino club song to play when he comes up to bat but that did not matter to the fat dude. He was disgusted with our behavior and was just looking to try and embarrass us. Little did he know, that isn't possible. We showed him that in more detail with a lot of man-contact, dancing, and a new tomahawk chop dance.
For anyone interested in this new phenomenom, it is called the 'tomahawk thrust'. It begins with both arms doing the tomahawk chop with the pelvis being thrusting simeoltaneously with the arms. Then one puts their hands behind their head and continues thrusting their pelvis in rhythym with the drum. Finally, one leaves one hand behind the head and takes the other arm and does a perfect sideways chop, all the while thrusting the pelvis. This dance will completely revolutionize anyone's Turner Field experience when it is done properly.
Anyway, I've got 3 games under my belt for the year and the Braves are 2-1. Looks like this could really turn into a great season. More to come...
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I wonder who it was that was booing Andruw.
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