A sasquatch at a baseball game?....Naturally!

Well for those who aren't aware....Arkansas has a minor league baseball team called "The Naturals" and the mascot of said baseball team is none other than a "Sasquatch". Imagine the laughter as I witnessed this mascot for the first time. Initially it took me a few moments to figure out what exactly a "sasquatch" is but according to webster:

Sas·quatch: a hairy creature like a human being reported to exist in the northwestern United States and western Canada and said to be a primate between 6 and 15 feet (1.8 and 4.6 meters) tall —called also big foot.

Here is a pic of the little fellow. Unproportional and hairy and rather disturbing looking.

I realize mascots are typically a bit out there but this was quite an interesting site for me. Anyway, I digress....

John and I got tickets to The Naturals Kick-Off game this past Friday evening (thanks to his work) and were elated to find out we got great seats just left of home plate. I always like attending sporting events just because it means spring is here and summer is not far behind. Granted I don't like participating in sporting events...merely watching others do so. His sister and her husband enjoyed the festivities with us and besides the less-than-desirable concessions, it was a great game! The Naturals won....naturally! They played against the San Antonio Missions and the final score was 11:4. There were quite a few good plays in the last inning so it got really exciting to watch. I was only familiar with attending Columbia's minor league games (which always made for a good 9 inning nap) so I came to this one with low expectations. However, the field and stadium were brand new and rather nice for a little ole minor league team. And John was a very good sport putting up with my incessant questions about the game. I'm not much of an athlete but I do like to know about sports that other people play. Hopefully John will be playing in a city league through his work and I'll be able to brush up on my sport watching abilities.

Things I learned about baseball and minor league teams:

• Did you know that each minor league team is associated to a major league team? In this case the Arkansas Naturals are associated with the Kansas City Royals.
• When a player is "traded-up" that means they are good enough to go from their minor league team to the major league team...thus the term usage of "up".
• The home team is typically in white uniforms and the away team is in grey.
• They don't play the bottom of the ninth inning if the home team is ahead.
• The "seventh inning stretch" is really just that.....everyone gets up and stretches. I just about laughed out loud at this bit of info...all this time I assumed it was just a really long drawn out part of the game.

I learned a lot more besides this so if you are interested in talking sports hit me up. All those who know me are probably laughing their heads off at this post. I'm not much of a sports nut but I'm curious and learning.....so leave me known!

Here is a pic of Sarah (John's sister) and I enjoying ourselves at the game. It was freezing cold.