BASEBALL

Yesterday Geoff and I took our nephew to a New Britain Rock Cats game. They, as we learned on our way to the game, are a part of the Minnesota Twins franchise. I don't know much about the Minnesota Twins except that I think Kirby Puckett played for them at some point.

A minor league (I think that's what it was...) baseball game is kind of a wonderful outing. The tickets are cheap (the expensive seats are $12, the cheap seats are $5), the players are friendly and willing to sign any child's baseball or t-shirt or lunchbox, the food is more reasonably priced than at a major league game (though $3.75 for a snow cone is still outrageous), and people just seem to be having a great time. And best of all you get to watch pretty decent baseball.

Of course when it's 90 degrees and you're sitting in the blazing sun with a 7 year old there's not a chance in hell that you're making it to the end of the game. Try the end of the 5th inning...