Clippers Game

Wednesday night we took the kids to see a Columbus Clippers game. Although they've seen the Dayton Dragons a few times, this was their first experience with minor league baseball in Columbus, mainly because the stadium used to be in a crummy part of town. But now they have a new ballpark, so we decided it was time to go.

We had a pretty good time, with a few minor glitches. Like a crying fit about Sam wanting cotton candy the entire walk to the car, even though he had chosen a snack - soft pretzel - earlier in the game. And then their was the caught ball mess. Long story short - between innings the ball boys would throw a few balls into the crowd. We never caught any, but shortly after this an older man a few rows in front of us handed a ball to Maria. She thanked him - we really thought he had caught it and then gave it to the nearest kid. But later in the game the people behind us were looking for a ball that had rolled out of their kid's purse. I told them that an older gentleman had caught that ball and gave it to Maria. But upon further thought later, I wondered if maybe the ball had rolled out of her purse, fallen down a few rows, and the older gentleman thought that we had dropped it. But we didn't know, and so I didn't investigate any more about it. So the ball makes us feel a little guilty now, but the kids share it.

And the Clippers won - which apparently does not happen that often.