July 17-31

The latter part of July featured five nights of youth baseball, on the 20th and and 30th the 10u Salsa team played at Davey Arnold Field. On the 20th they lost to the Cocalico Eagles, on the 30th they won over Hempfield Red. The 12u team in Section Two played at Community Park on the 23rd and lost to the Mountville Yankees. The 12u Section Three club played on consecutive Fridays, winning over Hempfield on the 24th and losing to the Mountville Tigers on the 31st. On the 26th Jenny's friend had a birthday party for her older daughter at the same park south of town where she had her younger daughter's party in June. This gathering was somewhat better-attended than the previous get-together, I imagine a Sunday was just better for more people than that Saturday had been. Jenny and I have been doing our usual twice-weekly lunch dates although our usual spot has not yet reopened for eat-in service, I merely order our subs to go and we eat at her house. It has been better than four months since this "two weeks to flatten the curve" nonsense started in March and if our illustrious governor and secretary of health have their way there's no telling how much longer it will continue. As they used to say on TV: stay tuned. Take care, thanks for reading.

July 1-16

The second half of 2020 started the same way the first half ended with everyday life existing in a continual state of uncertainty. I contacted Jon Mitchell at McCaskey to let him know I'm still around, he said the fall sports season and any involved protocols are still being discussed. The start of the county youth baseball league has restored a small degree of normalcy, through the first half of the month I enjoyed five nights of warm sunshine and fresh air outdoors (which any doctor would tell you is much more beneficial than being locked up inside all day long). On back-to-back Thursdays I was at Community Park for games with the 12u club in Section Two, on the 2nd they won over the Mountville Phillies and on the 9th they defeated the Cocalico White Eagles. On the 13th I was at Davy Arnold Field (an old familiar haunt from my days as a teenager) for a game in the 10u league. The team at this level is officially known as Lancaster Salsa, on this night they lost to the Mountville Nationals. In the summer of 1972 I was involved with a Midget League team that played a number of games at Davy Arnold Field, the place hasn't changed much from those days (except for the lights for games after dark, they've been gone for decades). On the 15th at Community Park the 12u Section Three team lost to Solanco Gray, the next night the Section Two club lost to the Manheim Township Thunder. As it stands there are six more games I can get to before the season ends providing the weather cooperates. Jenny and I are having our regular twice-weekly lunch dates, we missed out for better than two months because of what can only be called government overreach so we're making up for lost time (as will most of our society once this ongoing BS is finally ended). Take care, thanks for reading.