Another day with pictures from the ballpark. I plan to get back to the more regular linky type stuff tomorrow.
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It was the wrap-up of PeTA (People eating Tasty Animals) weekend in the Saints parking lot yesterday. The Sunday Gang was definitely smaller (and more tired) than the previous two nights, but we seemed to survive the sun pretty well. It was our last day to visit with Cliff and Kay Chavez, and the end of the ten-game home stand, so things were a bit subdued. In the picture, it's Lynn, Bruce, Cliff, Kay, Candy, Dave, Terry, me, and Brian, from left to right.
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Jody got his first career start, which provided a break for the starting rotation. It probably wasn’t great from the standpoint of getting the bullpen some more rest, but it seems to have worked out. -
The First Pitch 2048x1536(546k) 640x480(41k)
Jody didn’t have a great outing, giving up five runs in his five innings, with some control problems, but the Saints rallied for 7-5 victory over Joliet, so it must have been good enough. -
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His first pitches, especially, looked like he was pretty excited and overthrowing, which is pretty understandable for a guy making his first start. -
Dave, in costume? 2048x1536(506k) 640x480(33k)
Post-game, we congregated in the lot again to celebrate the win and see off Cliff and Kay and the team, who had to leave on the bus at 6:30. As we were setting up for the post-game festivities, Dave walked out from the game dressed like some strange Mexican-Norwegian. Old El Paso was sponsoring the game, and there had been a sombrero giveaway for the kids. I never did find out the details of Dave’s adult-sized sombrero, but when he walked out with his blanket on his arm, it was a definite Kodak Moment. -
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Three of the game’s four pitchers stopped out before getting on the bus. Jody, TC, and Chris were there. Dave talked them into having a shot of apfelkorn for the long bus-ride (that’s Dave, Chris, Jody, and TC in the picture). During the game, we also met Jeb Wiseman’s parents who were in town for the weekend. They didn’t make it out to the parking lot, but they seemed like nice folks.
