June 23-25

Had a haircut appointment on Friday afternoon, in the evening I was over in York for the fourth time in fifteen days. When the organization eliminated playing Sunday games at 5:00 it meant I had to pick my spots there, as it looks right now I'll make it to York just twice in July and maybe just once in August. On this night the Barnstormers were in town for the opener of a three-game set. The possibility of thunderstorms existed for later in the evening and that played a major role in what was to occur. The Stormers put four runs on the board in the third, Vladimir Frias started it with a single and Blake Gailen walked. Caleb Gindl singled to score Frias and advance Gailen to third, K.C. Hobson's sac fly plated Gailen to make it 2-0. Sean Halton followed with a monster shot over the Arch Nemesis to extend the lead to four, in the bottom of the third Alonzo Harris went yard to put the Revs on the board at 4-1. In the visiting fifth Gindl singled and scored on a Halton RBI double to make it 5-1, right after that it began to rain lightly and within minutes it was a deluge. The Revs' ground crew had a hard time getting the tarp down since the wind had picked up as well, after a delay of about twenty minutes the game was called. The initial announcement was for a makeup doubleheader on Sunday, later in the evening the league declared the game suspended with Sunday as the day for resumption. The rain continued as I was driving home, by the time I was back in Lancaster it was just about over but around 11:00 or so the skies opened up again. On Saturday I was with Jenny for lunch, in the afternoon we returned to the city for a birthday party. One of Jenny's friends has a three-year old daughter, the party was at a local arcade/eatery that specializes in events of that nature. Helen was invited as well but she could not go because her great-granddaughter was involved in a dance recital and that took precedence for her (as well it should). We stayed for about two hours or so, when I got home I was glad to be someplace where QUIET prevailed. I could never work in an environment like that anymore, I'd be swinging from a tree within a week. I lived a similar experience in the athletic arena some years ago and I don't miss that circus one little bit. Sunday was the typically quiet day it usually is, in the evening I saw the results from the weekend's events in York. The Revs won on Saturday night and rallied to win the suspended game on Sunday, the Barnstormers salvaged a victory in the regularly-scheduled game. The Revs are hitting the road, the Stormers begin a week-long homestand on Monday the 26th. Take care, thanks for reading.