Olivia goes to Reckling Park

It was a beautiful day for outdoor baseball today. Unlike yesterday, which is when we originally had tickets to see Rice play TCU. When the start of the game got delayed from 6 PM to 8:30, I asked if we could exchange our tickets for Sunday's 6 PM game, figuring I had nothing to lose. To my pleasant surprise, they agreed. So Olivia, our friend Andrea, and I headed out to Reckling Park to see some Rice Owls baseball. We had a great time, the Owls won the game to advance to the Super Regional (the baseball version of the Sweet 16), and Olivia got to experience the joys of Fig Newtons and milk at the ballpark. What could be better?

More pictures after the jump.

The teams line up on the basepaths as the players and coaches are introduced. I've always thought that was a cool tradition. As you can see, we had some great seats. Not that there are bad seats at Reckling.

Olivia moves in for a closer look.

This game was a test run for later in the summer, when the two of us head north to rendez-vous with family for the quasi-annual minor league baseball tour. Olivia lasted through the seventh inning, which was not bad at all considering she mostly had to stay in one place and had no other kids to interact with. I'm confident now that she'll do fine when we go to those games, where there will be plenty of other things to occupy her attention besides just the game.

Posted by Charles Kuffner on June 03, 2007 to Baseball