Much thanks to Jim and the Charleston RiverDogs for another successful night! We knew it was a good sign when we found out the RiverDogs played their home games at Joseph Riley Stadium. It is also known as “the Joe”, which is quite similar to “the Ted” in Atlanta. Yesterday’s historic stadium in Savannah was a nice blast from the past, but the Joe was a fairly new stadium with gorgeous brick walls and a concourse filled with lots of great food. The stadium was designed by the firm HOK, which is known for its work on Camden Yards and Jacobs Field among many others in the Majors.

I was one of the several people able to throw out the first pitch tonight—unfortunately I have yet to throw a strike. Tonight’s first pitch was low and in the dirt, although the announcer did say that I had a “baseball arm.” As for the game, the weather still had a bit of chill in the air, and the game time temperature hovered around the high 50s. That didn’t stop the RiverDogs from coming through in a big way—trumping the visiting Asheville Tourists, 7-4.

One reason the Tourists probably lost was due to the incessant heckling coming from the third base side. Our video of this group of guys unfortunately did not turn out, but their chants (fueled by alcohol consumption) were annoying enough to be both funny and ultimately distracting to the opposition. Some of the heckles, with many of them making absolutely no sense, are listed below:

“Why are you just standing there, are you waiting for the bus?”

“Hey Number 20, are you a Greyhound bus driver?”

“Hey Number 20, is that a piece of sidewalk chalk in your back pocket?”

“What exactly is your role here?”

Sometimes heckles are so bizarre that you can’t help but laugh. I guess you just had to be there. Moving on, here is Chris with our lucky winners tonight from the raffle. The winning ticket took home a game-worn autographed RiverDogs jersey. Very cool.