Take me out to the ballpark ....

I went to the Phillies game against the Astros Monday night in Philadelphia. The game was a makeup game from a Sept. 5 rainout. The seats were incredible -- Diamond Club seats -- thanks to Robert, who invited Ron and me as a sort of going away present for Ron. Ron is leaving the paper I work for to become an Executive Sports Editor at the Baltimore Sun. That's good news for the Sun, bad news for me. Ron hired me when I returned to this paper and I've always liked working for and with him.

Check out this slideshow of some more pictures so you can see just how good the seats were.

The extra batteries I hauled along weren't fully charged so the camera only made it through the fourth inning. But that was still enough time to also get some video, including some shots of the Phanatic on his ATV before the game. By the way, Tommy Lasorda hates the Phanatic.

Here's the video .....