Me Out to the Ballgame, Take

Now that we live just across the road from the minor-league baseball stadium, you’d think we would go to the Ems’ games a lot – but Thursday was the first time we’ve been this summer.

We walked across the high school campus, up over the pedestrian bridge across Amazon Parkway, and into the stadium.

Hey, I can see my house from here!

They were playing “the Canadians” – from Vancouver, specifically, so the Knights of Columbus (you learn something new every day!) carried out the Canadian flag in addition to the Star Spangled Banner.

There was a men’s choir doing the honors. They sang both national anthems.

It was fun watching the game. The Eugene Emeralds have all kinds of sponsors and little leaguers and what-not… seems like there’s a song or a dance of some kind between every inning. That’s what we hear, each night, from our open windows… “Take me out to the ballgame…” “Everybody clap your hands!” (clap-clap-clap-clap-clap) “Y-M-C-A!” I think they play the same little cheer-evoking jingles with the same frequency every game. (I applaud the sense of community spirit, but the jingles do get on my nerves a bit.)