Down On The Farm

Things have been busy around here lately and I never got a chance to write about Father's Day. The boys made me a very cool t-shirt and they went to an arts and crafts store and made me a little something special. They also bought me the MLB Wii 2K8 game which I've been playing with my six year old for the past two weeks. Finally, they took me to a Clippers Baseball game.

The Clippers are the Washington Nationals AAA farm team. It just so happened that the Clippers were playing the Indianapolis Indians, the Pittsburgh Pirates AAA team. So we were able to see some of the Pirates top prospects and even saw Paul Lo Duca of the Nationals and Ronnie Paulino of the Pirates, who were both on rehab assignments. The pitcher for the Indians was Jimmy Barthmaier, who was just called up to pitch for the Pirates last night, got shelled for 7 earned runs in 2+ innings and was demoted back to AAA Indianapolis this morning.

Overall, it was a fun time. We made it through 4 1/2 innings before we had to go home. Our two year old had had enough. His tummy was full of hot dogs, popcorn and ice cream; the mascots were too scary; and he was ready to go home. Our six year old was also tired but I think he would have toughed it out a few more innings if not for the little one.

It was a very fun Father's Day and my six year old is really starting to understand the rules of baseball. Sweet! Oh, and I almost forgot, the boys and I received free Clippers hats and since we had a special coupon, we received a very cool Willie Stargell figurine. Turns out, Willie once played for the Columbus Jets, who were a Pirates farm team back in the day. There you go, you learned something today.