Tonight I scored four tickets to watch the Bend Elks, the local baseball team, take on their hated rivals, the Walla Walla Sweets so I surprised the kids by taking them out to watch a little ball instead of doing the usual bedtime routine. It was me and the Elder Three, and we had a larf. First of all, it was free hat night for the first thousand people, so right off the bat we scored some sweet matching lids and were able to root root root for the home team in style. Then, after 2/3 into the first inning, it started to rain hard. The umps called a rain delay, and after 10 minutes standing under the leaky bleachers watching the kids get soaked in puddles, I said screw it, back in the car, we're getting some ice cream!
After Baskin Robbins, the clouds had parted and the sun had come back out, so rather than go back home I said screw it, back in the car, we're going back to the ball park! They had started back up, so we only missed an inning, and were able to watch a great couple of innings including a killer RBI double by the Elks that totally broke the spirit of the hated Sweets. Plus, each of the kids got a licorice rope each, which was classic ball park. There was a mascot there, a fella with a large baseball for a head named Homer who William dubbed "the sweet baseball", and he was nice enough to sign Pippa's hat, which seems odd to me, but all the kids seemed to get a kick out of it. Once the sun went down, despite much ball to still be played, I could see sleepy eyes starting to prevail so we cut on out. But a fun time had by all!
Before the game
Rain delay ice cream break
Back to the ball park for some licorice
