Here are some notes:
-They assigned one guy, on the opposing team, as like the 'strikeout batter' and every time the guy struck out a donation was made to a local charity. Two things, how do they pick the guy who is to become the strikeout batter? Every time he would come up to bat they would remind the crowd that he was the strikeout batter, that had to mess with his head, [he ended up striking out like twice (out of four)]
-There was this lady sitting next to me, who was incredibly in to everything that was going on. During the fireworks she would be like 'oh I love the purple,' 'oh I love the white,' 'oh I love that one' and she was extremely excited about everything.
-Now Phillie fans are not really known for their crowd participation, but every time they would sound the charge horn, it would be extremely muffled and lackluster-just like any Phillie fan.
-*sound of shattering glass* announcer: 'Need a window replacement? Check out so and so today.'
-There was a wedding that day, and the bride 'tossed' the bouquet into the crowd with the hot dog chucker gun thing.
-Pun Nuptials- just random.
-Whenever the opposing team made an out they would play a song- like 'Dream On', 'Bye, Bye Baby', or 'Have a Nice Day'
Now here are some picture. I took a lot of pictures of the sky because it was just gorgeous:
Entrance.
The Stadium.
The other side.
The field.
The wedding party- who would really have a wedding at a ballpark? These two apparently.
Players sitting around in the dugout before the start.
Clock. Also where they showed the speed of the balls.
Bullpen.
The have a grass area that you can sit at for $5.
Bullpen. From the front.
Inning over!
The two mascots: Ferrous and Fefe. They really love the whole 'iron' theme.
Nothing more American than Coke, baseball, and the American Flag.
The sky reminds me of something out of mordor.
Ferrous had a race against a little kid...
...he cheated and got an early jump...
...only to pull a hamstring halfway through the race around the bases.
The wedding party had many activities throughout the game.
You got to wonder if the players are just like, "the shit we have to deal with being in triple-A baseball."
The wedding party had a dance off...
...and the men won, but a lot.
The grounds crew in between the 6th inning, took care of the field, and then did a little dance.
Every time the pigs scored a run, fireworks would shoot out of the coke bottle. Kind of phallic, no?
Random pig decoration.
Pigs win!Fireworks time:
They had us count down from ten, and then all the lights when out, and the only thing still kind of lit was the score board.
