Both Anna and Emily have been lifelong members of the Blue Crew – a club for young fans of the Kansas City Royals.  Their membership packet usually includes free tickets, a hat, and other free stuff from area businesses.  A perk of the club is additional free tickets are often sent to the house towards the end of the season (they’re not exactly selling out the stands these days).  Four free tickets arrived for both girls for a game against Tampa Bay the other night.  Despite being a school night, we decided one last Royals game before the season ended this weekend would be a nice thing to do.

So, bundled up in jackets, we went to the game and enjoyed a win.  Zach Greinke pitched the game and did very well.

Because we had to leave for the game straight from picking the girls up from dance (which they went to straight from school), we chose to treat ourselves to dinner inside the stadium.  I decided I would do dinner Kansas City style:  Strouds chicken dinner (a famous local fried chicken restaurant) with Boulevard Bob’s 47 beer (a seasonal favorite of the local brewery).

We had lots of fun, but needed to leave at the end of the 5th inning so we could get the girls home to bed.

Here’s hoping the Royals can do it next year…always hoping.