THE RAPTORS AT LINQUEST PARK
The game begins on a warm summer night. You get a mustard dog and popcorn too. You find your seat,
And sit with a clenched thumb down
Booing and hopeing the Owls would be put out, The Owls score three
runs in the first,
You try not to pout. The
innings go on, the day goes by
The Owls are still 3 the Raptors 0 The bases are
loaded the bottom of the ninth Two outs, it’s
now full count.
The Dina sore Raptors facing extinction
By the night Owls
We’ve lost a few, will we repeat? The pitcher
steps forth with a steady stride, He spits on the ball,
his glove, and the ground.
Then winds up and lets the ball go All’s
quiet at Lindquist Field Then
you hear a loud sound Like
the roar of a bear
Your eyes follow the ball as
It goes over the fence plunging into the night Grand slam! It’s a bright
moment for you,
Filling your emotions with internal life.
The bating boys in blue have won The Pioneer
League Championship
On a warm summer night Thumbs up for the Raptors!
Author Natalie Wallace
There’s no gentle way to describe this one.
With the Raptors now in the playoffs Josh Hamilton, a Raptor outfielder,
snagged a fly ball and tossed it to the fans. Shannon Stone reached over a
railing to grab it, flipped out of the stands and fell 20 feet. He was 39, a
firefighter, voted Fire Officer of the Year in his department in 2002. At the
memorial service, the pastor said how close he was with Stone, and said Shanon
was the only dad standing and crying with all the mothers as they dropped their
kids off at kindergarten for the first time. He loved taking his son to games,
just as his father took him, when he was a boy. Shannon’s parents, Al and Suzann tell the
story of a game when Shannon was 12 or 13
To be continued…
A day at the ball
park 1971
DR. KARL WALLACE D.D.S.
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