I spent the evening down at Coca-Cola Field with Nick and Rick. It was a beautiful night to sit in the stands and take in a game, though the home team got trounced 11-2. Here are a few of the sights. Above we see Mike Baxter-- who hit a home run on the first pitch he saw as a Bison, giving them a momentary lead early-- sliding into second on the front end of a double play.
It was Italian Heritage night at the ballpark, so instead of posting the usual player pictures on the scoreboard, each was represented by a famous Italian. I'm sure that it was only a coincidence that 3/4's of the images selected were of criminals (Al Capone) or actors playing criminals (Marlon Brando as the Godfather, Al Pacino as Scarface). The oddest of all was Fat Tony of the Simpsons, the choice for Valentino Pascucci, who I'm pretty sure could've counted as Italian by himself without a stand-in.
Buster Bison must've felt a bit humbled, because throughout the game they were promoting the upcoming visit by what used to be called the San Diego Chicken at a game later this week (for trademark purposes, they just call him The Chicken these days); In fact doesn't the regular mascot look like he's being crucified here?
I'm glad the kids always take the scoreboard exhortations seriously and get up to dance when prompted. Me, I'm too old for that kind of thing.
I spent the evening down at Coca-Cola Field with Nick and Rick. It was a beautiful night to sit in the stands and take in a game, though the home team got trounced 11-2. Here are a few of the sights. Above we see Mike Baxter-- who hit a home run on the first pitch he saw as a Bison, giving them a momentary lead early-- sliding into second on the front end of a double play.
It was Italian Heritage night at the ballpark, so instead of posting the usual player pictures on the scoreboard, each was represented by a famous Italian. I'm sure that it was only a coincidence that 3/4's of the images selected were of criminals (Al Capone) or actors playing criminals (Marlon Brando as the Godfather, Al Pacino as Scarface). The oddest of all was Fat Tony of the Simpsons, the choice for Valentino Pascucci, who I'm pretty sure could've counted as Italian by himself without a stand-in. 
Buster Bison must've felt a bit humbled, because throughout the game they were promoting the upcoming visit by what used to be called the San Diego Chicken at a game later this week (for trademark purposes, they just call him The Chicken these days); In fact doesn't the regular mascot look like he's being crucified here?
I'm glad the kids always take the scoreboard exhortations seriously and get up to dance when prompted. Me, I'm too old for that kind of thing.
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