Say Cheese Please?

On the third day of the series, God said, "Let there be rain." And there was rain. A shit load of it. Is shit load one word or two? Anyway... The rain came and they saw that it was good... except for the fact that it was coming into the dugout faster than the drains could take it out. There was much rejoicing up until it stopped and game time was announced as 8:20pm instead of 7:00pm.

In the above photo, this is what happened when I asked these guys if they could all say "CHEESE" at the same time. I thought it was cute. They are looking at me like I'm an idiot. Imagine that :) Well, at least Cameron Blair was looking at all of them to see if they were looking at me like I'm an idiot.

The rain kept the temperature out of the 90s for this game though. It cooled down to 76 degrees but the humidity was rough. We managed to whip the RiverDogs by a score of 5-3 tonight.

Tonight's Big League Chew award was a tie. Andrew McCutchen and Brad Corley both had two-run dingers over the left field wall. Corley's ball is somewhere in the next county. I was glad to see him get it too because his parents are here this weekend visiting from Lexington, KY.

** Note of Interest **

I saw something happen tonight that I had never seen before. In an earlier blog entry, I made some comments about players giving autographs and I haven't had the opportunity to follow up on that yet, but after tonight, I'm planning to talk to someone about it tomorrow. I saw a player from the opposing team deny an autograph to a fan. This particular player was a 'prospect' from the Charleston RiverDogs and, IMO, he should be signing autographs. He told the fan that his agent told him he shouldn't be signing autographs. I don't know if that was true or not. Maybe he had other reasons for not doing it.

I'll be composing a full blog entry on this subject to post when the 'Dads go back on the road again. I want to talk to several players about it and get some professional feedback on the subject first.

John M. Setzler, Jr.
(the guy with the camera)