As I previously stated, the JetHawks suffered the worst beating in Minor League baseball history two weeks ago—losing 30-0 to the Lake Elsinore Storm. I’m not sure how you bounce back from something like that, but the JetHawks were still swinging tonight at Clear Channel Stadium. We were joined by Dylan, who we have been staying with while we are in the L.A. area. Check out his first pitch below—pretty good, right?

Dylan and Chris teamed up as a super raffle ticket sales team as we made it through the stands. After the first few rows, I knew we had a winning strategy: Chris with his loud booming voice + Dylan with his overpowering cute kid appeal = Lots of raffle tickets sold. Unfortunately the evil JetHawks Booster Club interfered with our going through the stands and convinced the ruling powers at the ballpark to stop us from continuing selling raffle tickets to the crowd. The JetHawks Booster Club is apparently the only group “officially” allowed to raise money directly from people in the stands. Nevermind the fact that members of the same Booster Club bought tickets from us (at a severely discounted rate) and who Chris bought a bat from earlier in the night to show his support. We showed our love for the Booster Club, but apparently they did not feel the same way about us. Even though the JetHawks are a Red Sox affiliate, and the Red Sox are the official charity of the Jimmy Fund, we were powerless against the mighty Booster Club. It is for all of these reasons that I am officially renaming the JetHawks Booster Club to the “JetHawks BOOOOOOOOster Club.”

We still did OK fundraising, and we have to say THANK YOU to Melanie who basically made sure the Tour for the Cure Team (especially Dylan) enjoyed our time at the ballpark. Melanie is, as the kids would say, “da bomb.”