Take Me Out to the Matches

Began the day with breakfast and the vinyl soundtrack from Moana. I've listened to this so much with the kids, I figured it made sense to hear the whole thing. Moana's "I Want" song "How Far I'll Go" was the hit, but the kids' favorite is Maui's hilarious introduction "You're Welcome." We also have the giant crab's song "Shiny" and the opening number for Moana's tribe "Where You Are."

Moana had just finished when I called the Uber driver. Considering how late it was, I was lucky to get one who came in 8 minutes. I got to work just in time. The one going home took 9 minutes. No trouble or traffic either way.

No trouble at work, either. I had help from the Sunday morning bagger for the first two hours. Once he left, I was on my own. It was only really busy for the last hour. Otherwise, there were no problems whatsoever. Most people are probably waiting for next weekend, when we get to Easter and the beginning of the month, to do their shopping. Not to mention, it was too nice outside to be doing any kind of running around indoors. Though it remained windy, it wasn't nearly as cold as yesterday, getting up into the lower 60's. 

I went home, changed, made dinner, and finished the night with the YouTube Match Game marathon. America's national past time turned up quite a bit as questions, usually making jokes about what a ball player says in his sleep with his wife or what they do in the dugout. There were baseball questions in the episode where Brett's answer about what the ball players were covering was censored, in the episode where Charles first mentioned he'd be taking that hiatus to direct The Belle of Amhurst on Broadway, and another with that charming contestant who loved being a coal miner.

Though ball players made frequent appearances on the 1960's Match Game, only two turned up on the 70's-80's run. Don Sutton was a star pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers when he first appeared on the show in 1976. He became the only semi-regular athlete, turning up occasionally until 1980. His laid-back charm that would later make him popular in the announcer's booth for the Atlanta Braves also made him a lot of fun on Match Game. Joe Gargiola was long retired when he made his only appearance on the show in early 1978. He was on the hilarious nighttime episode with the mouthy guy from the Bronx and the sweet lady who wanted a kiss from Richard (and got one, whether she won or not). 

Take me out to the ball game for laughs the Match Game way! You won't care if you ever get back from this hilarious marathon!

Match Game Sunday Classics - Take Me Out to the Ballgame Marathon