6/1/13 at FirstEnergy Park

June 2, 2013

For the first time of the season, I headed to FirstEnergy Park to watch the Lakewood Blueclaws take on the visiting West Virginia Power.

As normal, the left field gate was open hours before first pitch so I walked into the stadium.

The Power were throwing down the left field line.

Orlando Castro flipped me up my first South Atlantic League baseball of 2013.

After that, I headed out to the left field berm ready for the start of BP.

And minutes later, Delvi Francisco gave me my second ball of the game.

And I got a homerun in left center.

And then, I got two foul balls in the left field play area.

After that, I got 12 more baseballs, making it 17 for the day. I’m not going to bore you with all of those pictures so here is a screenshot that shows how I got all of the balls and two collages consisting of pictures of the last 12 balls I got.

For dinner, I had a quesadilla from Surf Taco in right field.

I went down the right field line hoping to get a baseball from the Blueclaws warming up.

While I didn’t get any other baseballs, Jordan Guth and Jeb Stefan signed autographs for me.

The Blueclaws hold a Pork Roll, Egg and Cheese race every night.

This was my view for the first 5 innings or so.

Then, I moved over here.

Finally, I settled over here.

The Power won the game, 8-1.

BALLHAWKING STATS

59  Baseballs caught in 2013 (231 overall)

17 at this game

8 Games

7.38 Balls Per Game Average

AUTOGRAPHS

Two today- Jeb Stefan, Jordan Guth

9 this season- Brett Krill, JR Murphy, Rob Segedin, Jesus Tiamo, Blaine Beatty, Kyle Hudson, Chris Petrini, Jeb Stefan, Jordan Guth.

Written by phiballhawk Posted in Uncategorized