Sunday, June 03, 2007

What is the definition of a great game in Baseball?


Last night we took a friend and his family to a Rivercats game which had all of the following characteristics -

A grand slam by a Rivercat, plus a couple of other home runs.
A dispute at the plate - where we won the ruling - during a crucial play. (By the way we should have won the ruling). A Round Rock Express player tried to come into home on a foul ball and was called back. (The shot is of the umpires conferring with the Round Rock manager to explain their ruling.)
The game went into extra innings (11) and there were a couple of opportunities for each team to break out of the tie.
A whole host of other great defensive plays.
and a couple of flubs.

The Rivercats lost the game but it was still lots of fun.

Our friend brought his two young kids (a kindergartener and a second grader) and they seemed engaged for all of the game.

The only difference that would have made the great game perfect was to reverse the score. The Cats are still playing well.

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