The Chef and I enjoyed an evening watching the Dayton Dragons as they defeated the West Michigan Whitecaps 3-2 thanks to a 3-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning off the sizzling bat of Blake Dunn. It's been a while since we've seen a game at Day Air Ballpark and a couple of changes were much appreciated. First, the 25' (that's a guess) high netting around the stands now wraps all the way around the field preventing 100+ mile-per-hour line drives from spoiling your evening. The chances to grab a foul ball are fewer, but that's a good safety tradeoff. Second, the addition of a pitch clock really sped up the game, with our game clocking in at 2 hours and 19 minutes. That's much nicer than the games that would drag out to 3 hours or more.
The funniest (or just perhaps the stupidest) comment I overheard from a nearby fan was "Why do they call them the Whitecaps?" Well, let's see. The name West Michigan places it near Lake Michigan where they are lots of big waves. Need I say more?
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