#skywatchfriday -- Take Me Out To the Ball Game
So yes, we are definitely fans of the Long Island Ducks.
They are unaffiliated with Major League Baseball. They play in the independent Atlantic League. There is, however, a real connection between the Ducks and the New York Mets -- Bud Harrelson (Mets '69) is a part owner of the team, and Wally Backman (Mets '86) is the current manager.
We spend a lot of time at Bethpage Ballpark, a 6,000 seat venue, rooting for our team.
We had tickets for the game on Saturday, September 7. The Sugarland Skeeters would be in town. 6:30 start time, with a fireworks show after the game.
And then on Friday, what was left of Hurricane Dorian hit the East End of Long Island, causing the Ducks to cancel their game that evening. The Saturday game became a single-admission doubleheader, both games reduced to 7 innings, with the first game to start at 4:30 and the second game to start 30 minutes after the end of the first game.
The Second game actually started around 7 PM. All of the pre-game festivities -- the singing of the National Anthem, the ceremonial first pitch -- took place in the gap between games, which made sense; the first game was played in front of basically empty stands.
It was a sunny afternoon -- until we sat down to watch the game. The skies over the ballpark:
But by the time the second game started....
Game One uniforms:
Game Two uniforms:
There's Wally, doing double duty as the third base coach:
And it's always fun to see the team mascot, Quackerjack.
Both games were incredible, come-from-behind victories for the Ducks. It's always good when your team wins.
(They won on Sunday, too, with a 7-run bottom of the 9th, for a sweep of the series.)
And at the end of the evening, a different view of the sky:
#skywatchfriday
They are unaffiliated with Major League Baseball. They play in the independent Atlantic League. There is, however, a real connection between the Ducks and the New York Mets -- Bud Harrelson (Mets '69) is a part owner of the team, and Wally Backman (Mets '86) is the current manager.
We spend a lot of time at Bethpage Ballpark, a 6,000 seat venue, rooting for our team.
We had tickets for the game on Saturday, September 7. The Sugarland Skeeters would be in town. 6:30 start time, with a fireworks show after the game.
And then on Friday, what was left of Hurricane Dorian hit the East End of Long Island, causing the Ducks to cancel their game that evening. The Saturday game became a single-admission doubleheader, both games reduced to 7 innings, with the first game to start at 4:30 and the second game to start 30 minutes after the end of the first game.
The Second game actually started around 7 PM. All of the pre-game festivities -- the singing of the National Anthem, the ceremonial first pitch -- took place in the gap between games, which made sense; the first game was played in front of basically empty stands.
It was a sunny afternoon -- until we sat down to watch the game. The skies over the ballpark:
But by the time the second game started....
Game One uniforms:
Game Two uniforms:
There's Wally, doing double duty as the third base coach:
And it's always fun to see the team mascot, Quackerjack.
Both games were incredible, come-from-behind victories for the Ducks. It's always good when your team wins.
(They won on Sunday, too, with a 7-run bottom of the 9th, for a sweep of the series.)
And at the end of the evening, a different view of the sky:
#skywatchfriday
Enjoyed the progression from afternoon to sunset to a fireworks. Take me out to the sunset...Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
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ReplyDeleteThis looks like so much fun! LOL at Quackerjack. Looks like some beautiful skies!
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