Changeups and Breaking Balls
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Did David lose a bet? Forget Patrick’s birthday? Is there bribery afoot involving sex and potato salad? We may never know for sure…
Patrick takes David to see his first major league baseball game.
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- Part 1 of Changeups and Breaking Balls
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“Okay, let’s get back to it. Our bats are gonna get hot tonight, I can feel it.”
“I agree, but I think we’d better wait until we get home.”
“David, I’m talking about the Jays.”
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- Part 2 of Changeups and Breaking Balls
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“I’ll buy you dinner as soon as this is over, I promise. You start thinking about where you’d like to go.”
“Oh, I have a feeling that all the restaurants I like went out of business back in the 14th inning.”
It’s not over until it’s over...and it might never be over.
The boys are back at the Rogers Centre, this time for a very, very, very long extra-innings game...
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- Part 3 of Changeups and Breaking Balls
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“I’m actually not 100% sure if you’re mocking me.”
“Oh, definitely mocking.”
“Ok. Because I don’t know if you understand baseball well enough to appreciate that it’s a little difficult to get 9 runs in an inning and a half.”
“And I’m not sure if you understand that when your team is losing, you get very snippy.”
It’s a bad, bad day for the home team…but luckily David is there to support Patrick during his time of woe.Well, that depends on what you mean by “support”.
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- Part 4 of Changeups and Breaking Balls
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“David? David! You can come out from under the seat now.”
“These people are trying to kill us.”Patrick catches a foul ball during a Blue Jays game. Not everyone is as excited as he is.
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- Part 5 of Changeups and Breaking Balls
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"Oh, you’re watching another fake baseball game.”
“It’s spring training.”
“Like I said.”
“Spring training games are not ‘fake games’, David. We’ve had this conversation before.”It’s spring training time, which means that baseball season is just around the corner. Patrick’s very excited. David questions the meaning of it all.
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- Part 6 of Changeups and Breaking Balls
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From the Rogers Centre (aka home of the Toronto Blue Jays) website:
Fan Assist
Fans are invited to make use of Rogers Centre Fan Assist Program if they have an issue in their seating section or a question related to their experience. The process is quick and simple and by using the Fan Assist Program, fans are able to report issues in a discreet and convenient manner. Simply send us a text to (REDACTED) using your mobile phone - please include your issue or question and seating section, including the row and seat number. Operators are standing by…
While attending a Blue Jays game with Patrick, David texts the Rogers Centre Fan Assist number for - well, assistance - and makes an unexpected connection.
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- Part 7 of Changeups and Breaking Balls
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After much anticipation that he might sign with the Toronto Blue Jays, superstar free agent Shohei Ohtani elects to sign with the LA Dodgers instead. Patrick has Feelings.
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- Part 8 of Changeups and Breaking Balls
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It’s spring, which means baseball’s back! David & Patrick are watching the Blue Jays take on the Colorado Rockies at the Rogers Centre…and this time, they’ve brought along a special guest!
And David learns that Patrick’s not the only baseball fan in the family…
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- Part 9 of Changeups and Breaking Balls
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"But, as my mother used to say, when life hands you lemons, give them to Adelina and have her make a pitcher of limoncello.”
“I’m sure there’s a life lesson in there, David, but I’m not quite certain what it is.”
The 2024 Toronto Blue Jays are having a rough season, and Patrick is feeling some kind of way.
David tries to help. So do other people. It goes about as well as you’d expect.
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- Part 10 of Changeups and Breaking Balls