July 4-7

The hot, muggy weather continues in our area, the last few days have been horribly uncomfortable. On Wednesday the nation celebrated its birthday, I marked the occasion by staying inside in the AC. After supper I went over to the ballpark on North Prince Street as the Barnstormers hosted the Camden Riversharks. This was the first time I'd been there since that doubleheader/rain delay on June 3. The BSers recently clinched their first-half division title, they'll be in the Atlantic League playoffs in September. This was the last game of a three-game series, after two losses the Riversharks salvaged a 2-1 win. On Thursday Jenny and I had lunch together in Quarryville, in the evening Marty and I met up for the ballgame as the Long Island Ducks came to town for the weekend. Dick Myers was there as well, he arrived late because of a prior appointment. The BSers won 3-0 in a game that ended in less than two-and-a-half hours. On Friday the oven door was still open as the BSers beat the Ducks 13-1. One of the guys in the street hockey league was there, he told me his team had a suite upstairs for the evening and invited me to join them. As a fan I'm not necessarily the "luxury box" type of guy but I must admit that watching the game in the AC on a 95-degree night wasn't bad at all. On Saturday the prediction was for temperatures to hit triple digits, between the forecast and the fact that it was a fireworks night at the ballpark I decided that lunch with Jenny would be the high point of the day. There were some storms added to the forecast for the evening hours, as they rolled through around 8:30 or so I was just as glad I stayed home. Take care, thanks for reading.