Tri-City ValleyCats vs. Aberdeen Ironbirds, Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen, Maryland - July 31, 2007
The New York-Penn League game in Aberdeen, for my 27th minor league park.
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View from our seats before the game.
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With Cal Ripken as the owner, there are a lot of Ripken-related themes.
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Kevin Carkeek of the ValleyCats.
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Carkeek and Anthony Bello, the ValleyCats starter.
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Lineup exchange, with one of the mascots, Ripcord, in the background.
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National anthem.
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Aberdeen's Jedidiah Stephen.
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Tyler Henson and Franklin Gonzalez.
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Joe Nowicki.
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Matt Angle.
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Starting pitcher Zach Jevne.
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Matthew Cusick leads off.
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An extra mascot named Blooper visited the stadium.
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Blooper gets slammed by a fake ValleyCats player.
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Angle.
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Cats starter Anthony Bello.
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Henson.
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Wally Crancer.
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Anthony Martinez.
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Joe Mahoney.
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Blooper and Sponge Bob.
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Stephen.
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Nowicki.
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Gonzalez.
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Jordan Wolf.
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Ripcord.
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Tons of kids in a base race.
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The kids with Ripcord and the other mascot, Ferrous.
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Nowicki home run to make it 2-0 Aberdeen.
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But Bello has been very good - he struck out 9 in his 5 innings.
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Brushing the bases.
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Victor Garate on in relief for Tri-City.
Members of the church group in front of us, who where the targets of
the people behind us. The hat was the main target.
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More of the church group.
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Kyle Touchatt on in relief.
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With Aberdeen up by 1 in the 9th, the ValleyCats got a runner on 3rd
with one out.
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But they couldn't bring him home. 2-1 final.
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