Best Day in Sports

      August 21, 2015

As everyone was on the edge of their seat, others on both feet and kids standing on chairs, history had been made.

Waking up, behind the passengers seat of a 3 hour drive from Austin to Houston, we were offered to go and see the astros Game against the LA dodgers with my grandparents, whom i haven't seen in months. A great event on a gloomy and rainy day, thought anxious me. Waiting outside the west gate for my grandparents to arrive, my family and I  stood under the balck tarp to prevent getting wet from the rain. Chewing gum while waiting , evidently ran out of the strong mint flavor, as I  walked at a fast pace to the nearest trash can I could see to spit it out. When  walking back, a nice couple who seemed a bit upset for missing some of the game, decided to turn and give me a pair of tickets, because their friends didn't show up soon enough. As I ran to show my mom, I noticed the seats where close up to the field and freaked out. I could not wait to see my grandpa, considering i had a pair of two tickets in the box seats to see his favorite team play.  I was extremely happy to find out that my family encouraged the idea of me sitting with my grandpa up front in the box seats, once he arrived, we all hugged and ran inside the stadium since the game had already started. I never told my grandpa about the tickets until he thought we were actually going to see the game from the very far spot. Once he sat down, my mom revealed the news. The man that walks the slowest in the family, stood up and ran down the stairs as if the titanic was occurring all over again and then i led him to the seats. Once i showed him the box seats we received, the biggest smile appeared on his face. He had mentioned that it was the closest seat he has ever gotten to the field, including the times he sat right in front of the TV. We watched the game for a while and around the 6th inning when the dodgers were batting my grandpa and i went to get concessions. As we were walking around my grandpa was a bit surprised that the stadium was still a bit full, "Usually people start leaving because the game is predictable", it was obvious that the astros were going to win but we did not know why people were staying. Until we noticed that once the we came back the dodgers were up to bat again, we had only been gone for about 10-15minutes and my grandad then saw the board and pointed out, that the pitcher has a possibility of hitting a "no hitter". As a soccer player, i did not understand and until my grandpa explained everything to me. Watching pitch by pitch go by slowly everyone was on the edge of their seats, others on two feet and kids standing on chairs. Until, the pitcher needed the last strike out to complete a pitchers dream, i remember the stadium being dead silent and everything went slow motion. As everyone saw and realized the ball in a glove, the crowd jumped up and down and everyone was celebrating along with the team. I had just witnessed the first  "no hitter" in 22 years in the minute maid park, and i watched it history occur with a very special man in my life. Once  we finished watching the game and taking pictures we found our way back up the far seats where my parents, grandmother and brother were sitting. As soccer fans my grandpa also had to explain what had just occurred, my parents laughed and realized that they were extremely late to understand what just happened in front of their eyes. As everyone left the field we stayed to watch the fireworks and enjoyed the scene from the far seats. Twas' the best day in sports.