The seats were amazing! 1st row directly behind home base. Even better, Lucas was an angel for the entire game which lasted until 11pm. He was in awe of all the people, noises, and constantly changing batters.

At the bottom of the 4th inning, a coach was passing by us on the field and right at that moment a ball landed on the ground in front of home base. So, I stood up with Lucas in my arms and yelled to the coach, “can I have that ball?” while smiling. Then, the coach smiled back, picked up the ball, handed it to the 1st person outside of the protective net and said “pass the ball to the baby”. Yippee!!! Bryan swears the coach said “pass the ball to the pretty lady”. Ha!

There was an 8 year old boy named Kyle and his father from Boston Children’s Hospital sitting directly behind us. For the rest of the game, I chatted with Kyle about how I would try my best to get him a ball. At the top of the 9th inning, I walked over to a security guard and mentioned that the child behind us was from Boston Children’s Hospital and he would love to have a ball from the game. Ten minutes later the security guard came over with a ball which had been used during the game for Kyle to have. Kyle was so excited!!!…Yes, that means I was able to score 2 balls during the game!!!

Maybe this means Lucas will be a Diamondbacks & Red Sox fan. Such a memorable night!

Pictures of the game from a friend’s TV. We are sitting directly above the aetna sign.

Lucas loved to stare up at the Red Sox blimp.