Mariner Game and Feather Boas

Amy wanted to go to a Mariners game and hang out with the girls because her husband has been deployed to the middle east for a few months and she was bored at home by herself.  She mentioned to us at work if anyone was interested in going to a Mariner game one Friday.  We decided to go on the 9th against the Kansas City Royals.  She mentioned it was ladies night and wasn't sure who got the feather boas.  We heard a certain thousand ladies, a certain section or whatever.  Amy was going to get a boa.

We met up at work and Amy drove.  We drove towards Graham to pick up Kim and Skylar from their new house.  We haven't seen their new house yet.  We got there with a few moments to spare.  She gave us the tour and let us look at the backyard.  Meanwhile, the Seahawks had their first draft pick.

We all piled into Amy's jeep and off we went via the valley highway, 410, 167 to 516 and finally onto I-5.  Traffic was surprisingly not that bad for a Friday afternoon.  We got off our exit and we navigated Amy to our famous free parking spot.  We walked the few blocks to Safeco, had our tickets scanned (after our bags were searched), and walked up the steps of the left field gate.  We noticed there were no boas being given out when we walked in.  Hmm...

We went into the stadium and walked around towards the stairs, we were on the 300 level behind home plate.  Before we went upstairs, we noticed a booth giving out the feather boas and a line behind it.  We walked over there to see how we could get a feather boa.

Apparently you needed to purchase tickets in the 100 level in the three sections being offered for the boas and Amy didn't do that.  She was really disappointed in herself.  We walked up to our seats and sat down.  I decided to go get some food before the game started and everyone sat down.  I walked out and called Grammie for a bit and took some pictures of the Seattle skyline.

And one of the people entering through the gates down below.

I got in line for my most favorite meal when I am in Seattle, Ivar's.  I got my fish and chips basket (and one for my mom of course), a drink and headed back to my seat.  We ate and watched the ball game.  We didn't play too hot but it was still fun...and a bit chilly once the sun went down.

 

The Mariner moose even did a dance for us to Beyonce's All the Single Ladies in a leotard.  It was hilarious.

We lost 6-1 and after the game we went down to the 100 level where the drunk ladies with boas were.  If I learned anything from working as a custodian at Beasley Coliseum after sporting events, people always leave the free give-aways behind...and then some.  I found two unopened bags of feather boas and the security people ushering people out of the stadium found four more boas but those were opened.  They gave one to Sue, Amy, Kim and Skyler.  Amy's night was complete...she got her feather boa.

The concourse looked like a bunch of green and blue birds were massacred.

We walked back to the jeep, dropped them off and headed back to the office.  We got home after midnight.

The stats from the game:

http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/mlb/scoreboard/index.jsp?c_id=sea#date=5/9/2014

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