Not so much because Kole is a big baseball fan, or because dad wants him to be, but because the park is very kid-friendly with a big playground area. Plus, the seating really only extends from just beyond first base to just beyond third base. Along the left and right field lines, the seating is really a grassy berm. So we got seats close to the grassy area and let Kole do his thing - running up and down the hill, rolling around. Basically he was doing whatever he saw a big kid do first. If kids were running to the top of the hill then rolling downwards like a barrell, Kole would do his best at the same. But, his rolling down the hill consisted of stopping, laying down, putting his feet up in the air until gravity gave him a good flop over to his belly side, then he'd jump up smiling ear to ear and run the rest of the way down. Kathy got a funnel cake and nachos - just to make sure the little baby was taken care of and didn't go hungry. It was actually a pretty good time.
Baseball wise, the game was largely ignored. The only name I recalled was Thomas Incaviglia, son of former Rangers great Pete Incaviglia. Trailing 3-1 in the 3rd inning, the AirHogs' Greg Porter hit a massive 3-run homerun, clearing the center-field batter's eye. Two batters later Michael Holliman golfed a 2-run homerun just inside the right field foul pole, knocking Captains starter Cody Kelley from the game and putting the AirHogs up 6-3. And that was all we needed to see. It was 8:30 at that point, meaning it took an hour and a half to play three innings, and meant it was Kole's bedtime. Good thing we left, because as it turned out the game didn't end until after 10:30. It wasn't exactly a pitcher's dual, and the Captains eventually won with a 9th-inning homerun, 12-10.
Four weeks until the baby is due ... we needed to get out, and to do something where Kole got to run around and have a great time was a bonus. Good night out at the ballpark!
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