The Harriman All-Stars had their first baseball game tonight, against Rockwood. Harriman, with my nephew Nicholas taking the mound as pitcher, played a pretty good game, jumping out 5-0 in the top of the first inning. But a few bad at-bats and some bad defensive plays throughout the game cost them as Rockwood managed to come back and win 8-6.
The game wasn't without a few funny moments, though. Mostly had stuff to do with the PA system:
- the Harriman coach walking to homeplate before the game while
Are You Ready For This? played. It started playing just as he stepped out of the dugout.
- a Tarzan yell when someone hit a foul ball that landed in the stands
- a Pac-Man death sound when someone hit a foul ball that landed on the roof of the pressbox. I almost dropped my nachos at that one.
- the guy on the loudspeaker occasionally getting player names and numbers wrong.
- a sign in the outfield that said "Hit it here and win a free haircut".
- the game had to be stopped in the bottom of the first inning because a kid wasn't wearing a cup. This ended when a cup was found and coaches from both sides went to the pitcher's mound to hand it off.
- an announcement for someone to move their vehicle because someone was blocked in. That vehicle was my dad's truck.
Harriman has another game tomorrow to face one of two teams that wins the morning game. I'm hoping we face the team we saw play before our game. That game only went one inning and they lost 32-0.