My younger son and I were able to slide down to Minute Maid Park last night to attend our first Stros game of the season and the hometown club came through with a victory behind (or, should I say, in spite of?) Wandy Rodriguez.
As regular readers know, I’ve been a Stros season ticket holder for 20 years now, and my family and I enjoy going to games very much. For many years, I have split the 81 home games with two friends with each of us taking 1/3rd of the games, which allows me in most seasons to see each National League team one time. But even with just 27 games, I find myself giving away a substantial number of the tickets each season to friends and business associates — my family and I simply do not have time to catch all 27 games.
With that backdrop, this post from Richard Samuelson over at the Claremount Remedy made me chuckle:

On my commute this morning, I was listening to ESPN radio. It being Opening Day, and they were discussing season tickets. “What’s it like to attend 81 games a year?” “Grueling, yet fun” was the answer.
They interviewed one guy who has attended 75 Angels games the past couple of seasons, and another who caught 80 Reds games the past couple of seasons, before moving to Florida. Then they spoke with a guy who has been to every Orioles home game in the past four years, and is starting another season today.
“How do you have time for so many games,” the ESPN guy asked?
The answer, of course: “I work for the government.”