A Rod

Hi,
This evening my husband met fame, he shook the hand of Alex Rodriguez.

ARod played in Trenton, NJ tonight with the Trenton Thunders. Being on the disabled list has him bumped down to the minors until he is healed from his hip surgery. This is a minor problem compared to his possible suspension or permanent banishment from Major League Baseball. If you have been living under a rock lately, Alex is under the magnifying glass over steroid taking and could become the poster child for punishment due to doping.... Never the less, the stands were packed in Trenton tonight.

Most of the fans who came out were happy to see him and cheered his presents. There were a few, two in particular who sat right behind us, who booed as loudly as they could when he hit the field. It takes all kinds. We got to see ARod hit a home run, and strike out, but mostly we got to see him hold his head up, face his fans, sign a lot of autographs and look like he owned third base again.

Just before they pulled him out of the game he walked down toward our seats, we were 7 rows from the front, just past first base. Marshall jumped up and went to shake his hand. He got to Alex as a rush of fans came to get his picture and autograph on balls, shirts and caps but was able to get his hand into Alex's before the onslaught. Young and old alike all clamored for attention and Alex graciously dealt with it all as best he could. Then he was gone to the back and his time in the game was done for the night.

I think this was the best $12 ticket Marshall ever invested in. He came back to his seat grinning ear to ear. Mission accomplished. We came, we saw, we didn't get hit by a fly ball, we left happy.

Baseball been berry berry good to me....

Xox
M