OK, I just love the Reading ballpark. I went last night to see Kyle Drabek pitch and stayed to enjoy the ambience. It was Bark in the Park night and a contingent of dogs added to the fun. There were also lots of kids, who kept up steady chants of 'Let's Go, Phillies!" There was a Senior Babe Ruth player next to me, all in Phillies' garb, with his girlfriend. In front of us, a grandfather, very cute adopted grandson, and a dad, who made us all laugh. A local couple did a smashing job with the national anthem before the game. They ended up with their son in the front row of my section and people passing by throughout the game kept congratulating them.
As for the game, the Trenton Thunder had absolutely loaded the line-up with lefties and switch-hitters against the righty Drabek, who once again struggled against them. But in the end he hung in for five innings, long enough to earn the win. In just his second game at double-A, not bad at all. The learning curve is his for the making.
By the time I left Reading, the Phillies game was ending in Flushing. What a waste of offense! Four homers off of Santana but a 6-5 loss. Clay Condrey took the loss.
