The BOAT: Phillies Trip!

Back in May when my husband, Troy, and I playing in our annual college golf tournament I entered a raffle. I was upset when my $20.00 raffle got me 1 whole ticket. Since when is a raffle that expensive and you only get 1 ticket? My excitement quickily dropped as I walked back with my one ticket...totally knowing that I would not win a sleeve of golf balls or new golf bag with my one ticket.

When it came time to draw the raffle, I found out that it was a Super Raffle and there were four prizes, and as you got picked, you could pick your choice of the remaining prizes. Well, when they drew number #3....I was shocked to hear my name....even more shocked to realize that I had my choice of a Phillies baseball package or a RMC Tailgating package (the other two prizes were Chicago Cubs tickets & National's tickets). I don't think I could spit "Phillies" out fast enough....not because I'm a Phillies fan but I love baseball, and I'd never been to the Phillies stadium.

Soooo....about 2 weeks after I won, I found out exactly what I won...are you ready for this? We got 4 tickets to the game, a tour of the stadium, actually got to go out on the field during batting practice, and dinner in the diamond club. I couldn't wait to head up to Philly!!

We decided to invite an old college friend of mine & her husband to join us. They live near Philly and are HUGE Phillie fans.

So we drove 4.5 hours north this past Saturday and met Jenn & Bob at the stadium. Since I know nothing about the Phillies, I studied their line up the whole drive up and had it memorized by the time we got there....of course I mispronounced everyone's name (who invited the southern girl?)

I took a picture of the starting line up in the Press box...in case I needed to look during the game!

Our seats were AMAZING - we sat in the Hall of Fame club...here's our view:

We got some pics, but Jenn got way better ones...so check out her blog here! It was sooo nice to catch up w/old friends and enjoy a weekend away. All this happened to be a few days before our 8 year Wedding anniversary too!!

I had so much fun, I just may start pulling for the Phillies (esp. now that I know the main lineup). It was amazing to see how much support they had in that stadium and how much pride the city/fans had in their team.

We couldn't have asked for a better game - the Phillies won, and also clinched their division title. We saw runners walked home, a grand slam, and much much more. I may just have to plan a trip back to Phillie next season!! ; )