I've taken a look at ticketmaster a few times over the past few days, and it's pretty obvious that they've already sold a lot of tickets so far just this week. I'm really optimistic about the crowd on Saturday.
Wife will be 4 days past her due date on Saturday.....I just can't figure out a way to make this one happen....
You are in that precarious predicament where if you DON'T go to the game, nothing will happen. However, as soon as you enter the gate her water will break and your cell phone will ring. You're currently a resident of the soccer version of the cat box paradox.
Make her eat some ultra-spicy vindaloo during sex. Be sure to stimulate the nipples. The kid should pop right out. Do it today, and the game is no problem!
If you're in a real hurry, put some castor oil on the vindaloo. Grease the skids, so to speak. What can I say? I'm a problem-solver!
The only problem with that is, well, the pushing during labor combined with abdominal contractions is commonly known to also push other things out as well. Having an ultra-spicy vindaloo one on deck COULD be problematic.
Look, man, I'm not really concerned about the odds of an ecological disaster. I'm only responsible for quickly and inexpensively extracting the resource. Any industrial accidents are not my responsibility.
Bring her to the game. If she goes into labor, Dilly Duka can deliver the child, whether he is playing or not. It would be a Field of Dreams moment. Duka finally gets to play, but sees a woman in labor. He walks to the touch line, pauses, then slowly crosses. His young, athletic body is replaced by that of an 80 year old Blanco. Therapy is needed for all in attendance.
Just make sure you remember to keep the newborn on your lap per stadium guidelines (as taken from Crew website) Do children require a ticket? For Crew games, children 2 years of age and under will be admitted without a ticket and are required to remain seated in the lap of their guardian. This policy may vary for other stadium events.
Sadly- since MLS doesn't announce schedules until 2 minutes before the first kickoff- the only safe way to go is plan all births for the months of Dec, Jan, Feb, and early March.
You should ask Graham about the proximity of Walkers Stadium to the/a local hospital. He has a funny story about it. That is the only way to really deal with a situation like this.
My whole life my Dad has stubbornly considered soccer a sport for "field fairies." Over the span of being a season ticket holder for the Crew (3rd year now) I have countless times offered to take him to a game and show him how great the sport is. Time after time I have been laughed off. I even offered him a ticket to U.S.-Mexico Qualifier last February. All I got was a stubborn no. I can't even get him to watch a game on TV. This Saturday he finally agreed to go to the game and give it a chance. Hopefully the atmosphere is rocking, the game lives up to the hype, and another soccer fan is made.
That is awesome...I hope you both have a good time and the Crew smokes the Gals. Your Dad will be converted. I hope you have tickets near the Nordecke.
Damn. So, have we had a resolution to The Babypocalypse 2010? Did it see it's shadow and decide there would be 6 more weeks of pregnancy?
The same sort of thing happened to me this year, man. My dad didn't quite consider soccer to be "gay" or anything like that, but he just was completely not interested. Over the past year or so, though, I got him to watch more and more soccer with me, mostly due to the fact that I covered it for the paper here. Well, I talked him in to going to the TFC game with me and he had a great time. He even asks me every once in awhile how the Crew are doing. BTW, he liked Lenny the best because he was all over the field that day and in the faces of the TFC guys all game.