Reading held its annual morning game, the one that takes place at 9:35, which is definitely not prime time for baseball players. I got tickets for the game because all fans were allowed to walk around the warning track before the start. Best laid plans and all that. I ran late this morning, ran into construction along the way, then spent about 10 minutes circling fruitlessly for a parking spot, finally ending up in the back of a mall parking lot that was a hike from the ballpark. No walk around the warning track.I didn't even get to my seat until the bottom of the second inning. By then the Flying Squirrels had already homered (lead-off guy). The R-Phils tied it briefly but the Squirrels quickly made it 5-1 against a lusterless Josh Fogg. For the R-Phils it was a lot of atem balls and grounding into double plays. I left in the seventh to hike back to the car. It was by then a muggy, muggy morning. The Flying Squirrels salvaged game four of the series, winning 7-2.
What I heard on the broadcast (yawn) driving home: Quintin Berry was named Eastern League Player of the Week and Cody Overbeck was promoted from Clearwater to Reading. He debuted at third in the eighth.
It's a pity that Freddy Galvis just does not hit. He is a real treat at shortstop.
