Colorado Springs Sky Sox vs. Round Rock Express - July 27, 2005

We met up with Phil of the OBFLB's Live Oaks for a game at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas. Round Rock is now the AAA affliate of the Houston Astros and play in the Pacific Coast League. Colorado Springs is the AAA affiliate for the Rockies.

View from the seats in the first inning. [2048x1536]

Express starter Brian Tollberg. [2048x1536]

They sell "steak on a stick". Very good. [2048x1536]

Stretch time. [2048x1536]

Late in the game, the rains came. [2048x1536]

They played through it for a while. [2048x1536]

Then it REALLY came down. [2048x1536]

The grounds crew just took off their shoes and gave into the wetness. [2048x1536]

They had some fun kicking water at each other, too. [2048x1536]

Not exactly good drainage, it seems. [2048x1536]

Sky Sox players walk across the flood to their clubhouse. [2048x1536]

These guys ran out and slid in the water, then skipped out before security came. [2048x1536]

After about a half hour, the game was officially called, 3 outs short of a full 9. [2048x1536]

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