Opening Day

For Funday Monday, We went to the Mariners' Home Opener with Eric and CJ. On the way to the game, we stopped at Bob Bailey's house (he's one of the Manor's regulars) to see his toy soldier collection. He's been collecting toys since the 1980s, and set up a room to display his collection. You can check out an article about his home here. We all enjoyed viewing the prized possesions, but my favorites were from the Civil War. Bob is a Civil War buff, so he's collected many items and primary documents over the years. My personal favorite was the letter he had from Robert E. Lee that he wrote to his oldest daughter right before the war began.

After Bob's house, we went and had lunch at Brooklyn before the game. Tyler ordered a medium rare burger, which we all saw was cooked to perfection after he bit into it and the juice squirted out onto Eric.

Then we headed to the game with our peanuts (not Cracker Jacks) and watched the Mariners lose to Oakland, and there were only six hits all game. But it was all worth it because Randy Johnson threw out the opening pitch to Dan Wilson, with Jay Buhner, Edgar Martinez and Ken Griffey Jr. there to meet them. All the old Mariners were back together again and that made my opening day.