We joined up with Tim and his rental car and headed off to catch the World Baseball Classic game, Netherlands vs. the hometown team. Unfortunately we didn't have enough time to make "Circle me Bert" signs.The streets were jammed, and it took awhile to find some parking, plus the drivers in Puerto Rico are crazy! This old lady refused to let us merge into a turn lane, so Tim forced his way in there, and she immediately swerved out and pulled up along side our car and yelled, "GOD BLESS YOU! I will come to your country and do that to YOU!" And then she drove away. Thanks, crazy old lady!
Outside the stadium fans were trying to get in. There were hundreds of fans merging into the two open windows for will call tickets. Tom and Michelle braved the crowd while the rest of the group stood back and enjoyed the chaos of it all. When we finally got in it was clear that there were more bleacher seat tickets sold than there were actual bleacher seats. O well. We just joined the rest of the crowd in the aisles and stood and clapped and sang and cheered for pretty much the entire game. Puerto Rico was ahead the entire game, and Netherlands never really threatened, but when their team was in the field the crowd was ecstatic with every routine out, and when their team was at bat they went even
crazier with every routine hit. I think Michelle and Julie were on ESPN at one point.In the end, Puerto Rico won 5-0, the Puerto Rican team marched around and waved to the crowd, and there were fireworks. 2-for-2 with the explosions!
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