8.17.08 Cubs vs. Marlins Game

Hello everyone.

You're probably wondering about the subject of this post - a baseball game - and what it has to do with diving. Well actually, it has more to do with NOT diving, as there have been a lot of things going on in my life away from diving (I have a life away from diving?) that have kept me out of the water for a bit.

One of those things was a two-week visit from my son who lives in Charlotte, NC with his mom. Try as I might to introduce him to the underwater world, he so far has no interest (I'm still working on him though), so I had to find other things for us to do. So, through the courtesy of one of my dive buddies, Joanie, we found ourselves at Dolphin Stadium to watch the Marlins take on the Cubs. It was an extremely hot afternoon, and although there was a little breeze in the stadium, and we were only a day away from Tropical Storm Fay making landfall, we had a blast! It was my son's first ever ball game too, so it was extra special.

Most of the first part of the game was a little slow in the "action" department, but in the 6th inning the Cubs broke the game open with 9 runs in the inning and went on to win 9-2. Since we were sitting in an area surrounded by Cubs fans, we played it safe and cheered for the Cubs!


The main thing was I got to expose my son to a new experience and I got to enjoy something of the "surface interval" life as well. I guess occasionally it doesn't hurt to get out of the water for a bit. My son managed to get his flight out before TS Fay made landfall and is safe back in NC.

Had fun with my son in Paradise,

The Video Dude