A Late Start After a long delay, baseball started up this week. Dr. Fauci threw out the ball on opening day. A year ago, who would have ever expected to see an image like this? It made me smile. Opening Day in Houston I'm not a crazy huge fan of baseball, but I've cheered on the Houston Astros since we moved to Texas. I first saw them play at the Astrodome, 1998. I was curious to see them play, last night at Minute Maid Park. This was the only kind of ticket that was available, for Opening Day. We watched from Section home, in Row couch. Empty Stadium It was eerie to see Minute Maid Park, with no fans. If it felt odd to me, how did it feel to the players, preparing to play? Reminder of the Times It was impossible to forget about the pandemic, when we saw the empty seats and the mask-wearing players. But it was even more powerful, watching most of the players kneel and clutch a black ribbon, before the anthem. Seeing the letters BLM, stenciled on the pitcher's mound was a powerful reminder of how many have come together in recent months, to support the Black Lives Matter movement. Sounds in the Stadium It was nice to hear good old Texan, Lyle Lovett's voice singing the anthem. But it was just his face on a screen. That seems sad. Fans The fake sounds of cheering fans, was a little unsettling at first. But maybe not as weird as the fake people who filled one section. Astros Fan Cutouts I guess if we'd paid up, we could have had some seats in the stands, after all. We couldn't have actually occupied those seats, but cardboard images of our faces and shoulders could have attended!
I wonder how some of the real die-hard fans reacted to the game, last night? Will more people than ever watch the shortened, 60-game season... because of boredom? Or will some refuse to watch pandemic baseball? I'm afraid I probably won't be watching much baseball this summer.
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Cancer, Covid & Coronary... I started this complaining list/blog, in May 2016. I posted 200 gripes about my breast CANCER and then I was done. On March 13, 2020, I started venting all over again, when another disease (starting with a C) interfered with my life. This time it was the invasion of COVID and it affected every person. I ranted for a year, until I got my COVID vaccine in March 2021. CORONARY Artery Disease was the reason I restarted this blog on September 26, 2021. This time it was my hubby Don, who was dealing with a worry that started with the letter "C". Coronavirus and Cancer, Coronary Artery Disease! All are evil, but none can totally get me down... if I vent! I usually end up feeling a little more positive at the end of each post! Navigating This Mess! The most recent post is at the top, from coronary posts in 2022, back to cancer posts in 2016. To find past posts, look below the "Archives" section, to find "Categories". Archives
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