Last night I went to a Mariners baseball game. It was an intern event, sponsored by Amazon. Initially, however, I wasn’t too excited to go–I’m usually not at all a sports fan. But I’d never been to a major league baseball game, there was going to be food, and they went to all the trouble of setting this up for us, so I went. I ended up really enjoying myself. The weather was beautiful; the grass was green and the sky was blue. The game was fun to watch, too. The Mariners soundly beat the Tigers 9-3, with two home runs and a number of nice plays. What really made the evening enjoyable, however, was the company. I sat with another intern working at Amazon, also from BYU. We touched on the news and trends in the tech industry. We chatted about the projects we were working on and our impressions of Amazon. We swapped notes on the classes we’ll be taking next semester and our plans for after graduation. All the while enjoying a nice game of baseball far below. Nothing especially deep or personal, but enjoyable all the way through. I stayed until the 9th inning before deciding to beat the crowds, head out early, and get to bed. What made the game, though, was attending with a friend.