Just when you think you never have to go to another Education/Kids Day, one more appears on the schedule in West Sacramento. Chris and I made the best of it selling raffle tickets for our severely discounted kids day price of 25 cents a piece. The RiverCats play their games at Raley Field, which is a very nice stadium that was built in 2000. Since opening its new ballpark, Sacramento has led all of minor league baseball in attendance during each of its first seven seasons at Raley Field (source). Before we knew it our final Education Day was over and we headed down to Modesto for our second game.

Onto Modesto, to see the Modesto Nuts (formerly the Modesto Athletics) who play their games at John Thurman Field. The ballpark was built over 50 years ago back in 1955, and after recent renovations it can now hold 4,000 people. It was a rare chilly night in Modesto, and when I say chilly I mean it was less 60 degrees with a bit of a breeze. That doesn’t sound terrible unless you are used to 75 degrees every night and 85 degrees during the day. Even Chris and I were felt the evening chill. The crowd was a bit sparse and bundled up with their blankets and hot chocolate. Thanks to Will and Matt for helping us out during the night. Chris decided to warm them up with an acapella version of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” Prepare yourself mentally before watching this clip.