rainy barking bananas

The evening started out very well!
As the bfe and I entered the outer concourse,
a corgi in a banana skin greeted us.
What fun!
Of course, I sent this photo
to Kevin - he and his pastry chef
are into the corgi thing, ya know!
I doubt they have seen this before!

Next up was the Parade of Dogs around the bases - such fun!
But, wait!
Can you spot the pony?
Seriously... coming down from third base...
it was a Shetland pony!
How do I know?
Because I know a pony tail
when I see one!
(Get it? Like I wear my hair
these hot summer days?)
(smile)

Then we had the Frisbee Dogs!
What talented canines!
There were two tonight,
jumping and running and chasing
down the flying white discs!
Go, dog, go!

The Lexington Blowfish were the opponents of the Savannah Bananas once more.
I like their two-faced uniform shirts.
They're that pretty red on the back,
but a dark blue on the front.
Why?
I don't know.
Perhaps they don't know what
a blowfish looks like?

My friend Bill, the artist,
got their a bit late with
his lovely dog, Tucker -
no stroll of the bases for them!
That's Bill in the tropical shirt,
looking more like a blowfish should.
(smile)
Bill brought cat-lady Carolyn
with him - but no kittehs!

And this one is on the bfe
and his company this evening!
That's him in the black shirt,
then Erica Cooper, Nathaniel Shank,
and the Zingales - Sarah & Anthony.
They all play Hearts and Spades on Thursdays,
as a rule of thumb -
Edmond Hoyle's rule, that is, not Sir Fred's.

As for the game...
well, we certainly began with pretty blue skies!
But a dark mass quickly moved in.
That was too bad, as this had promised to be
a game full of hits.
No pitcher's duel this time!
The visitors scored five times in the top of the first -
the Bananas came back with three runs in the bottom.

By the bottom of the second inning,
the blue was almost gone and the lights were on.
The Blowfish had brought their score to 6.
We had two men on base, with my man
Hollie pausing here to look at the sky
and to feel the misting rain.
He brought those two men in, though,
getting his double as well!
Then we had our third out and the sky fell apart!

Even the head Banana himself,
ring master Jesse Coles,
was out there with the rest of them,
in his flashy yellow finery,
to pull that tarp and
lay the field to rest
as the rain poured down all around.
Did the game resume?
No, the umpires ruled no and
the lightning agreed.
The game will resume on
August 2nd, followed by
the other make-up game.