Last night we took Mike to see the VT Expos, which is the Nationals' single-A team, formerly part of the Montreal Expos organization but just moved this year.They were playing the Lowell Spinners, which is the Red Sox single-A team. I couldn't believe how young these guys were. Mike said at this level they're often right out of high school, age 18-22 mostly. It was fun. Rain threatened all day, but then the sun came out and it turned into a nice evening. There's nothing like hearing that crack of the bat in person - you just can't get that from TV. The kids ate and ate and ate - sausages, fries, chicken, dipping dots (little tiny ice cream balls in a cup that look like styrofoam packing), fried dough...I admit I had some fried dough too. Mike and I split one - it was yummy but sat like a rock in my stomach for the rest of the night.
Mike and I actually had a beer together - wearing our bracelets that told the world we were of legal drinking age - we laughed at that - it's been so long since we've been out and I've had to wear one of those. We laughed as the mascot drove around on his ATV and waved, pulled kids on top of the dugout to dance to Elvis's "Hound Dog", and all the silly, terrific in-between-inning games that get the fans involved.
We left in the 8th inning - we had a 45 minute drive home and it was late. It was Mike's father's day present - good family QT.
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Sounds like fun. We sometimes take the kids to see the Durham Bulls. Each year we hope to see the Rex Sox in Boston but can never get tickets. This year maybe we will go to a Portland Seadogs game in Maine.
We tried to get tix to the Seadogs last summer when we were on vacation but they were sold out - we'll try again this year. The Sox games (if you can even get tickets) are just SO expensive!!!1
Lisa, that sounds like such a fun day all around. My 16-year-old daughter absolutely loves dippin' dots. In fact, we're having some out-of-state family (with kids) come visit us n August, and the main suggestion she had for what we might do while they're here is to take them for dippin' dots.
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