A whole 300 or so people came to see the undefeated Sarasota Reds take on the visiting Dunedin Blue Jays. It was a double-header for the Reds and the Blue Jays, as the game last night was rained out. The Reds took the first game, but the Blue Jays were able to sneak out of there with a 2-1 victory in the second game. The Reds play at Ed Smith Stadium, which is probably as basic of a stadium as you can get. The one thing I found was how easy it was to get a foul ball—two balls landed near us in the concourse area within 20 minutes of each other.

Our item to be raffled tonight was an autographed Ken Griffey (Sr.) jersey. More amazing than that, Griffey happened to be one of the 300 people watching the game tonight from behind home plate! I was told he is working as a scout for the Reds, and he was nice enough to autograph a Reds jersey for our raffle last night. Even with our smallest crowd, we were still able to raise a considerable amount of money for the Jimmy Fund. Thanks to everyone who was there last night and participated in the raffle. Much thanks to Dan who was able to set us up by the gate and give us such a great item for our raffle. Here is a picture of Chris with the winner of the Griffey jersey (he bought A LOT of tickets):

The first doubleheader wasn’t too strenuous… the nice weather made it a great day for baseball, and of course all of the fans who contributed to our raffles made it an even better day for us.