save the pig - stop macon bacon!

Incredibly, this game began with echoes of the one played last Wednesday.
The two teams were the same: Savannah Bananas and Macon Bacon.
Just usual uniforms this time. No more kilts, alas.
(smile)
I sure had enjoyed all those muscular legs!

Another similarity: when Bill LeRoy came up to bat, the bases were loaded.
Sure, that had been the ninth inning of last week, but was only the first inning for tonight's "Bark In The Park" game.

Like with that earlier game, the home team had one run at the time.
Last Wednesday, it had been Alex Rodriguez who made that preliminary score.
Tonight, it was Clay Dungan of Indiana who had done so.

Now, allow me to set the stage for what happened in that first innning, scant hours ago.
The bases were full of Bananas, with Clay Duncan on third, Cade Marlowe on second, and Jake Sullivan on first.
And Hunter Wilson got a walk!
Thanks to the Bacon's pitcher, the Bananas had their first run when Clay Dungan trotted across home plate.
(Thank you, James Williams!)

That left the bases still full of Bananas, too.
Cade was now on third, Jake on second, and Hunter was holding on first base.
Alex came up to bat, but hit a high foul that found a glove - OUT TWO!
Then the catcher from Georgia strode up for his turn against the pitcher...
and smacked it down the left field line!
When the dust had cleared, Bill was safe on second and the other Bananas had skedaddled home for three runs, justthatfast...
just like at the game on Wednesday.
Wow.

I truly felt I was at the right place at the right time.
i thank You, God!

And just where was I?
Well, I was sitting on Willie's left, of course!
For this game, I had a bona fide season ticket for my seat in the orange section, but I preferred sitting by the old man.
(smile)
Plus, it was nice bantering back and forth with Steve, who claims to have graduated from high school on the day the Korean War began... in 1950! Perhaps he is 86 years old - then again, he told me not to believe anything he says, so... who knows?
(smile)
Jesse Cole came by and took a selfie with us tonight, so that was different!
I'll have to remember to look up that photo when it's posted on facebook.

Another thing that was different is that Bill LeRoy didn't end the inning on second.
Garret Delano, the right fielder, managed to get him home for run five before the third out was made.
Woohoo!
No more runs would be made by either team for four innings.
Then the Bananas brought their total to 6 when Cole Parks ran in...
the out-of-towners eked out a lone run in the sixth inning to offset a shut-out...
and the game was over in just over two hours.
Wow.
That may be the fastest game I've ever attended!
Thanks, y'all - I really enjoyed it, deja vu and all!
(smile)