Since the Pirates are out of town for a week, I decided to hit the road.  I made the 2 hour trip north to Cleveland.  I got to the stadium around 4PM, bought a ticket, and was ninth in line. 

When the gates opened, I sprinted to the right field seats, hoping to find an Easter Egg.  I’d noticed that several other people ahead of me ran to the seats also.  Instead of going directly into the seats, I ran down the concourse towards the visiting team’s bullpen, figuring that all Easter Eggs would already be claimed in center field by those ahead of me.  The move paid off.  I spotted ball #1 laying in the front row, and quickly ran to it and was on the board.

Batting practice was slow today. 

The Indians only hit maybe 7 balls into the seats in their entire portion of batting practice. 

I did manage to snag ball #2 off of the bat of Victor Martinez.  He hit a home run that sailed about 4 or 5 rows over my head.  I ran back and grabbed the ball, as two other people also were grasping for it.  I made sure to grab this ball off of the concrete with my bare hand.

Ball #3 also came from the Indians.  A right handed batter hit a fly ball that bounced on the warning track and over the fence.  I quickly moved about five feet to my left and made the catch over some lady’s head.  She was sitting down, without a glove, and was mad that she didn’t get the ball.  Also, she didn’t even see the ball until after I caught it. “Ohhhh, yoooouuuuuu…”  she said.  

That was it from the Indians.  The Brewers came out to hit.  Despite being over 7 hours away from Cleveland, a lot of their fans made the trip.

Batting practice was more crowded than usual. 

STATISTICS:
Game:  4 Balls (3 hit, 1 device)
Season:  180 Balls (87 hit, 67 thrown, 26 device)
Games:  35 Games (4 without BP)
Average:  5.14 Balls per Game
Career:  346 Balls
Attendance:  25415