I attended a Nashville Sounds game a couple of months ago. They are a Triple A farm team for the Brewers. It was fun but the overall experience was kind of blah. The crowd wasn't into it. The players weren't into it. I chalked it up to the hot weather.
Today I drove 65 miles to Bowling Green, KY to see the Hot Rods play. The Hot Rods are the Single A team for the Tampa Bay Rays. The entire drive was through farmland on country roads. Bowling Green has a population of 50,000 and is the home of Western Kentucky University. I went to a Sunday day game and when I got to town, all of the little freshman were moving into the dorms. They were cute.
The baseball team is called the Hot Rods for a couple of reasons - my favorite is that General Motors has been using Bowling Green as the lone manufacturing site for the Corvette since 1981. Who knew? The Hot Rods stadium is really nice. There was a lot of energy for a small crowd. All of the players had birthdays in 1991 or 1992 and they were having a grand time. I wish I had discovered them a little earlier in the year. Play ball...
The summers in middle Tennessee are hot and humid. The past two mornings however have been unseasonably cool. It's early August and it's supposed to stay toasty for a while longer. However, it was 62 on Saturday and 59 on Sunday morning. I've had a rough time running this summer so this was a pleasant surprise. On most mornings, I've been reduced to a puddle after the first couple of miles. I ran 15 miles on Saturday and I felt like I could have gone further. I'll probably have my bubble burst on the next warm morning but I really enjoyed this weekend.
Where do I send the thank you card? giggle
