Good ole Dickey-Stephens. You have so many promotions and give away so much free stuff. That's really what minor league baseball is all about: rowdy fans getting to cheer and boo players and officials, and lots of silly promotional games between innings where free crap you never needed is given away. These two forces are what bring people to games and keep their butts in their seats long enough to buy overpriced food. I always have my fill before I go because I can't stand to drink a $3 coke.
The Springfield Cardinals rallied five runs in the first two innings to none put up by the Travelers. It was pretty disheartening because there was one dropped fly ball and one foul ball called fair that let in a few of those runs. The fans got rowdy and started booing players and officials. It seemed like the first of our two forces was going to dominate the game. True story: I was once at a Travs game where it was going so badly that they decided to sing the Seventh Inning Stretch in the middle of the fifth. But then, in the bottom of the second, the second of our two forces came into play. It was announced that this was the Shorty Smalls home run inning and that if a Travelers player hit a home run, we would all get coupons for free appetizers from Shorty Smalls. Right after the announcement was made, the first pitch was thrown, and Travs Shortstop, Sean Rodriguez, cranked it over the left field wall. Fans got on their feet and cheered and applauded his efforts in winning them free stuff, and abruptly the momentum took a swing for the Travelers. They wound up blowing the Springfield Cardinals out, 13-8.
As if not content with handing us multiple free appetizer coupons at the gate, we were also given complimentary loaves of bread. Even after sleeping on it, I still have no clue why.
Prey is getting harder and harder to put down. I can't wait to finish this book!
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