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Some details to help with your bets on how many $1 hot dogs my oldest kid will eat at the Jays game tonight:
He’s 14
He plays hockey and baseball
He’s 6 foot 2 but was 6 foot 0 last month
He frequently asks if he can have another dinner around 10PM https://t.co/18jI1ANGwn
He’s 14
He plays hockey and baseball
He’s 6 foot 2 but was 6 foot 0 last month
He frequently asks if he can have another dinner around 10PM https://t.co/18jI1ANGwn
He was just at a movie and sent me a text after to complain that the theatre doesn’t do free refills on large popcorn buckets anymore. https://twitter.com/rpalauzea/status/1161356013821485056
They’re available at a special stand on each level. I bought us seats beside it. https://twitter.com/geoffburnside/status/1161356614802255875
We will discover this answer together in three hours. https://twitter.com/SomeGuyWithCats/status/1161365786004533249
Update: ate fruit before the game so that I don’t die of scurvy
HELLO WELCOME TO NIRVANA
Oh my god we are not even to our seat yet and he’s finished one
HST is included! https://twitter.com/SkepCdnChick/status/1161409774321201152
Top of the first inning, no score. Men on second and third for the Rangers.
Kid has eaten three hot dogs.
Kid has eaten three hot dogs.
Cavan Biggio makes a great catch in shallow centre field and my kid has consumed four $1 hot dogs, the maximum you can purchase at one time.
We are 19 pitches into the first inning.
We are 19 pitches into the first inning.
Kid took the bottom of the first as a “rest” inning, and has now gone to buy four more $1 hot dogs.
If you had less than 8 hot dogs as your bet, you have already lost and it’s the top of the second inning.
If you had less than 8 hot dogs as your bet, you have already lost and it’s the top of the second inning.
We are through two innings. The @BlueJays lead the @Rangers 1-0 on a Randall Grichuk home run.
$1 hot dog count: 8
$1 hot dog count: 8
If you’re watching on TV we’re in the second row all the way to the left behind the camera bay on the visitor dugout side. https://twitter.com/pollybarrett/status/1161427235007541248
He has taken another break. Which is probably for the best. https://twitter.com/funranium/status/1161433039114629120
It’s a great night for baseball, by the way.
We are through four innings. Delino DeShields made a stunning catch at the wall but crashed pretty hard. 1-0 @BlueJays over @Rangers, and the kid has headed out to get four more hot dogs.
If he finishes all four, that will put him at 12.
I tapped out after four, for the record.
If he finishes all four, that will put him at 12.
I tapped out after four, for the record.
Bottom of the fifth. My kid is lost somewhere in a hot dog lineup.
“Where are the other two?”
“I ate them on the way back.”
“I ate them on the way back.”
“I’m just gonna save this one for later.”
Through five innings the @BlueJays lead the @Rangers 1-0 and the official count of one dollar hot dogs eaten by my 14 year old stands at 11.
Through five innings the @BlueJays lead the @Rangers 1-0 and the official count of one dollar hot dogs eaten by my 14 year old stands at 11.
Back to back home runs from Hernàndez and McKinney have put the @BlueJays up 3-0 over the @Rangers after six.
My kid’s one dollar hot dog count remains stalled at 11, with one hot dog in hand.
I ate four and my body is reminding me that I am 43 years old.
My kid’s one dollar hot dog count remains stalled at 11, with one hot dog in hand.
I ate four and my body is reminding me that I am 43 years old.
He’s had so many one dollar hot dogs that he couldn’t stand up for OK Blue Jays.
For the unfamiliar, that’s our seventh inning stretch group choreography fight song.
For the unfamiliar, that’s our seventh inning stretch group choreography fight song.
We’re taking the subway, god have mercy on our souls https://twitter.com/MikeFinSF/status/1161450640079372288
Headed into the bottom of the 8th, @BlueJays still lead the @Rangers 3-0, and my son has eaten half of that remaining one dollar hot dog for an updated total of 11.5.
HE FINISHED IT
Jays win over the Rangers 3-0. My kid ate twelve one dollar hot dogs. Thank you for joining us on this journey.
I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE BUT APPARENTLY WE ARE STOPPING AT THE ICE CREAM TRUCK
By the way, Uncle Jimmy’s ice cream truck was where you could get an unguarded comment from Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi about 45 minutes after a Blue Jays win back in the early 2000s, so this was a must-stop for us.
Final line: 6 hits, 3 runs, 3 home runs, 12 hot dogs, 2 Cokes, 1 large chocolate dip ice cream
By the way, here’s a short detour to talk about one of my favourite baseball secrets. You’ll see why in a second.
I love baseball jerseys. I’ve been dismayed to see the souvenir ones sold to fans drop in quality over the last decade, while increasing in price.
I love baseball jerseys. I’ve been dismayed to see the souvenir ones sold to fans drop in quality over the last decade, while increasing in price.
Compare: a replica jersey that sells for $189 CDN versus an actual on-field jersey. That’s right, the patch is printed on the replica. The stitching is printed onto the letters in the replica.
Now Aaron, you’re asking, why do you have an actual worn-on-the-field jersey?
Simple: it was way, way cheaper.
Simple: it was way, way cheaper.
That right there is Josh Thole’s 2016 Spring Training jersey. I picked it up at the Jays team shop in Rogers Centre for $100 near the end of the 2017 season. They have tons of them, and if the player isn’t Vlad Guerrero Jr, the price is significantly less than a replica jersey.
I picked up an amazing ebook by @MLBDreamShop that’s a guide to game worn jerseys, and the most valuable thing I learned was how to read the modern tailor tag printed on a real jersey. What all the numbers mean in terms of length, tapering, and so on.
So today after the game I went hunting through the racks of jerseys, looking first at the tailor tag, and then at the player name or number. There are so many high number spring training jerseys with no name on the back. But I found something even better.
I now have Jason Grilli’s 2016 playoffs road jersey.
He’s not awake yet. Will report back once he is. https://twitter.com/SlappyShalom/status/1161616744596824064
