May 10-11

Saturday morning in Quarryville with Jenny and Helen, after lunch we came back to town for the evening's ballgame on North Prince Street. This was the second consecutive Saturday home date for the Barnstormers, the second straight time the ladies were in town and for the second straight time it rained. We had some showers pass through in the afternoon but the radar indicated that the early part of the night would be OK. It didn't happen. Light rain began to fall in the second inning, we moved into the grandstand from the hill in left field. The rain never really stopped from that point on, it was never enough to stop the game but just enough to make it miserable to be without shelter. By the sixth inning it was close to 9:00 and Jenny was getting tired so we hit the road, as it turned out we missed very little as the Stormers lost 5-0. Long Island scored twice in the fourth against losing pitcher Brian Grening, a three-run ninth put it away as the Barnstormers could muster only four hits on the night. There was a fireworks show after the game, I was already home before the game ended. Usually when they have fireworks I can hear them at my place but on this night I never heard them at all. On Sunday afternoon Marty and I went to the ballgame in York, the Revolution hosted the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs in a 5:00 start. The cities of Lancaster and York are long-time geographic rivals in sports (the old War Of The Roses bit) but where the Atlantic League is concerned I've never really bought into it. Obviously as a Lancaster resident I see the Stormers much more frequently but I don't necessarily view the Revs as The Enemy. The ballpark in York underwent a name change in the off-season, similar to the Arena in Reading it is now known as Santander Stadium. The Revs took a 4-0 lead in the third inning but the Crabs rallied to win it 8-4. We'll probably get there again over the Memorial Day weekend when the Barnstormers are the opponent. Take care, thanks for reading.