Mud Hens Game

One of the fun traditions in Toledo is the Toledo Mud Hens in their beautiful downtown stadium.  Sure, we'll always be partial to Victory Field in Indianapolis, but it is truly a great minor league location.

We had seats just off the first base line and enjoyed seeing the game from so close to the action.

We had fun on a VERY hot night enjoying the game.  In addition to the game, there was some big news from Jason and Nicole.  Can you see the reaction of the siblings?

What is it that they are reacting to?  Well, there was a bit of a message on the shirt of the youngest nephew in attendance.  That said it all. Indeed, quite the surprise with #4 on the way!

 It was crazy in that the Hens were down to their last strike, but blasted a tying home run to put us into extra innings.  We weren't so keen for the extra innings with little kids -- we were waiting for the fireworks.    The final run also came with a bizarre play -- walking in the winning run - a bit of an anticlimactic ending in the 11th inning, but good fun. 

After the game, the kids got to run the bases (wow, was there a line all the way around the stadium concourse level between 1st base all the way past the third base line.   Kids also got a chance to have their picture taken with Muddy, the Hens mascot. 

 At the end of the night, we finally had what we had been waiting for:  fireworks!