Jack-Jack Attack

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On July 3d, Jack took in his first baseball game! It was off to Blair Field here in Long Beach to see the Long Beach Armada take on the Surprise Fightin' Falcons. Both are part of the independent Golden Baseball League. One of the greatest things to see in the last 10 years is this proliferation of independent baseball leagues. Some day we might get back to the days when every town, big or small, had their own team of journeyman players barnstorming around the region. Rickey Henderson plays on one of these GBL teams! Anyway, as you can see Jack was all suited up for a ball game and ready for action as usual! It was great fun, real cheap and a real close game with some very good pitching. The team announcer pronounces the team's name "Arrrrrrrr-mada," like a pirate, and there is a kind of cheesy but delightful pirate ship in the outfield that fires off cannons when there is a home run, to the accompaniment of the theme from "Pirates of the Caribbean" -- the ride AND the film! Jack was very alert the whole time and we all had loads of fun. Jack even got a little certificate for attending his first professional baseball game.