Sep 07 2007
Sea Dogs Even Series in Extra Frames
I am really getting into this minor league baseball thing. I’ve not been to a major league game in a few years, but I don’t remember it being quite this much fun to go to Fenway and cheer for the Sox. Granted, there are several times as many people at a Red Sox game, and I don’t really like driving in/around Boston, but the hometown feel of Hadlock Field is very appealing. She and I are looking forward to tonight’s game, especially after the Sea Dogs gutted out a 3-2 victory over Trenton last night–in 13 innings. I actually signed up for an account on MiLB.com so I could listen to the last few innings of the game after the Colts-Saints game got out of hand.
As I said before, She and I will be in section 202 tonight to cheer on the Sea Dogs. We’ll bring our camera this time and snap a few photos of the park and the action. There is just something about rooting for a minor league ball player whose dream is to make it up to the Bigs. It’s almost like watching college football or college basketball, where they still have a bigger goal in sight and so play their hearts out. The quality of baseball isn’t what you’d see at Fenway, though there are several Sox who were in Sea Dogs uniforms not too long ago, so it’s close. The campy between-innings presentations and contests seemed very sophomoric the first, but they’re becoming a little more endearing. This is small-town baseball, and it’s a lot of fun. If they have another good game tonight, the Sea Dogs will have a chance to close out the Thunder tomorrow night at Hadlock. Let’s go Dogs!