Savannah and I went to the Cubs game during our Spring Break. We left early so she could watch batting practice and the pitchers work out. We were both decked out in our Cubs gear and she was so excited. We went down by the field and were standing along the 3rd base wall near the outfield watching the pitchers. Each time a player walked by she would wave to him. She loved being so close to the players and the field. While we were standing there, Carlos Marmol walked over to us and stuck his mitt out to Savannah. He opened the mitt and a ball was in it. Savannah smiled and looked at the ball, then at me. I told her that he wanted her to have the ball. She wasn't sure about taking it and asked me if he really wanted her to have it. He told her to take the ball and she thanked him. Then he was signing autographs near us and I gave her the Sharpie and she got an autograph. As we were walking away, she told me that he was so nice to give her a ball because he didn't even know her. She's so sweet. Once we got to our seats she was hungry and the feasting began. She had two hot dogs, popcorn, nachos, cotton candy and of course some Pepsi. She kept an eye on the scoreboard and would update me and the people around us of the score and inning. She would yell at them when they did something wrong and cheer when they would score. The Cubs lost that game, but she didn't care and now everytime Carlos Marmol comes in to pitch, she gets very excited. She took her ball to school for Show and Tell. She is so proud of it and is turning out to be a fantastic Cubs fan. She can't wait to go to another game.
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