JUDGE...LMAO in Clearwater...I can't even wet my nose
HEY JMAN...let's get one thing straight from the start.
Since most any dame that you're going to socialize with long-term has got to be down with The Great Game, you get the small talk down. Earlier suggestions were decent.
I like this kind of thread:
JM: Man everytime I come in here, you're working.
D: Well yeah, it's a lot of hours.
JM: What does your family think of all your hours?
D: Well we do the best we can (Or she cites a problem the family has with her hours)...(or she sez, "I'm not married, and/or no kids")
JM: Does your husband work long hours too?
Leads to the husband, boyfriend, I can't believe you don't have one or the other comments above.
THEN, just ask her, "What do you do when you actually have a chance to get an offday?"
She will reply with something. Then you ask her, "I go to Orioles games when they're in town"
THIS WILL PROVOKE the key answer. She will either shrug off the O's, or she will make some kind of comment which indicates at least a passing awareness of the Orioles. (They suck this year...or they're doing better this year...or I like going to O's games too.)
Then suggest to her, hey if a home game happened to match one of your off days, would you like to join me? We could meet at a nearby restaurant for a couple drinks and maybe a bite prior, then walk over to the Yard.
This gives her a chance to arrive separately, which helps with the whole Going To Her House For the First Time When You Don't Know What To Expect, and the Never Ending Car Ride Where You Try and Think Of Stuff To Say.