After the game last night we made a straight trip to Knoxville, which is in the general vicinity of where the Tennessee Smokies play their games. We spent a very nice relaxing afternoon at a Borders, where we caught up on email, website stuff, and general Tour for the Cure duties (including an interview with a small Philadelphia newspaper). Yes it’s true—we get excited when we are going someplace else besides a hotel or a baseball stadium.

We were able to set up an info table at the Smokies game tonight, who play their games at none other than Smokies Park. The team’s name refers to the Great Smoky Mountains (no “e” in Smoky). The mountains are often clouded in a hazy mist that often appears as smoke rising from the forest. Enough with the geography lesson and back to baseball—the Smokies did in fact SMOKE the Chattanooga Lookouts 10-3 after posting a 9-run second inning.

During the game, I did a radio interview and Chris tracked down two of the girls who threw out the first pitch and managed to ask them some tough questions about baseball. Well, not really. But a snippet of video is included below: