So, I'm a hardcore Angel fan. This is no secret. However, aside from the 1979 playoffs (when I was all of 5 months old) I've never been to a post season game. I've always wanted to go, but when ticket prices skyrocket from $30 to $110 per seat, I have a hard time with it. (Parking went from $8 per car to $10 per car. I don't get it. It's the same parking lot it was last week when we weren't in the playoffs. Why is it now $2 more for my car to rest upon the asphalt?)
Wednesday night Donald and I went to Game 1 of the ALDS between the Angels and the Red Sox, and I hardly have words to describe what it was like. Intense, electrifying, amazing. None of those seem adequate. When we got there, the place was loud and crazy and the energy was high. The same was true even at the bottom of the 9th inning when we were down by 3 runs. (Yes, we lost. But there are more games to come.) I've just never seen anything like it. Some people were a bit more rude than usual, (I suppose they think the amount of acceptable rudeness is directly related to the ticket price. Lower during the season, higher during playoffs.) but for the most part everyone was there to root on our team and to have a good time.
It was awesome and wonderful to be in a stadium with 44,000 other people who are just as excited about the game as I am. I can't even imagine the energy that we'd have had if we'd won the game. The next playoff game I'll be at will be game 5 of the ALCS, provided that the Angels win the ALDS against the Red Sox. Keep your fingers crossed!
Go Angels!
