When it was first breathlessly reported that our daughter Marcy was going to throw out the first pitch at a Minnesota Twins Baseball game, we were a bit skeptical. Marcy is not what you would call a serious baseball fan, nor is she the president of some fabulous organization, or a wounded vet.
But sure enough, she had won the right, through some kind of contest or lottery at work, to be a part of the pre-game festivities at last night's game against Detroit.
It was enough to get us to watch the pre-game show and hope to get a glimpse of our star in the background. Alas, no such luck, only a report from her this morning of what actually happened -- along with this photo.
Marcy did get into the bowels of the Target Field grandstand, then out onto the actual field, near what she referred to as a "bunker." Then she stood behind home plate, along with two others, while the General Manager of the Lakewinds Food Co-op, her employer, threw a baseball to the Twins' mascot. Marcy's full name reverberated over the massive public address system.
While that may seem like just a lot of hoopla and promotional hooey, we're envious nonetheless. We've taken the tour, but we've never been out on the field. And we've never been mentioned over anybody's baseball public address system. Yet.
Oh yes, for actual baseball fans, this bit of news: The Twins lost the ballgame, 4-2.
