Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Last night my sweetheart took me to see the Augusta Greenjackets (the Giants single A affiliate) play the Lexington Legends.
Now some of you might be thinking, "Of course he did!" Or, "Why am I not surprised?" Or, "Bless your heart, he drags you to all sorts of games."
We had so much fun!
First, we got on the "kiss cam!" We would have totally embarrassed the kids if they had been there. But they weren't! So they got us on camera!
Then they gave pizza away to somebody dancing to "Cotton-eyed Joe." I was doing a little routine from my Beachbody Cize and Bill was standing there with his finger in the air like Fonzy from Happy Days. Bill got the pizza!
Then one of the guys got mad at one of the other guys and we got to see both benches clear and an out-and-out fight ensue. That has never made a whole lot of sense to me.
But to top it all off, the Augusta pitcher hurled a perfect game! Now we've seen a no-hitter before in the majors. But they are so strict on the minor league pitch counts that it was pretty exceptional for the manager to leave the starter in for the whole game. So not only did he hold the Legends to no hits, but they had no walks either. And the Jackets had no errors. (This was actually the first perfect game in South Atlantic League history!)
When a pitcher is getting close to a feat like this, the other players tend to step up their game a bit. Such was the case with the right fielder in the 8th and 9th innings. He dove for and caught two solidly hit fly balls that really should have gotten by him.
And then when he recorded the last out, the Augusta bench swarmed the pitcher and they threw Gatorade on him and practically mauled the poor guy! Kids! They are all just a bunch of big kids!
And we are right there with them!
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