Awaking to a rainy morning, a bummer, but after sleeping a little more, reading a bit, and eating lunch, the skies cleared, and we were able to go out on the boat. And I was bale to try my hand at water skiing. After many failed attempts, I got back in the boat to warm up. After some discussion about technique, I jumped back in and was able to get going for a few minutes, and when my arms got too tired of holding the rope, I dropped off. One more run, and my body was too tired to keep going. But it was a lot of fun and a new challenge.
Up in Traverse City, we met up with my cousin and my aunt for the Beach Bums game. This is a independent league team, same as Kalamazoo. The stadium is kind of by itself in a field, easy to get to and see. It was a unique one with the suite level not being the standard style, but rather the look of a beachfront cottage, with the concession stands built underneath. Somewhat reminiscent of Frisco TX. They had two mascots, teddy bears that were named Sunburn (the red one) and Suntan(the brown one). The field itself was standard size and shape, but the craziest thing was the turf. The grass was the green field turf which I don’t necessarily have a problem with, but the dirt was too!! And home plate and the pitchers mound were all field turf! Crazy!
Well the game started, somewhat of a pitching duel. Some fine diving catches, and probably the best defensive play I’ve seen all week. A diving stop of a grounder by the second baseman, who flipped the ball,just using his glove to a barehanded catch and throw by the shortstop to turn the double play. Great play. At the bottom of the eigth, the Bums were down 2-1 when we hit a home run to tie the game. Everyone cheered. Later they would regret it. A fast moving game, 9 innings were done by 9:40. But it was still tied. It was also tied at 11:00 when we sung Take Me Out To The Ballgame for the second time. After 16 innings, at about 11:45, the Southern Illinois Miners, won 3-2. There were only a few hundred fans left at that point. The Bums put on a fun show for 9 innings, but the cheerleaders got boring soon after. But overall, a fun experience.
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