2011 Great Midwest Baseball Tour..Day 1!

Well Sam and I are at it again, doing a tour of baseball teams. This will be our third go-around, and Sam wanted to keep it close to home, so we are (high gas prices didn't help either!). Tonight we officially "started" our tour in Gary at the US Steel Yard. The South Shore Railcats play there, and it seemed to be a very fitting start. It was quite hot when we got there, and stayed muggy most of the game.

As for the game, Sam did his usual bolt for the lawn area to play with other kids, while I sat back chatted with some good friends. First was Lauren who complained right away it was too hot, then Rob, who used to date my sister, and who was there with his two kids. He always sits by the opposing team's pitchers bench to chat with the players. Apparently he's made some good friends with the Fargo team that was there. We had a good time catching up.

The game went into extras with Gary winning 7-6 on a walk-off double. Great way to start our trip! Tomorrow we hit the road for South Bend for the rest of our journey :)