Last night my friend Karen and I went to a Trenton Thunder minor league baseball playoff game. There are many reasons to love minor league baseball games. One - They are ridiculously cheap. We were in the 5th row off the field and we paid the highest ticket price in the park - a whopping $12 each. Two - Sometimes you get to see big major leaguers who are in rehab from injuries. Last night we got to see Andy Pettitte pitch 4 scoreless innings (Please note the Trenton Pork Roll sign. This is definitely NOT Yankee Stadium!):
Three - There are so many little gimmicks and games between the innings! One of my favorites is Chase That Golden Thunder - the Thunder's Golden Retriever Bat Dog (you can see a better photo of Chase here):
It was a perfect night for a game. And we sat close enough that we were happy we decided to pick up Thunder hats on the way to our seats. The people around us seemed to be mostly season ticket holders. They knew all the players and called them by their first names. And the crazy thing is, the field is small enough that when someone in our section yelled "C'mon Austin!!" you knew he could actually hear them from the batter's box.We ended up leaving in the 8th inning. It was a scoreless game when we left and remained scoreless until the 12th inning when the Thunder hit a 2-run homer to finish the game. I'm glad I got a little dose of the minor league before the season ended. Thanks, Karen!
2 comments:
It was fun! And Trenton Titans hockey season is less than a month away!
P.S. It's not a wave if it's only you.
That's so cool about Pettite and so cute with the doggie! Sorry I missed your call--will have to catch up soon. Love ya!
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