The new week started with an ominous weather forecast, a tropical storm had reeked havoc in Louisiana over the weekend and its remnants were expected in our region by Wednesday. I had planned to attend the ballgame in York on Wednesday but given the forecast I decided to go on Tuesday instead. Late on Monday night the Revolution management announced they were postponing the Wednesday game ahead of time and playing a doubleheader on Tuesday (they say great minds tend to think alike), after the morning errand run on Tuesday I had an early supper and headed west across the Susquehanna. The first game started at 4:00, I figured the crowd would be light at that hour especially with the late notice and I was right. I arrived a few minutes before game time, parking was no issue and I walked into the ballpark just in time for "and the home of the brave". The Revs were hosting the Long Island Ducks, in the early going there was a light mist falling which caused some initial concern but it amounted to nothing. The Ducks scored a single run in the first and added three in the second, in the home second Wellington Dotel went yard to put the Revs on the board. In the third former Oriole property Lenin Rodriguez singled and scored on Melky Mesa's RBI single, Osmy Gregorio's solo home run in the fourth brought the Revolution to within 4-3. Long Island went up by two in the fifth, a home run by Mesa in the bottom half made it a one-run game once again. In the seventh (the last inning of regulation) the Ducks went ahead 6-4, in the home half James Harris hit the Revs' fourth solo home run of the game to make it 6-5 but the rally ended there. Jhoendri Herrera (who ironically pitched briefly for the Ducks earlier in the season) started for the Revolution and took the loss. I didn't stay around for very much of game #2, the Revs won 7-6 to earn a doubleheader split. The expected weather arrived overnight into Wednesday morning, there was some rain around in the morning when I went for lunch with Jenny and her mother. On the way back into town the rain picked up, by the time I got home it was coming straight down and steady. In the evening there were reports of flooded roads all over the place, all things considered I didn't mind being at home. The system moved northeast and out of the area overnight, Thursday was a mild and sunny day. Had a haircut appointment in the afternoon but little else on the schedule which was just fine because the weekend will be busy. High school football season started the previous weekend, on Friday McCaskey plays its home opener and on Saturday I'll be making a special-guest-starring appearance on the mic at Kutztown University. Take care, thanks for reading.
