My First Tin Caps Game!

Actually, a more accurate title would be My First GAME. It's a sad, but true fact about my life. Aside from a few high school games I attended (both at my itty bitty public school and my BFF's ittier bittier Christian school) and a few IWU basketball/volleyball games, I've never been to any game of any kind in my life. Well. Until now.

My friends the Crandalls (of Anne of Green Gables fest fame) invited me to go with them and a friend of theirs to see the Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Parkview Field. Didn't have to ask me twice! Sign me up!
The stadium is pretty new and I'd heard it was a nice one - with a very good view of the city skyline. Granted I had nothing to compare it to, but I was pretty impressed! And MAN - what a perfect night for a game. Not too hot, not too cold, not too windy, not too still, not too sunny, not too cloudy...you get the idea.

I have no idea who this guy is. We were trying to figure out the major league team associated with the Tin Caps. Camera zoom to the rescue! The answer? The Padres!!

I loved our seats. They were field box seats - which I thought looked like cattle pens. (Much nicer than a real cattle pen, I'm sure.) We had our own table where we could sit and talk...and a waitress brought us our ballgame buffet. (We had a little smorgasboard of seasoned waffle fries, popcorn and nachos, and then we all got hot dogs and chips too. I felt that I got the entire experience.)

We had the best time laughing and talking (the game wasn't particularly high scoring, so we had plenty of time to be entertained between runs).

The players gathered for a little conference on the pitcher's mound. We assumed they were planning an end-of-game rally. We assumed incorrectly.

I also appreciated the entertainment....like this human bowling ball game!

What a very fun night...I'm so glad I went. And here is the proof that I really was there! Final score...uh we lost. 5-1, I think. To the Lansing Lugnuts, no less. Wouldn't you like to answer phones for them? "Lansing Lugnuts. How may I direct your call?"

PS - I'm not really wearing a jacket in August. It just looks like it. Good grief.