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By Saturday I learned a thing or two
But up ’till then I didn’t have an idea
Of what the mod’rn world was comin’ to.
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Anyway! We did go to Kansas City on a Friday. We left around 11:00 in the morning, and we arrived at Kauffman Stadium somewhere around 4:45. Mark and I dropped off Paul and John, and then we headed south on Interstate 435 in order to meet up with Maggie at International House of Prayer. She had told us about IHOP before, and since she happens to be staying there during her internship, we visited her and she gave us a tour of the area. There was the Prayer Room, which has 24/7 worship. After checking that out, we also walked by the cafe and visited the bookstore.
Eventually, we said goodbye to Maggie and headed back to The K (that is, Kauffman Stadium) in order to watch the Cardinals take on the Royals. Mark and I were regular fans on Friday, so I wore a navy Cardinals hat and a red jersey. We watched the Cards beat the Royals 9-6, and we saw Reggie Sanders and Albert Pujols each hit a homer.
Around 11:00 that evening, we arrived at our hotel in Overland Park, Kansas, which was just a few miles across the state line. We basically hung around the hotel until Saturday afternoon, when Mark and I went to the stadium early in order to see what kind of features we could get for the show.
We set foot on the field well before batting practice started, so we took the opportunity to collect some video footage of the stadium and highlighted different areas, such as the fountains and waterfalls in the outfield. A little bit later, we ran into Reggie Sanders, and he was gracious enough to grant us an interview. Mark and he sat down in the Royals dugout and chatted for a little bit. It went really well!
We hung around on the field for a little while longer, and I was basically just getting all sorts of footage of both the Cardinals and Royals. As game time drew near, we headed up into the press box area, ate supper in the lounge there, and found a couple of seats up in the press box, where we watched Game Two of the series, which the Cardinals would win 4-2. During this game, by the way, Paul and John came as fans, watching the game from seats behind left field.
On Sunday morning, we checked out of our hotel, and Paul and John went to the stadium to tape even more features and to watch the first few innings of the third game of the series. Around 2:15 in the afternoon, Mark and I picked them up from Kauffman Stadium, and we started our four-hour drive back home.
All in all, we had a great time, and it was very productive also. It was the first time any of us had seen the Cardinals on the road, and it was the second time we had visited Kauffman Stadium. The first time was a good eight or 10 years ago, when we saw the Royals and Athletics play.
So I just thank God for a wonderful trip, that He protected us throughout our drives to and from KC, that we were able to get so much done at the stadium, that we were able to just have fun watching the games as fans, and that we were able to meet up with our good friend Maggie. It seems like we crammed so much into the two-plus days that we were there, but we really enjoyed ourselves and also had times where we were able to just be plain lazy at the hotel. 
I also let him play with my miniature pool table, which he asks to use pretty much every time he comes up to my room. He’s a fun chub. 
I don’t know why it is; perhaps because there’s not much fun associated with it, whereas with playing a sport — even a vigorous one like soccer or basketball — you have a big element of fun while you’re exhausting yourself. With running, though, I just have a real hard time making myself stick with it for any prolonged period of time. 