Tonight I had the pleasure of attending my first pro baseball game, courtesy of two good friends of ours. This picture is the view that greeted me immediately at the entrance. For all the eye-rolling I’ve done at baseball through the years, the simple essence of Americana that is this view but a boyish smile on my face. There’s just something entirely right about this scene, and all that it represents.
Odd that I’ve never been to a Dragons game before, since they’re one of the better things going on in Dayton, but it just had never happened before. I don’t know what I was waiting on. Despite the fact that I’m simply not a baseball fan, I had a lot of fun! Turns out there’s a lot more to see than what the soda-straw perspective of the TV camera gives you, and the food, the crowd and the beer don’t hurt. In all, a very enjoyable evening, and one I can see myself replicating many times this summer.