Last weekend while we were visiting my daughter and her family in Leesburg we went to a Little League baseball game.  Jordan, my grandson, plays on the Boston Red Sox which makes me very happy because I grew up in Westboro, Massachusetts following the exploits of Carl Yastrzemski  “Yaz” , George Scott, Carlton Fisk “Pudge” and the rest of the gang.

We don’t have enough time or space here to get into that but let’s just say I  had a little “eye condition” when I saw Jordan out there in his Red Sox uniform.

But then I saw the vultures.  Because, apparently, Leesburg, Virginia (in Loudoun County one of the richest counties in the US)  has a problem with vultures.

There were plenty of them at the game on Saturday.  I thought they were hawks but one of the parents on the bleachers (you can find out a lot of good stuff on those bleachers!) helped us out with the bird ids.

I was hoping one of them would swoop down at an opportune moment and carry the opposing pitcher over the center field fence but we did not get a break in that department.

Besides, someone on the other team might say “Well, what if a bird jerked your grandson up into the sky!  How would you feel about that!?

Well.  You have a point.  I guess it would depend on whether I got a really good shot of it without any blurring or people in the background acting crazy or throwing up.

I like my backgrounds to be fairly clean and well balanced.

Anyway, we had a nice time at the game.  Jordan and his Boston Red Sox were behind ten to nothing but came back and tied the game 11-11 before it was over.   The best thing to do when you get behind in a game like this is to tell your players to steal every base (including home plate).   Nobody really needs to hit the ball.  Just steal the base and the game while the other team’s catcher is busy throwing the ball into the outfield.

And possibly over the fence if he has a really good arm.

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The Fisk Foul Pole

On June 13, 2005, the Red Sox honored Carlton Fisk and the 12th-inning home run that won on October 20, 1975 in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series by naming the left field foul pole where it landed the Fisk Foul Pole. In a pregame ceremony from the Monster Seats, Fisk was cheered by the Fenway Park crowd while the shot was replayed to the strains of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus.