June 3-5

I have known a young lady named Erin for many years, we first met when she was in college in the Reading area in the early 90s. At that time I was involved in pro baseball there and Erin was looking to break into the business, she has been actively involved in sports ever since at various levels both amateur and professional. Erin and her husband live in the Lancaster area, their son Ethan is nine years old and he plays baseball in a suburban youth league. Their championship game was on Friday night, Erin contacted me on Thursday and asked me if I might be available and interested in doing the PA for it. It rained overnight into Friday, there was more in the forecast for the afternoon which luckily did not happen. The game was at a field about five miles from my place, it got underway as scheduled at 6:00. I was told that the nine-and-ten-year-old division of that league usually plays its games at a different field, since this was a championship game they used the field the 11-12 division uses because it had a PA setup and a snack bar. Several of the adults in attendance seemed to know who I was, I'm sure Erin had a hand in that. The game itself was fun to watch, it's always interesting to watch kids that age play and learn the game at the same time. For the record Ethan's team lost 14-11 but at that age level there really aren't any losers. On Saturday we had our usual lunch in Quarryville, after that Jenny and Helen came back to town with me. In late afternoon we made our way across the river for their annual visit to York. In past years we always did a Sunday game with the Barnstormers as the opponent but since the Revs no longer do Sundays at 5:00 we had to pick another spot. On this night the Stormers were in town and they had a tote bag giveaway so it was as good a night as any. The Revs had won the series opener on Friday, on this night it was all Barnstormers. In the third Lance Zawadzki walked and scored on a sac fly by Kevin Ahrens, in the fifth inning Zawadzki was hit by the pitch and scored on a Caleb Gindl RBI hit to make it 2-0. A ninth-inning three-run homer by Mike McDade salted away the 5-0 Stormers victory, former Toronto property Austin Bibens-Dirkx (spelling is accurate) pitched six innings for the win while Micah Owings took the loss for the Revs. Chances are this was my lone Saturday game in York, under normal circumstances I would do the Friday game instead but this weekend was an exception. The series wrapped up on Sunday with a 1:00 game but I (of course) stayed in and stayed cool, in late afternoon several strong storms passed through our area but by evening they were long gone. Take care, thanks for reading.