Wednesday July 6th
Beer on the beach, oolright.
"I'm so lonesome I could cry"
On the road again... to daytona.
Most of the radio commercials we hear in south Florida imply there is something wrong with peoples penises or vaginas.
Aw, scratch daytona. Headed to brevard county instead.
Fuck yea, cheap hotel. Fuck you shuttle for making all beach motels not honor coupons. — at Budget Inn.
Swimming in the ocean brings out the kid in me
Game 7: Clearwater threshers @ brevard county manatees
Brevard county has mint soft serve in their helmut cups. I am impressed. Also I am sitting right behind home plate.
If I hear one more vuvuzela at a minor league baseball game...
Thresher beer batter struck out, so 2 dollar beers for rest of inning. A quarter of the adults left the stands. (Double fisting, myself.)
Brian Gump, an outfielder for the threshers, smiled and gave me a thumbs up when I yelled at him that I read his blog.
Say what you want, but I believe the chicken dance is a truly hopeful expression of the triumph of humanity.
For some reason, frank wont take me up on a $5 bet on whether he can hit the Manatee thirdbaseman with a tennis ball.
Final: Threshers 11, Manatees 4. Impressive stuff from future phillies of jonathan singleton and rhp jarred cossart
Thursday July 7th
This is usually about the time loneliness and homesickness set in.
On the road to savannah, with a stop in st. Augustine. Boiled peanuts are the shit.
Everyone went to the old Spanish fort. I went to pat Croce's pirate museum and pirate bar.
Okay now I am drunk on st augustines wine tasting and bout a pirate pistol and a rum cigar. Thank god for autocorrect spelling!
Game 8: Greensboro grasshoppers vs savannah sand gnats. Gates don't open till 6 but we can tailgate in the parking lot, so problem solved!
50 cent natty ices till 7. Minor league baseball rules
When Sam gets drunk in public he cusses in front of kids. SEE IM NOT THE ONLY ONE
Drunken rendition of "this land is your land" after the national anthem by the 3 of us
Frank cheated on the eating contest
"You won, even if the umping sucked." Said james
Grasshoppers 5, Sand Gnats 4. "We're nuts for gnats!" My tummy hurts.
Friday July 8th
I dig motels that use phonebooks to hold their beds stable.
Johnny boy by johnny cash at the wafflehouse in south caroline near Charleston.
Going to fort Sumter in Charleston. Southern efficiency in action: the ferry ticket seller seems to be on permanent break.
Thanks fort Sumter park ranger! she inspired me to want to be a history nerd park ranger.
Game 9: Delmarva Shorebirds @ Charleston Riverdogs
The riverdogs have someone on the iron doing the Charleston after they score. Very clever!
"They have two dog mascots, a lady dog and a boy dog. The lady dog has a skirt, and the boy dog has no pants. Because that's how men and women dress." -frank
"Are you facebooking what I said? Because you seem to facebook everything I say." -frank
"Just the funny stuff." -james
I am really impressed with the baseball knowledge of the Charleston crowd, in that they know that it is considered good etiquette to boo a 12 year old who can't catch tennis balls thrown into the air.
Final: Shorebirds 6, Riverdogs 5
4th fireworks display of the trip. Woohoo!
Saturday July 9th
On the long rocky road to Richmond, virginny
Classic rock stations get me through these long stretches of highway
We got postcards! Cool beans!!
Surprise double header: Game 10 Harrisburg Senators vs Richmond Flying Squirrels
This is probably the biggest minor league stadium I've ever seen.
Just us nerds going to a doubleheader minor league baseball on a Saturday night.
"Whos nuts? Dese nuts!" -franks unintentionally perverted attempt to support Richmond flying squirrels
They had a sheep dog in between innings herding sheep. Reminds me of my formative years. Also, they had drag queens smoothing out the infield dirt
Flying Squirrels 3, Senators 1. sheep dog show between games. Apparently real monkeys are riding on top of the dogs (I thought they were fake)
Game 11: 2nd game of Richmond Flying Squirrels vs Harrisburg Senators.
July 10th
Senators 6, Flying Squirrels 4. On the road back to phillydelphia!! Stinky and unshaven wretches returning north
After 3264 miles on the road, we return to Philadelphia.
Game 12 and end of the line: Atlanta Braves @ Philadelphia Phillies
The drunk girl sitting ahead of us keeps insisting we be in her photos and we take pictures of her. I asked her to share whatever she was drinking. She looked at me with a glazed look.
YES phillies fans doing the tomahawk chop sarcastically in mass.
Than Nah Nah Nah. Hey, hey. Goodbye. (Braves)
"Drive home safely!" -phillies fans to the lone brave fan left
Final of 12th game in 10 days: Phillies 14, Braves 1
Upon hearing my joke yesterday about pushing the Flying Squirrel's mascot over the guardrail to see if he could really fly, both Sam and Frank responded, "Too soon.,"
