A deceptively warm day turns into a chilly evening especially in the windy 400 level sections, but it is a lovely night of baseball with Ellen, Peter and Shaofei, a student who helped the Drexel visitors to China in July 2013. I had been waiting for a chance to reciprocate his generosity in guiding us in Beijing, and this was the perfect opportunity. You see, he had never seen a professional baseball game, and knew little if nothing about the game.With just a few tips from me about watching the pitchers, the scoring, and after introducing the unusual vocabulary of baseball, we were able to enjoy a game that had all that you'd want for a demonstration of the pleasures of baseball (except a win!). All in all he saw a balk, a steal, strike outs, two double plays, a triple, a home run (darn, for the other team), a batter getting hit, some walks, beautiful diving catches, some errors, and the newest twist in the game-replay reviews. Not to mention, an elementary school singing the Star Spangled Banner (really it was cute, but couldn't they get a real singer for the opening night?!), and the four of us swaying as we sang Take me out to the ballgame
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| Wearing the opening night T-shirt on a glorious, chilly night |
