May 30

Had my usual Monday lunch at the mall, in late afternoon I headed west for another ballgame in York. The Barnstormers were playing a 2:00 Memorial Day game but since the Revs game was at 5:00 I elected to do that instead. The visiting Somerset Patriots took a 1-0 lead in the second, in their half the Revolution scored one run on a wild pitch, another on a Michael Rockett sacrifice fly and a third on an RBI double by new addition Charlie Thurber. Thurber's background caught my interest, he is from my father's hometown of Elmira, New York and a product of the same high school as Ernie Davis, the legendary "Elmira Express". The Revs' advantage didn't last long, the Patriots scored three of their own in the third and added a single in the fifth to take a 5-3 lead. In the sixth the Revs tied it on a RBI hit by ex-Barnstormer Keith Castillo and a sac fly by former Detroit Tiger Josh Wilson. From there the bullpens settled in, the game moved into extra innings still tied 5-5. There were ominous-looking black clouds approaching from the southwest during the late innings, since the game was almost three hours old as it entered overtime I decided to call it a night which proved to be a wise choice. I was one mile north of the ballpark on route 30 listening to the radio broadcast when the skies opened, the game went into a rain delay almost immediately. The rain was just about finished by the time I crossed the river, when I arrived in Lancaster things were dry as a bone. Saw on the Internet where the game was ultimately resumed, the Revs won 6-5 in THIRTEEN innings. With the rain delay figured in the game ended shortly before 10:00, almost five hours after it had started. The Barnstormers play in York over the weekend, I'll probably be there either Friday or Saturday. Take care, thanks for reading.