August 22-23

Thursday morning in Quarryville with Jenny for our usual lunch visit, in the evening I was at the ballpark not as a spectator but at work on the mic. This was a special softball game featuring representatives of the School District of Lancaster and Fidevia LLC, a construction management company that has partnered with the SDL on various projects. One of the district's middle school principals called me about working it, he had received my contact information from the athletic office at McCaskey. This was your classic impromptu type of game, the only purpose was to have fun. They played seven innings and used ten-man batting orders, each team's entire lineup batted in every inning regardless of runs scored or outs made. The game started shortly after 6:00 and lasted literally until darkness set in, for the record the SDL won 28-27. On Friday the ballpark was the setting for more conventional activity as the Barnstormers hosted the York Revolution. Each year the winner of the season series wins the Community Cup, with an 11-6 head-to-head record thus far the Revs have already clinched the trophy for 2013. On this night the Stormers took the early lead on a Ryan Harvey RBI hit but the Revs tied it on a solo home run by Chad Tracy. A three-run Barnstormer uprising in the fifth proved to be the difference, a two-run single by Jerry Owens and another RBI single by Harvey provided the winning margin as the Stormers took it 4-1. The respective starting pitchers were involved in the decision, Brian Grening on the plus side and Corey Thurman on the minus side. Thurman is to York what Ross Peeples is to Lancaster, he's been with the Revs since 2008. It was a fireworks night but as is my wont I was out of there before they ever started. The series continues on Saturday, Jenny and Helen will be along for that game since Sunday's is in the afternoon. Take care, thanks for reading.