After a full afternoon watching the Yankees complete a sweep of the Washington Nationals and going through notebooks full of my mother's estate papers for 4 hours, we finished up a delicious meal outside and took the short ride to the ball field.
Marc, Barbara and I arrived rather late, and found out that after the 5th inning there is no charge. There were plenty of seats, real seats not bleachers,with all of them behind home plate, the best way to watch a game. In the 6th inning, the Thunderbolts were losing 5-3, and never recovered from the deficit. One of the players tried to score but got caught in the hopping game of tag with the opposing catcher who tagged him out.
An unusual incident occurred when we all thought that the opposing pitcher had 'balked' by raising his leg and then stopping the pitch. It seems that calling a balk is quite a complicated skill. When asked after the game by my brother who caught up to the umpires as they left the ball park, one of the umps told him that the pitcher had taken a step BACK off of the rubber first, so it did not count as a balk. Who knew how complex pitching could be? Check out this 6 minute video Balk Rules
As with any game, there were fun games and diversions. An interesting trivia question, a ball toss, and OMG, the players tossed hot dogs into the stands. Barbara caught one, but the wrapping came apart and the hot dog fell on the ground. We couldn't stop laughing for how silly and unexpected it was.
The final score 6-3
