Basebrawlin'

On Tuesday of this week we had our biggest yet trip to Yankee Stadium by Shore Fire Staff and friends. Seen here, from right to left, are Chris Thieke, Laura Watson from CBS, Brian Bingham from CBS, me, and Diana D'Angelo. Not pictured is camerman Brendan Gilmartin, who also used his connections to get us into the posh Mohegan Sun sports bar in center field during the 8th inning.

Sadly, it was a snoozer of a game. The Yankees got pummeled by the Blue Jays, until the 7th inning, when both teams just started pummeling each other. Literally. with their fists. I've never before been at a game when a genuine benches-and-bullpens clearning brawl happened; it was quite entertaining. The only problem was that being in the stands, we got no replay and no commentary so it took us quite a while until we finally learned what had happened. All we got in the stands was this incongruous cartoon of some happy dancing flowers in a garden that stayed on the jumbotron for the entire brawl, because Brett Gardner (get it?!) had gotten the base hit that set off the whole fracas.

Anyway, it was a great night.

And while we're talking baseball, i have to share this insanely cute clip from a Phillies game that is guaranteed to put a smile on your face.