Pot of Gold

Pete caught this picture at the Salem Red Sox game this summer. I, of course, was at the concession stand waiting for the last Cheesesteak in Virginia.

We have a long history of 'Did you see that!' It probably started (maybe our first Cardinals game together) when Pete's Dad innocently asked Pete to pick up his dropped All Star Ballot and Pete missed one of Mark Magwire's towering home runs. We still use that to this day ('Hey Pete, can you pick up my all star ballot?'). Albert Pujols is coming up to bat? Hey Pete, can you pick up my all star ballot?

More likely though is the 'Did I MISS anything' reaction that originated with Karen Loftus when we were at a Mets v. Cardinals game at Shea and she left to look for some Ice Cream. Of course 2 innings later when she finally got back, having missed (Magwire again) a home run hit to the Citgo! 'Did I MISS anything?'

See above where I was at the concession stand. I can't even count the number of cool things I have missed because I was at the concession stand. This particular photo was taken after we fled our campground in Cave Mountain lake because of tornado warnings, and then huddled in a hotel for 2 hours monitoring the Sox website while the rain poured down outside. It was a beautiful night.

But I guess that's the point, it's always a beautiful night in the ballpark. After this, I will steadfastly maintain that if you follow a rainbow to the end, there will be baseball.

In the Beginning...

This hopes to be a combined labor of love from both Pete and me and our baseball adventures. We found each other as two Cardinals fans in Cub country, we met in 'The Summer That Saved Baseball' and enjoyed the end of the home-run race to beat 61 together. Since then we have seen hundreds of games together in hundreds of parks of every level. We have developed our own vernacular while watching and scoring the game. It permeates every corner of our life (in a good way!). So hopefully, some fun stories and definitely some amazing photos, hope you enjoy!

This summer we finally got a dream come true, a minor league park within short driving distance from home. We "Got Hooked" into the Lakeshore Chinooks inaugural season and once or twice a week make the drive up to Mequon (about 20 minutes) to see our Fish take out the competition. It's a lot of fun. The park is very nice, intimate with a couple challenges that they are working on solving for next season.

It offers Pete a ton of opportunities for photos including this gem of infielder German "Big Poppi" Reyes beating out a throw to first. I love the windmill feel of this shot. And of course nothing beats the vivid Green and Brown of the field in the bright light of the Lakeshore Sunset
(more of those later!)