he flew through the air like superman
living in massachusetts has turned me into a massive Red Sox fan. i mean, yeah, go Braves, but the RED SOX. THE RED SOX.
only the hardest of hearts could live hear and not fall madly in love with the Red Sox.
so, to celebrate Justin’s birthday yesterday – we headed for the GREEN MONSTER.
this was my first (and probably ONLY) professional sports game – and it was categorically the BEST time i’ve had since i moved up to this glorious area of the country.
[yes, i DO in fact catch glimpses of glory up here.]
now, back to the game:
i never knew that “the seventh inning stretch” was actually really a time to stretch your legs. and sing God Bless America AND Take Me Out to the Ballgame.
and if you hold your hand up for the “peanuts – getcha peanuts heh-yuh” guy, he’ll throw them RIGHT into your hand.
they always sing “Sweet Caroline” before the ninth inning: “sweet caroline” [OH OH OH!] “good times never seemed so good” [SO GOOD - SO GOOD - SO GOOD!!!!]
and there was this guy with the signs. he was funny.
and we were sitting RIGHT behind the pitchers’ warm-up area. oh you could even SEE their fast and furious arms fly. wow.
and Youkilis hit a home run. oh man.
and Coco Crisp stole TWO bases inarow – flying through the air like super man for third. and he really did FLY like superman!!! WHOOOOOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i’m Coco NUTS!!!! for the rest of the inning all i kept saying was: “he FLEW through the air like superman.” because, y’all, he really did.
but my FAVORITE part of the game? the players each had their own “theme song” that would play when they were coming up to bat. OH MY GOSH – we danced and danced!!!
my theme song would be “Brick House” – and i’m NOT proud of that fact – nor am i proud of its lyrics. but, iLOVEdisco-yesido. and it was the first song that came to mind. i’m sorry. i really am.
what would YOUR theme song be?
Lovely pictures!!! I never got into baseball but Pakistan’s national sport is Cricket which is pretty similar in concept. Oh how I loved going to Cricket matches with my dad when I was little!
Theme song..hmmmmmm..I love so many songs and feel like alll of them apply to my life but if I could think of one [or two?1] it would be “I am not forgotten” or “Friend of God” both by Israel and New Breed. Those two songs just get me up off my seat, jumping up and down and I can relate to the words of both
It’s a toss up between two songs for me.
Ain’t goin’ down til the sun comes up…Garth Brooks
OR
Baby Got Back (not proud of that either, but seriously, I love this song)
And that game, sounds like SO MUCH FUN! The music ALONE would have been awesome!
Baseball is pretty much the ONLY sport I like, if I had to pick. 
brandy: i’ve never really been into baseball games. really. but the sox. OH THE SOX!!! one canNOT help one’s self.
gchyayles: “Friend of God” yes. good one!
lol Brandy I like Baby Got Back too! Especially after Shrek and Donkey’s gig to that!
Tom Cruise IS insane!
Haha I love lamp.
Oh! Mandy! I’m so proud of you! (wipes a tear) For real! A Red Sox fan. I’m speechless, really I am. I’m just so filled with emotion that you donned the offical uniform (washed out hat) and went to the game. I just…I ….I don’t know what to say! If I was there right now, I’d give you a big hug! Welcome, welcome, welcome to Red Sox Nation!!!
I can’t even think of song…oh my…after that…wow, um…
….but…it’s The Green Mawn-stah….just so ya know…
Mawn-stah.
Mawn-stah.
Mawn-stah.
I’m practicing! hugs back at ya.
so… SONGS??? anybody else have a theme song? c’mon! i’m SOOOO looking forward to y’all’s theme songs!!!!
you forgot to mention hottie pitcher Javier Lopez…i mean….
ok, song. well, i’ve been trying to think of another but as i said yesterday…
“North Carolina! Come on and raise up…” i’m happy with that one for now.
I am so excited about Red Sox! We get to go to a game in two weeks! Your pics gave me a great preview.
I am also very glad that it was the best thing since getting up here. Baseball games, especially good ones, warm the heart. So does a beer and peanuts!!!
Okay, okay, theme song…Well, I think it would be “I’m So Excited” because I’m pretty much “So Excited” all the time. I mean, I started my comment with “I am so excited…” It’s pretty much who I am. I don’t love that b/c it’s kind of cheesy and I’d rather be profound but…whatareyagunnado?
I love the sign “I love Lamp”
Megan: you excited? noooooooo…….
Holly: i intentionally left Lopez out of this. sssshhhhhhhh
Brian: WHATS UP!?!? i didn’t get it – care to explain??
My theme song:
Metallica’s cover of Thin Lizzy’s “Whiskey In A Jar”.
so is that old guy in the background sleeping?
Eagles – Witchy Woman
HelllllOOOO
Joe: you never cease to amaze me! always a surprise from you.
