On Friday night we went to see the Bowie Baysox, a minor league team, play the Binghamton Mets. At $6 a ticket and free parking it is hard to go wrong and there is enough other stuff going on to make you forget that no one has scored in 8 innings. Our daughter did not really notice the game itself which was far less interesting than the carousel and moonbounce just behind our seats.
Maybe the Baysox need a new mascot. “Louie,” a green furry thing with pink hair is not a specific species and strikes fear into the heart of no one. On the other hand, he is fierce compared to the battle cry at my alma mater which was “Go Violets!”
It was Navy night at the ballpark and since the U.S. Naval Academy is only 16 miles away there were hundreds of midshipmen seated together, including a lot of plebes (class of 2012), in their summer whites. Naturally, they all sang Anchor’s Aweigh a couple of times, which made our daughter quite happy. She and her friend Alexandra even made it to 10pm to see the spectacular fireworks show.
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