Last night my family, my brother’s girlfriend, and I watched the Twins AAA farm team dismantle the Mets’ AAA team 6-2. Our Red Wings outhit, outpitched, and out-birthdayed the Tides. Boof Bonser pitched six shutout innings, lowering his season ERA to 0.65. The only redeeming aspect of the game for the Tides was their right fielder, Julio Ramirez, showing off his arm. Ramirez nailed a runner at third and later a runner at home, who I assumed would score but ended up being out by eight feet. Ramirez thought he’d pulled the assist trifecta in the eighth when he almost caught a runner trying to extend a single into a double on a ball that bounced around the right field corner. Count me as impressed.
I was not impressed, however, with the performances of two mid-inning fan contestants. Early in the game they pulled a father out of the stands to guess if the actual price of some car product was higher or lower than a suggested price. Now, everybody knows this game is played for the sole purpose of advertising that the sponsor has low prices, but this doofus decides to guess higher. When the crowd booed relentlessly and the announcer asked if the contestant wanted to change his mind, he stuck to his first choice. What a moron.
In the seventh inning another gentleman was escorted onto the field to pick which of three options was the actual paid attendance for the game. Now, everybody knows this game is played to make the crowd seem surprisingly large resulting in more fans wanting to return to future games. The guy picked the middle attendance choice. What a moron.
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Sky is a baseball fan and racket sport afficianado living in upstate NY. His favorite color is orange and is just about ready to give up on his life-long dream to become the next Magnus ver Magnuson (World's Strongest Man). His favorite baseball teams are the Yankees and Red Sox, proving that there's hope in the Middle East.