Tam: duh. oh – about the old guy? i spent the whole game filling out stats or something. i have no idea. had a clipboard & everything. but, that’d put me to sleep too.
I’ll go with I Will Survive, but it really could change daily.
Consuming Fire – Third Day as for the first 30 seconds worth it’s about the best song possible. That or Chipper Jones’ song: Crazy Train!
Boo Sox! Yeah Braves! (mandy don’t become a traitor, though I’m jealous, I’d like to visit the green monster also)
Your “mighty mighty” Mandy!
Jenny: GIRL! you don’t wanna mess with me! HA!
Julie: amen sister!!! really
Dan: i do reserve the power to delete obnoxious comments… i’m just sayin
My theme song has to be Sexy Back by Justin Timberlake. It is one of those songs that just gets stuck in your head and somehow it just stuck as my theme song.”I’m bringing sexy back, Yeah”
Ahhh I love baseball I wish I could have gone. Btw the Red sox STINKS!!! BOOOOO!!!
GO CARDINALS!!!!
Btw my at bat song this year for me in my one game I got one was this. Fast forward 20 Seconds into it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShVDALT8CgI
Ramsey72: HA!! love it!!!
Kevin: NIIIIIIICE. i think the Green Monster would’ve exploded if that was one of the at bat songs. wow.
Mandy,what was the name of the song we did at the GP with a Latin feel to it? Was it named Faith? And by who?Thanks!
k…my song would have to be …..darn it, still can’t think of one
Mandy…Mawn-stah–say it with me: Mawn-stah
i’m not saying it again ’til you have a theme song.
nope.
k…um…theme song…
We are Family…Sister Sledge…
My Red Sox theme song would be “Eruption” by Eddie Van Halen.
Easy. Why?
Because when The Red Sox are playing, that’s what I do.
I…ERUPT!!!
By the way, Lori…It’s not “Mawn-stah”.
It’s “Mahn-stah!”
Giddid right!
HA! Gotta love NewEngland speek…depends on where your from…yes, there are some that say Mahn-Stah…and there are others who say Mawn-stah…Merrimack Valley speek i guess…
Lori: GREAT ONE!!!
ok – for you AND thenor: mahn-stah – mawn-stah – mahn-stah – mawn-stah.
how’s THAT!?!?
Mandy Loves Lopez! Mandy Loves Lopez!
No possible other Choice – Captain and Tenille – “Love, Love will keep us together, think of me Babe, whenever…”
<B
Mr.Love – HA!!!!! yes. oh that’s a great song. and, no, i don’t LOVE lopez. just think he’s rather handsome in person. that’s all i’m sayin’ about that!
Totally the “Hawaii 5-0″ theme.
No deep reason – it’s just a way cool song. And I may have been known to watch that show from time to time. Maybe kind of often. Okay. Maybe it comes on at 2:00 on channel 27 . . .
Lei: LOL LOL LOL!!!!!! maybe…. ah huh. yeah. right!
Not bad, Mandy. But now you’ve GOT to say it on MTTV!
Ummmmmmm why did our avatars change to funky blue backgrounds with a great big “G” in between?? I mean it kinda goes with my blog “G” for Gchyayles and even if my “name” did not begin with a G well..I’m still A “G”
but ahem anyway…why the change???
gchyayles: i’m experimenting… wordpress has some settings that we can work to get people avatars going. some non-wordpress users have ‘gravatars’ which are like universal avatars.
so i set it to YES for gravatars. and then we got the blue G.
might change it back.
but might not.
thenor: will talk to the boss about that one. you know, the Oregonian Mahn-Stah!!!
Ohhhhh and those two comments I sent, I sent from my blackberry without being signed in so that’s probably why it showed up on those comments versus the ones I’m sending now from my computer. I giddddditttttt!
what’s with the lamp?
and aren’t live sporting events amazing? they turn me into an avid sports nut, even if just for the duration of the game i’m attending.
theme song? that’s like asking me to pick a favorite. and you know how much i suck at that.
and uhhh… GO YANKEES!
Musst… ressissst… temmmmp-tayytionnn…
TA-AMMM!!! – Mandy’s calling you a mahn-stah!
Gee, i suck at temptation
<B
Mr.Love – are you trying to START something!!???
Al: c’mon – a theme song is NOT a favorite. no not at all……. you can do this!
I’m a Manh-Stah now
Tammy: awwww…… but, something tells me you’re just pouting for attention.
[Turns to get Tam's attention. Gives her a hug.]
“It’s okay. I love ya. I utter and completely destroyed your family tree, but I love ya!”
