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: