Take me out to the ballgame!

I kept on thinking that I'd have time to get to this sooner than I did, but here I am. The professional baseball team in Baltimore is the Orioles. I don't get downtown as often as I'd like to see games, but his last Tuesday, Dave and I were fortunate enough to be invited to a baseball game by Dave's office manager MaryJo. We went after work with her and her husband. What's different about this time is that these were skybox tickets to see the game. Apparently, Dave's company, Long & Foster own a skybox and the person in charge passes them out to various people. It seems that MaryJo invited Dave and I because Dave has been doing so well at work and I guess she wanted to show her appreciation. It was a nice gesture and I was so proud of David for doing so well at work. So, the Orioles were playing the Toronto Blue Jays and just before the game, they played the national anthems of Canada and then the States. As they were singing our anthem, it occured to me that we were standing not a half mile from where our national anthem was written during a British attack on Ft. McHenry in 1814. I don't tend to be overly patriotic, but as I was listening to that song and thought about the historical significance of the area, I almost got emotional... maybe it was that time of the month or something. ;) Well, since the Orioles suck, we naturally lost 4 to 6, but it was a good game and time well spent.