We went to our first game this year on Sunday. Nats won 4-1 in workmanlike fashion. Kid ran the bases. No interesting stories there. But I do have a crowd story.
Two rows below us sat a group of 75+ fans. They were old. They were fragile. But kudos to them for getting out there and going to the ballpark. As best I could tell, unaccompanied by anyone younger. Hopefully it won't be their last trip to the ballpark, but you never know.
One row below us sat a group of 20somethings. Isn't it great how such a diverse array of white people make it to the same ballgame? Anyway, amongst that group was the star of this story, and unkempt looking dude who looked like he had just dropped in from a Phish concert. Short, unruly, whiteboy fro, unshaven face and neck, and worst of all (for those of us behind him), plenty of pubic hair growing all over the back of his neck. Anyway, this guy comes back to his seat with a trey of food and a $10 swill beer stacked on the trey, and that's where the story begins.
Somehow, he manages to dump his entire trey of food and beer on the 75+ lady in front of him. Her white t-shirt is completely soaked with beer. Her white Nats hat is covered with ketchup which has also been washed with beer.
What happens next? Well I'd like to say that the lady's 75+ husband pummeled the shit out of mini-Trey, but it didn't happen. I'd like to say that mini-Trey apologized profusely and then went and promptly bought the lady a new t-shirt and hat. But none of those things happened, we observed not even a hint of an apology. After a short period, mini-Trey did get up...and....brought her a pile of paper towels so her husband could dry her off.
An inning later, mini-Trey went and got a fresh beer for himself. A little surprisingly, he didn't eat any of the portion of the food that had fallen on the ground in front of him. And I headed for a loo break where I ran into the husband who was furiously scrubbing the ketchup out of his wife's hat. An inning later, the old people were gone. I hope it wasn't their last Nats game.
