August 16-18

August 16 is always an important day on the calendar, it's Jenny's birthday. Every year I write in this blog about how much she means to me, I once told her that I could spend the rest of my life standing next to her and I would never EVER get tired of it because I would never ever get tired of HER. She has her problems (I knew that before we ever came together) but it doesn't change the fact that she is to me the most beautiful woman in the world. We had lunch together on Friday, in the afternoon we stopped for supper on the way to the ballgame in York. Every season I try to get Jenny and her mother to a game there preferably on a weekend when the Barnstormers are the opponent, it didn't happen in 2018 but this time around it worked out. We were sitting in section 11, in the second inning Helen looked around and spotted a family member two rows behind us. She has a brother who lives in York who she rarely sees, it made for a pleasant and unexpected family reunion. In the game itself the Barnstormers scored in the first on a K.C. Hobson RBI double, Anderson De La Rosa's home run over the Arch Nemesis and a Caleb Gindl sacrifice fly RBI made it 3-0 in the second. The Revolution got on the board in the third on a Wellington Dotel sac fly, in the visiting fourth a Joe Terdoslavich sac fly and a Revs error gave the Stormers a 5-1 lead. In the home fifth the Revs got back into it on a Isaias Tejeda RBI hit and a two-run single from Melky Mesa, in the sixth an RBI hit by Dotel and another run-scoring single by Tejeda gave the home team a 6-5 lead. From there the bullpens took over, there was no further scoring as the Revs held on for the comeback win. Robert Carson was the winner in relief with Jameson McGrane picking up the save, Alejandro Chacin took the loss for the Stormers. All things considered I believe this is a birthday Jenny will remember for some time. On Saturday I did my usual Friday run a day late, the rest of the weekend was spent indoors in the comfort of the air conditioning. It has been exceptionally warm lately and they are calling for more of the same in the week ahead. Take care, thanks for reading.