True. I would much rather go see the Lowell Spinners (MA) than the Boston Red Sox in Fenway. I spend about 1/10th the money and see a game that really matters to the people playing it, because this is their last chance to get to the big leagues. You also get that crazy in between innings stuff with the pickup trucks and the people dressed like chickens running around. One of the best in between innings shows I saw was “Buzz The Winter Dog”, a border collie who would run through giant hula hoops that were lit on fire and then would run around the ballpark, catching frisbees from a trainer in a golf cart and then hurling them into the crowd with its teeth by snapping its head around. Crazy stuff. That dog should have been on Letterman. Never did figure out why they called it “Buzz The Winter Dog”.
I envy you......We have a couple minor league teams here in Michigan but the closest is well over a hundred miles away.
As a side note, I'm a senior now and play softball 4 mornings a week.......At a local softball complex they just held a "Majors" tournament this weekend with a homerun derby Friday night.......
I dropped by yesterday to watch a couple games (free of course) and had the pleasure of watching the best softball team in the country, if not the world, play. A team out of Florida called "Resmondo"......
Great entertainment and great softball. My only complaint is that the fences should be at least 400 ft instead of the standard 300 ft. which would even out the competition...if only a little bit.