{"id":419,"date":"2009-08-22T22:26:33","date_gmt":"2009-08-23T05:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/?p=419"},"modified":"2009-08-22T22:26:33","modified_gmt":"2009-08-23T05:26:33","slug":"out-to-the-ballgame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sparkledesign.net\/fidget\/2009\/08\/22\/out-to-the-ballgame\/","title":{"rendered":"Me Out to the Ballgame, Take"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

We walked across the high school campus, up over the pedestrian bridge across Amazon Parkway, and into the stadium.<\/p>\n

\"Ems1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Hey, I can see my house from here!<\/p>\n

\"Ems2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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

\"Ems3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There was a men’s choir doing the honors. They sang both national anthems.<\/p>\n

\"Ems4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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