Last night, Best Friend and I went to see the Lake County Captains. They kinda suck this year, in fact, losing yesterday, 12-0, to the dreaded Dayton Dragons.

It was my first time at a Captains game. Well, the first game I actually watched. An ill-fated attempt several years ago ended with me not gaining attendance to a sellout.

But the Captains certainly do a good job with gameday presentation. Since it's Class A ball, you get a lot of stuff, you know, "for the kids". Run with Skipper through the outfield, race Skipper from second base, throw the ball into the cup on the other kid's head, an inflatable horse race. a Beer Batter (if he whiffs, discount beer!) and, of course, a fish race won by Wally Walleye. And fireworks, which we could see as we were driving away on 91.

Two things stood out, I got to high-five Skipper and they have really good gyros. The concessions seemed to run about two bucks less than Progressive Field. Parking is $5.

I gotta say, it was actually a lot of fun. And with the specials they run throughout the week, it's a top-notch value for the entertainment dollar.

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Speaking of baseball, why is MLB attendance flat? I think it's the time commitment. Even the Captains game was three hours long, but with not-so-good pitching, I guess that can be expected. But the majors are beyond help.

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The Community Shield was supposed to not mean anything, as it was the annual game for charity to kick off the EPL season. But with the two combatants being Manchester United (last year's League champ) and Manchester City (last year's FA Cup winner), we got something else.

A damn fine match.

Nani



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