The Somerset Patriots lost last night’s game with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs by a score of 5-3, but the loss did not taint the enjoyment of the game one bit. No matter what anyone else may claim, I think that baseball, not football, basketball or any other sport is America’s favorite live spectator sport.
The national professional sport teams have made it so expensive to get beyond the gate and are located so far from home, that it’s hard to compare the entertainment they provide to the homespun enjoyment of watching baseball in person at a nearby sports facility such as the one at TD Bank Ballpark on our own turf in Bridgewater, where the Somerset Patriots play.
If you’ve watched the Patriots in action, you could not help but to see all of the families there with their kids thoroughly having a good time and being entertained not only by the game itself, but by all of the other fun-filled sidebar events put on for the fans, mainly children, by the special events staff.
The bonus at last night’s game is that the weather was absolutely ideal – made in Heaven. The fans seem to have responded accordingly, as attendance set a season high of 8,065.
And the best part of all was enjoying it in with my son Dave, granddaughter Monique, and my lifelong confidant, Priscille.
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