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July 20, 2005
Lowell Spinners
Another New England minor league ballpark checked off this summer. Up to Lowell (New York-Penn League, A) tonight with Dan and Henrik, a Hungarian friend. I always enjoy trying to explain baseball to foreigners! It was a great game for it, actually, with lot of errors and should-have-been errors, and so forth. It's a nice park, right near downtown and the river and in the shadow of some of Lowell's ancienttextile mills. Best name: Yahmed Yema. Top prospect: Jacoby Ellsbury. The one everyone was there to see: Gabe Kapler, back from Japan (Yomiuri Giants) and DH-ing tonight. Final score: 7-1 over Batavia. Dan told me about the Jack Kerouac bobble-head promotion there a two years ago. Sorry I missed that!
Here's Gabe striking out, but (added 7/30) he made it back to Fenway on Saturday:
Posted by John at July 20, 2005 11:34 PM
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Thanks for the most excellent baseball insights I received from you during this game! It was a great experience and that means I count as one more almost-fan in Europe :) It's a shame it is still most probably a small minority ;)
Posted by: Henrik at July 21, 2005 09:32 PM
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