Tonight is Elvis Night at "The Cell". We don't normally go on a weknight, but it's Elvis Night at "The Cell"! What an absolute gorgeous night for baseball. There were the usual inpersonators outside everywhere on stages singing to the crowd.
The E Team jumped-in the American Flag during the National Anthem (performed by impersonator Ryan Pelton, dressed as Army-era Elvis). (Hey! I have a Windows Media Video of this for you here - 2.4Mb). After the game we had the Steppin' Out Dads and Shawn Klush with a mini-concert. The E Team did a night jump (complete with light-up jump suits), and then fireworks. Odd, crazy, fun night.
So, i guess this has become a little "ritual" with us. Carol hates Elvis, but we keep going. We had to go this year beacuse we were hoping to reclaim our same fortunes of last year, when we won the Sox Split Charity Raffle for $3,585. This year the pot was up to $5,496. (Attendance was 36, 311 this year compared to 27,988 last year.) Alas, we didn't win. Not even close. I blame it on Peggy, who was supposed to be at the game but I was unable to find her. Carol & I felt that she and Rob were our "Good Luck Charms" and we looked everywhere for them. (I suppose it would have helped if I knew what section, row and seat they were in.) I did however, run into my cousin Jane and her husband Richard, but (no offense) they weren't our Good Luck charms.
*sigh*
The ballgame itself wasn't that great. It was a battle of the "newbies" - Neal Cotts (0-0, 6.75 ERA, 8 IP, 2 G, 8 BB, 7 SO 7 H 6 ER) against Juan Dominguez (0-1 8.31 ERA 8.2 IP, 2 G, 2 BB, 9 SO 11 H 8 ER). BORING. White Sox get 7 runs on 5 hits. Ouch. Dominguez pitches a 5 2/3 inning 3-hitter on 87 pitches, with 5 runs (4 earned), 6 walks and 2 homeruns (Jose Valentin in the 2nd with 2 on & no outs and Frank Thomas in the 3rd inning with nobody on and 1 out). Sox still had two more homers (another by Valentin in the 8th off Joaquin Benoit, a solo with 2 out and Carl Everett also a solo off Benoit with one out). We got our first look at a new reliver that we just got in a Reds fire sale: Scott Sullivan. I didn't know he was a sidearm guy. He looked a little nervous at first but struck out A Rod and Palmiero (both swinging. Sweet.)
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2006- One Month Follow-Up
2004- White Sox 5 - Red Sox 6
2002- Big Brother 3 - Day 48
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