August 9-11

Went to the lawyer's office on Friday morning, they needed a copy of my mother's most recent tax return. They said when April 2020 rolls around they will prepare her return for 2019 and they can handle mine as well so that's one less thing to worry about. In the evening I was at the ballpark, the Stormers continued their homestand with a visit from the Long Island Ducks. This was my first look at the Ducks for the season, they had visited in May for a series I missed completely. On this night the Barnstormers fell behind 1-0 in the first, in the third Devon Torrence singled and scored on Caleb Gindl's two-run home run. The 2-1 advantage lasted into the eighth inning where the game fell apart, the Ducks scored once in the eighth and twice in the ninth to win 4-2. Cody Eppley took the loss in relief of starter Connor Overton (recently signed, late of the SF Giants organization). On Saturday we had our usual lunch date, in the afternoon Jenny and her mother came back into town for the ballgame. They had missed the last few Saturday games because of the heat but the weather has been more comfortable lately, this was also their first time at the house since the middle of June and they both commented on how strange it seemed without my mother there. There were quite a few stuffed animals in the upstairs back room that Jenny asked for to remember her by and I had no objections, there were also a few items I thought Helen might appreciate which she took home as well. At the ballpark in the evening the Stormers scored first on a two-run home run in the second by newcomer Gift Ngoepe (that spelling is correct, it's pronounced "en-GO-pay", he's a native of South Africa and a former big-leaguer with Pittsburgh and Toronto). In the third Destin Hood's RBI double made it 3-0, one inning late Anderson De La Rosa singled and scored on an error. That advantage was all Nate Reed needed, he carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and earned the 4-0 win with relief support from Matt Marksberry and Logan Sawyer. On Sunday the series ended with a Long Island win but I was not there, I was taking my usual personal day at home. Take care, thanks for reading.