Had a phone call from Don on Monday morning, he and a few others were at the park at 8:00 to salvage the scoreboard and the city work crew was already there (they just Could NOT Wait to get at it, could they?). I stopped in after lunch, by that time all that still stood were the boards in the corner where the scoreboard had been and the poles that had supported the scoreboard. Don said one of the workers told him the current plan is for the rink surface to remain temporarily but by the end of summer it will be removed and grass will be planted in its spot. That rink stood for forty-two years and it was all gone in the space of a few hours, nothing left but open space and Even The Birds Won't Be Back Anymore. All I can say is the neighborhood (hell, the city itself) clearly no longer wanted it there and they finally got their wish, I hope they'll be very happy. Tuesday was a baseball night at McCaskey, the JrT hosted Penn Manor. At 6:00 gametime it was 82 degrees with a slight breeze from right to left. This game began very similarly to the game against Ephrata which for the JrT was very unfortunate. The visitors took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, in the bottom half the JrT put four on the board. Elliott Fluck started it with a double, he would score on Adrian Rodriguez's RBI two-base hit to tie the game. Landis Fluck walked and Elias Morales was hit by the pitch to load the bases, Alex Demarco drew another walk to put the JrT ahead. Janpaul Rodriguez lined a two-run single to score Landis and Elias to make it 4-1 but in the second PM saw that bid with a four-spot of their own to go up 5-4. From there the visitors would add nine more unanswered and win it going away 14-4. Janpaul Rodriguez pitched the first four innings and took the decision with Adrian R. and Lars Holland splitting the last three in relief. The boys are scheduled at home on the 23rd weather-permitting, the forecast for that day is not good. Had lunch with Jenny and Helen on Wednesday, the sunny afternoon gave way to dark clouds and thunderstorms in the evening. Take care, thanks for reading.
