Every year, Carol's company has an outing to see a Schaumburg Flyers baseball game. Today, it was another one of those days that we've been having - 90's, high humidity. Not conducive to watching a baseball game (an Independence League baseball game at that). Just as Carol was stepping out of the shower to get dressed tonight (she's still on "vacation") a thunderstorm moved through and the heavens opened-up. It was obvious it was one of those localized storms, or it could have been a remnant of a front that - what seems to be a daily occurrence - pushes through the region but as soon as it hits the Chicago area, it just breaks apart - never producing any lasting rain. I wanted to meet some of her new coworkers, so, admittedly, I coerced Carol into going tonight.

By the time we left the house, the rain had stopped. We got a beach towel for being one of the first 2,000 guests to the park tonight. It came in quote handy during the evening. The annual outing always starts in the picnic area beyond left field, where large dining tents are setup, and tables of hot dogs, hamburgers and pulled-pork await. (the dog was OK, the burger was dry, and the pulled pork was great - if you ate it without a bun, otherwise it was a bit dry... maybe the buns were just sucking the life out of the meats...).

The skies opened-up again while we were dining, complete with wind, so everyone huddled in the center tables in the tents to keep away from the rain.

The rain stopped right before game time, so we went to our seats. The stadium is small, but clean and very well kept.

The game was a blur. I hadn't heard of anybody on these teams and the level of play was pretty poor. I was pretty damn uncomfortable in the seats (there slightly smaller than what I'm used to at Comiskey) and I just needed to get up and walk around - frequently. My legs were twitching - and now something new is manifesting itself - one of my legs starts to go a little numb if I can't get in a comfortable position.

Well, that's it. I couldn't take it any more. We left in the 6th - I couldn't tell you how the game ended. Sort of don't care either. Nice park, great seat location, bad seat construction and just an uncomfortable evening. carol didn't want to go in the first place, so there was no need to talk her into leaving - she almost lept out of her seat to leave.