IVO'S FIRST BALL GAME

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The heavens opened and pissed down rain as we arrived at the Double 10 Rd. stadium at 6:40 on the 22nd. The game had already begun with our pitcher in deep trouble. Perhaps the rain delay would help our guys get more focused. I took the opportunity to fetch a rain jacket and some beer for Kevlar. Bread was his usual enthusiastic self as we were joined by Canadian Chris and his diamond pal Rocky. Chris is leaving soon and we were all happy to be sharing his (maybe?)last CPBL game. It was of course Ivo's first ever. Despite the wetness everyone was in good spirits. The game continued after 30 or 40 minutes. The Bulls starter didn't last through the first and the home team was down by 4 going into our half of the inning. Things didn't get much better for the Bulls all night as the Elephants pretty much had their way with them, the final tally being 13-5. As Kevlar drank deeply of his tall boy, so did Ivo and we were out of milk by the end of the fifth with the Bulls down by plenty. We had to high tail it to see MaMa, keeper of the sweet sweet nectar Ivo craves, but the rest of the boys stuck around to the end. On the way out I couldn't help but notice the house music included Chinese versions of "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" and "Highway to Hell". Cracks me up every time.
After the game Bread met Bulls rightfielder Zhang Jia-hao, who had homered earlier. Zhang is famous for being one the most handsome ballplayers on the island and Wednesday at work Bread reported being rather starstruck.
The two teams played again on the 23rd and this time the Bulls came out on top 4-1...