Sometimes, it pays to be wrong.
It certainly did for the Johnsons.
On Tuesday, the couple showed up at Chase Field thinking they had purchased tickets to that night’s game between the D-backs and Giants. But when they tried to scan their tickets at the gate, they did not work. Only then did they realize that their tickets were for the next night.
Instead of driving back home, the Johnsons purchased new tickets with seats near the left-field foul pole.
Their decision quickly paid off. In the second inning, Giants shortstop Willy Adames launched a home run to left field, right into the glove of AJ Johnson.
The next day, the Johnsons returned to the ballpark, this time using their original tickets. They arrived at the game early and, with the help of a Giants staff member, got Adames to sign the home run ball. Then, they ventured back out to left field, with seats in nearly the same spot as the night before.
It had to already feel like déjà vu. Then, in the second inning, Adames came to the plate. Sure enough, he hammered another ball deep into left field. This one touched down in the Arizona bullpen, took a wild ricochet off the wall and into the stands, and landed directly in Johnson’s glove for the second consecutive night.
Two home runs by the same player. Two sterling grabs by the same fan, in nearly the same spot, on back-to-back nights. You truly never know what might happen when you go to the ballpark.