Philly related stuff here:
I am a Philadelphian, born and raised (and educated at Temple U.). I now live in northern Virginia and attend a lot of Washington Nationals game.
On Sept. 10, my wife, son and I had front row seats, right behind the Phillies dug out, for the game. We were all decked out in our Phillies gear.
Well, I have a five year old son (whose birthday is today of all days), and he is pretty adorable and vocal about "his" Phillies.
Well, my little man got four game used balls as the Phils were coming off the field! Talk about excitement! And the last ball (we had to leave at the end of the 5th inning because he has kindergarten), Joe Blanton stared at us the whole time coming off the mound. My little man was jumping up and down yelling "Go, Joe! Go, Joe!" Joe eyed us the whole walk to the dugout and flipped the ball to my little man.
Talk about awesome!
I have a display unit on order that displays the game ticket and the ball!
It was a GREAT experience and I can't wait to go back with my little Phanatic in the future!