Local Sports: The Reading Phillies

One of the perks of living in a more populated area is the presence of minor league sports teams. Last summer we intended to go to a Reading Phillies (or R-Phils, the minor-league affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies) game but by the time we were able to focus on anything other than getting the house ready to live in it was too hot for us to want to spend an evening outside in the sun. This year, when Billie was able to get free tickets to a game on June 8th we took advantage of the opportunity. Below are some pictures, many of which center on the stranger things we saw. Of course, since neither of us watch baseball, these things could be commonplace.

This was the view from our seats. Believe it or not, I took this picture so that is not the back of my head.

Maybe we would have been more willing to go to a game in last year's July heat if we had known that some of the seats have access to a pool where you can watch the game.

This man ran around in this ostrich rider costume and threw hot dogs to people. That's logical.

Here is another view of the ostrich-riding hot dog vendor on the score board
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Later in the game, the tooth fairy and her young assistant came out to clean the bases with their giant toothbrushes. I guess you can't blame somebody for picking up an extra job these days.

This train shot t-shirts out of a cannon. Thankfully, it was not restricted to train tracks. Otherwise its cannon would not be of much use in a war.

No game is complete without a fight! We have no idea what caused it.

After an early lead, Reading lost, 7-6. Maybe it was because they were intimidated by the fight. Maybe it was because they were not the better team. Maybe it was because their uniforms are ugly. Whatever the case, we had a good time other than the fly ball that came our way and is best forgotten.