May 21-22

It started raining overnight into Wednesday, in the morning I drove my mother to the local health campus. She had an operation scheduled to relieve pressure in her right eye, it's been a concern for some time and medication wasn't doing much good so it was decided that a surgical procedure was the answer. I had her there by 10:30 for an 11:15 appointment, it was almost 2:00 by the time she was discharged. By that time the morning downpour had moved on but it was still overcast, the forecast for the rest of the day called for a chance of some spotty rain but nothing serious. At 5:00 I headed for the rink, we wrapped up the week with three games. The East game saw 915 Cafe over the Brasserie, in the West it was the Misfits over Brendee's and JBE Auto Transport over the Underdogs via shootout (only the second shootout we've had in sixty-six games thus far). We had some light rain during the second game but nothing that threatened us, Don and Derek refereed with Wally on the clock. On Thursday morning I had my mother back at the campus for a follow-up, the doctor said everything looked good but he wants to check it again on Tuesday the 27th. In the evening I enjoyed a Thursday without street hockey for only the second time in six weeks of play, I celebrated on North Prince Street at the ballpark as the Barnstormers hosted the Bridgeport Bluefish. This was the last of a four-game series, the Stormers had won the first three. Before the game the organization hosted the annual Memorial Day Salute to Veterans, it was happening on this night since the ballclub is not at home on Memorial Day proper. In the game itself the Bluefish took the early lead in the first, Greg Golson's two-run home run and a Brock Kjeldgaard solo shot made it 3-1 Stormers. Single runs for the Fish in the fifth and eighth innings sent the game into extras, in the tenth Golson singled and scored on Cole Garner's walkoff homer onto the hill in left field as the Stormers completed the sweep with a 5-3 win. Clayton Tanner (a former San Francisco Giants prospect) started and worked six innings, Jason Urquidez won it in relief (Urquidez was a Barnstormer in 2013, he finished the year in the Angels organization and recently returned). The ballclub will be in York on the weekend, we're planning to be there for the Sunday game. Take care, thanks for reading.