What a great day in San Antonio! We had to compete with the Spurs playoff game, but the crowd that showed up on a slightly overcast day were some of the most generous folk we have come across yet! Special thanks to Mickey for all the help and for the special team donation… it made for one of the highest fundraising totals of the Tour. I also had the chance to go on the radio during the 2nd inning of today’s game.The Tour for the Cure was in full effect in San Antonio.

Today’s game was a special day for the team’s mascot, Ballapeno, which is like “jalapeno” with a hint of baseball mixed in—get it? Ballapeno was celebrating his birthday today and was joined by some other characters from the Star Wars Society of San Antonio! This is a group who actually will dress up as Star Wars characters and appear in public at your event (for real). In speaking with the woman dressed as a jedi, she told me that you have to be approved by Lucasfilm because they own the copyright to the Star Wars costumes. Luckily for her she knows Peter Mayhew, who you may know as Chewbacca. Way to use the force, indeed. I managed to get some pics of Darth Vader and a storm trooper before we left for the day.