In days past, our society was much more closely knit with band concerts, ice cream socials, church card parties, and VFW chicken dinners. I have news for those of you that think they have disappeared. those activites are still available, especially in the smaller towns in America. I have always thought that if you want to introduce someone from another country to what Wisconsin is all about, take them to a Jack Harmon chicken dinner!
Better yet, take them out to Carson Park, a sacred piece of baseball history, for a baseball game on the very ground that such greats as Hank Aaron and Bob Uecker took their cuts.
Although I had no visitors from a foreign land, that is exactly what I did yesterday, Memorial Day, 2007. The day dawned grey and cool, but by first pitch at the Cavaliers vs the St Paul Merchants game, it was truly a beautiful day for baseball. And the first game of the double header was a really good game. the Cavs pulled it out 2-1.
There is more than just baseball going on. It is a time to renew friendships and catch up on people's lives over a bratwurst and a cold 20 ounce Leinenkugel's Honey Weiss.
Glancing down the third base line to the bleachers, I spotted two familiar faces and an exmple of friendships in need of renewal and lives that needed catching up with, Wil Denson and his wife, Judy Sims. They had chosen to climb high up into the bleachers and sun themselves in the late May sun, so I did the same, bum knee and all.
Only trouble with catching up with friends during the game is there is no instant replay. If someting big happens on the field, you've missed it!
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