The closest they came to catch a baseball in Major League Stadium SkyDome was opened years ago. I was 9 Mauro "Goose" Gozzo, Toronto rookie pitcher was trolling through the gardens during batting practice, when a man next to me shouted throwing the ball to his son. Goose and shot forced a strike. Emboldened, I asked a reminder goose. Her next release did not reach the stands, despite my inclination overboard. My mother could Goose, before you try again removed.There is something magical about a baseball, a 5 ¼ ounces field of rubber, cork, wool and leather, that grown men do as much as excited children. People grab the ball, while the babies who are victims of $ 10 beers in the pursuit, struggle and claw his possession. Everyone in the stands to catch a ball hit into the air. There is a trophy. Sometimes the applause is polite. Other times, applauds the audience everything. The search for a ball in a stadium that is noble .
It is so special when a father tries to get a ball for his child, just like the man next to me at SkyDome, and as a man must at Rangers Ballpark Thursday night. His name was Shannon Stone. He was a firefighter from Brownwood, nearly three-hour drive from the stadium in Arlington. He wore a white T-shirt and a blue Texas Rangers. His little son was wearing a red T-shirt and a red Rangers. They sat together in the left field bleachers.
In the second inning hit outfielder Conor Jackson Oakland A a screaming foul ball on the left-field line. It caromed toward Josh Hamilton, the Rangers' left fielder. Hamilton picked it up and threw the ball toward the stands. Players do this hundreds of times in a season. It's part of baseball charm. It will be up to the stadium, take home a piece of the game .
