It was yet again a very rainy day for a Blue Rocks game. It had been raining all day and as we drove to the game I knew it was going to be a very wet game. I arrived at the stadium at 6:45 , ten minutes after game time. The reason being is we didnt get out of the house till 6:15 and then we had to stop for gas. However after many red lights and frustrating delays we made it to the stadium. The Blue Rocks happened to be playing the Potomac Nationals. The Single A affiliate for the Washington Nationals , which is my least favorite team in all of baseball. Once I got in to the stadium I directly headed over to the Third Base Side, where usually there are no fans. I took this picture to show how crowded it was.

Look at all the the empty aisles to my right and believe me it was the same to my left. Soon my first opportunity game to catch a ball. With two out is the bottom of the third a left handed batter hit a high pop-up which drifted all the way to where they store the tarp for the infield. The shortstop and the left fielder came sprinting in fortunately they were not quick enough. It hit a seat right in the box level seats and then bounced onto the cement steps and about 10 feet to my left. However before I could grab it a Dad with his older son scooped it up. I was pretty upset because if I had not lost it in the lights I would of probably of caught it. After that missed opportunity I moved from the third base side to snag a third out ball from both teams. However no such luck because both teams didn’t throw a single third out ball the whole time I was there. After walking around the stadium for a bit I stopped to take some pictures of the stadium and the field on the third base side.

As you can seen the sky started to get really dark around the 5th inning and soon it started to rain. However it ended up a positive for me because many people left there seats to stay dry under the concourse. I headed back over to the third base side because I knew the next three Nationals were all lefthanded and I knew I had a good chance of snagging a ball. Soon enough a batter hit a scorching foul ball right into the party deck which was empty due to the fact of the rain. However I knew I couldn’t get the ball because you have to have a special pass to get onto the party deck. I took this picture of the party deck knowing the ball was on the last level until the field.

Soon however and usher seeing me and another guy looking into party deck walked over and said, “One of you can go get it”. That was all I needed to hear and I raced down the steps. Within one minute I found the ball lying under the table on the third level. However I was not done yet. Knowing that the Blue Rocks rarely let you go in party deck without a ticket I decided to look around the other table on the deck just in case someone had hit a foul ball in bp that was never picked up. I had checked the whole deck but as I walked back up to the top level to move to the concourse I saw a white ball lying under the table. Not believing my luck I picked up the ball and discovered it was a batting practice ball but still very cool. Satisfied with my total of 2 I sat and watched the rest of the 6th inning. After the end of the 6th my little brother ,who had brought my Mom and I to the game with the tickets he won from his school, began to complain of being tired so I packed up my stuff and left with my mom in between the 6th and 7th innings. Overall it was a pretty good game. The only thing that would of made it better is if it didn’t rain, we weren’t so late, and if we didn’t have to leave so early. Here are my stats for the year and my Minor League Ballhawking career.

Stats:

2013 Balls: 5 Balls

2013 Games: 2 Games

Total Balls: 23 Balls

Total Games: 9

Career Average: 2.6 Balls Per Game

Here are the two balls I got this game

Look at the awesome smudges on the foul ball hit.

Here is the bat smudge.

Here is where I numbered the BP ball.

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