September 10-11

The morning newspaper had a story about the incident at the game in York on Friday night. Apparently an argument broke out between two spectators on the home side of the stadium, security staff escorted the participants from the venue and the dispute was renewed in the parking lot. It escalated to the point where firearms became involved, the police were called in and the entire area was placed on lockdown. The game itself was stopped at that point, JPM was up 26-6 with eight minutes to go so the game was declared official (talk about a hell of a way to win a game). By all accounts the incident involved nobody from McCaskey or the city of Lancaster, they just happened to be the opponent present when it took place. All I can say is I'm singularly happy I was elsewhere. I was with Jenny in Quarryville on Saturday morning, after lunch she and her mother came back to town for the evening's ballgame on North Prince Street. Since this was their last game for the season we sat in the main grandstand instead of on the hill, a friend had given me some vouchers for the seats. The Bridgeport Bluefish were the opponent, they had won the opening game of the series on Friday. On this night the Fish took a 1-0 lead in the second, the Barnstormers replied in the bottom half on a Sean Halton two-run home run. Bridgeport responded in kind with a two-spot of their own in the third, K.C. Hobson's solo homer in the home half tied the score at 3-3. The Bluefish took a one-run lead in the fourth, that advantage held up until the Stormers batted in the eighth. Josh Bell started the inning with a single, Halton followed with an RBI double to tie the score. Halton tried to stretch his hit into a triple but was out at third for the first out of the inning. Mike Jacobs was the next batter, his solo home run to right field gave the Barnstormers a 5-4 lead. In the ninth Cory Burns shut the Fish down to save the win for Pete Andrelczyk, Connor Root had started but worked only into the fourth inning on a warm and humid evening. The series wrapped up on Sunday but I was typically absent, with temperatures in the 80s and pro football opening its season on TV there was no incentive to go outside. Take care, thanks for reading.