Mandy, you have crossed over to the dark side!! The Red Sox?? The AMERICAN LEAGUE? What the heck? So, yeah, I’m a little baseball crazy… I’m a from-the-womb Cardinals fan, and I have to say that my all-time favorite theme song is Crazy Train. I don’t know what it is, but something about it just gets me going… GO CARDS!
But regardless of the fact that it was a Red Sox game you went to, I am glad that you experienced your first major league baseball game. There is nothing like the crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd, the smell of hotdogs wafting through the air… Ahhhh…. I need a glorious day of baseball at Busch Stadium, stat!
Ooo, I love Brick House. That funky beat makes this white girl cut a rug. And my hubby can play a mean drum solo on it. And he’s not even a drummer.
TheNor: such a gentleman.
Kara: OH GIRL! OH GIRL! i had the MOST FUN!!!! and, really, its IMPOSSIBLE to live here & not be a fan. really.
so – when are you gonna get a blog so i can add you to my blogroll???
HEY CINDY!!!
okay, okay… geez.
my theme song for today: jason mraz’s “you and i both”
good job al. proud of you!!!
Haven’t followed the BoSox since the late 70’s/early 80’s when Yaz was still playing but you gotta love a guy with a name like Coco Crisp. The first time I heard it, I thought it was a joke. I was just thinking, if he met and married singer Fiona Apple and she kept her maiden name and hyphenated it, she’d be Fiona Apple-Crisp. Delicious. Sorry, it’s still somewhat early here!
My theme song would be Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man”. However, my wife and kids would probably say it’s Skynyrd’s “That Smell”!
Rick: i was born in Jacksonville, FLA. my mom grew up there – used to hang out with the Skynyrd boys before they became famous. they taught her how to play foosball. crazy, huh?
WE Built this City!! by Starship
It’s a pretty popular song for us PADRE fans.
Sorry Girl!!
I’m a West Coast MAWN-_STAH!!!
Heidi: LOL!!!!! west coast indeed!
Mandy I also welcome you to Red Sox Nation, I have been a proud member since 1986 when Bill Buckner introduced me to pain. Something my family had been through so many times with the Red Sox, Enos Slaughter in 1946, Bob Gibson in 1967, the epic 1975 series with the Reds and of course Bucky “Bleeping” Dent and Aaron “Bleeping” Boone. It was all worth it of course when they finally won it in 2004.
My theme song would be the opening riff from Baba O’Riley or maybe the primal scream from Won’t Get Fooled Again. No matter what it would be a Who song.
Giant Idiot – i welcome you to my blog as well!
haven’t seen you hear before
No a big baseball fan. I only just realized there were other sports besides football… My 9 year old daughter just started playing softball so maybe that will change.
Theme song… hmmm… a couple of choices
shoot hit enter too soon”
– Enter Sandman – Metallica
– BOOM – POD
– Killing in the Name – Rage Against the Machine
– Killing Me Softly – Roberta Flack
KILLING ME SOFTLY?!?!
LOL!
sure….
i know AND love the song, but i’m thinking there’s a TON of sarcasm dripping from that one.
Geez, another screwup… you may need to edit my comment and close my italic or it may screw up the rest of the comments in this tread… sorry…
No actually, have you ever heard Marcus Miller’s version? It’s awesome.
Not marcus miller. might look it up. have heard the fugees & roberta herself.
man. that woman was talented.
oh listening now. he plays the bass like a mad-man
I’m a bassist too so I listen to a lot of Marcus.
He’s does a great version of Amazing Grace you should check out.
man. he’s good! i’m sure its incredible!!!
@ Mandy. The sign that says “I love Lamp” It is a line from Anchorman
Brian: ahhh…. yes…. that explains why i didn’t get it.
not so much a fan. sorry
Really Mandy, NOT a fan of Anchorman, Not a Van Halen fan…If you hadn’t said you were a Braves fan and a baseball fan, I would have questions about your faith
HA!!!!!!!!!!
My theme song would be “Life Is A Carnival” by the Band. I love the infectious beat of the music. Toe-tappin, dancing music.
“We’re all in the same boat ready to float off the edge of the world
The flat old world
The street is a sideshow from the peddler to the corner girl
Life is a carnival–it’s in the book
Life is a carnival–take another look”
Of course I wouldn’t mind hearing “We are the Champions” by Queen being played for me either.
The most intimidating sound from a sports crowd is 50,000 Mets fans screaming “We Will, We Will, Rock You” at Shea.
Ed: “We Will, We Will” – i’d probably wet my pants from excitement!
I think my theme song would be “stayin alive” by the Bee Gee’s. Ok, maybe not, but like you, it was the first song I thought of! No, please don’t think of me as a middle aged man, stuck in the late 60’s, still wearing his silk shirts half unbuttoned, a permed hairstyle & leather pants! I’m in my mid (ok, late) twenties and only sometimes do I wear my silk shirts half unbuttoned!