As American as Apple Pie
There is something special about watching a minor league baseball game, especially at the low levels, in the presence of one of the player's family.
The year I was with the Dust Devils TJ Bird's mom came to town for a few games. She was a laugh riot.
Tonight Sweetie and I went to see the Everett Aquasox (with freebie tickets we got as a result of the rehearsal dinner), and were sitting next to Brandon Burgess' grandparents. Our little corner of the Stadium didn't sacrifice voting for our home team, but we did simultaneously root for Brandon.
He went 1-4 for the night, but that one hit was a two-run homer that tied the game in the top of the third. Everett's got high fences, so normally homers are pretty rare here, but tonight there were five, including back-to-back homers by Everett in the bottom of the second.
Mr. Burgess' most impressive moment of the evening was while he was playing left field, and he made a diving catch for the last out of the inning that would qualify for Sportscenter's top plays of the day if the game were covered by ESPN.
I'm glad Everett won, but I'm also glad Brandon had a good performance. He's been waylaid a bit by a supposed knee-injury last season (they diagnosed him with a bum knee when everything was fine) and a broken arm in spring training this year.
Good luck, Brandon! I hope to see you in the majors some day!
The year I was with the Dust Devils TJ Bird's mom came to town for a few games. She was a laugh riot.
Tonight Sweetie and I went to see the Everett Aquasox (with freebie tickets we got as a result of the rehearsal dinner), and were sitting next to Brandon Burgess' grandparents. Our little corner of the Stadium didn't sacrifice voting for our home team, but we did simultaneously root for Brandon.
He went 1-4 for the night, but that one hit was a two-run homer that tied the game in the top of the third. Everett's got high fences, so normally homers are pretty rare here, but tonight there were five, including back-to-back homers by Everett in the bottom of the second.
Mr. Burgess' most impressive moment of the evening was while he was playing left field, and he made a diving catch for the last out of the inning that would qualify for Sportscenter's top plays of the day if the game were covered by ESPN.
I'm glad Everett won, but I'm also glad Brandon had a good performance. He's been waylaid a bit by a supposed knee-injury last season (they diagnosed him with a bum knee when everything was fine) and a broken arm in spring training this year.
Good luck, Brandon! I hope to see you in the majors some day!
posted by Swankette at 9:07 PM
1 Comments:
Some of my best memories as a young adult are at minor league baseball games. They are so much fun. Getting to know the players and their families makes you feel even more invested in them. My Friday hunk on the 19th was one of these kinds of guys.
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