Baseball Summer

So, we found out relatively late in the planning game that the lovely wife would not only have the 4th off, but also the 5th as well. We decided to get out of the valley for a little family trip. We headed to Aberdeen to catch a 4th of July baseball game between the Ironbirds and the Brooklyn Cyclones. The home team won and one of their players (a 19 yr old 1B named Hector Veloz) put on a power show with 2 HR and 4 RBI. We stayed the whole game and caught a fireworks display at the end of the night. The next day we made it to Baltimore and visited the national aquarium there. Had a great time, but we were not the only ones with the idea of visiting there for the holiday weekend. It was packed! Visited family in Harrisburg on the way back and we are now recuperating with a lazy lazy family day at home. I have now visited four ballparks this summer (our hometown Rail Riders, the Phillies, the Phillies' AAA team in Lehigh Valley, and now Cal Ripken Stadium) and we are visiting another one next week as we head to Pittsburgh. Add in a visit to Holman Stadium while I am in FLA and it's looking like a great baseball summer for me. There's still an outside chance of a Binghamton game as well as I'd love to see Noah Syndergaard before he heads to Vegas.