A first-inning ambush turned into a full-fledged massacre at Progressive Field in Cleveland when the Red Sox sent 12 batters to the plate and scored seven runs in the first inning. When the dust finally settled light-hitting Carl Crawford had four hits (and would probably have hit for the cycle if he didn’t have a runner in front of him) David Ortiz bombed a 431-foot homer – one of 20 hits for the Red Sox - and the ugly finale was 14-2; the worst loss of the season for the team with the best record in the majors.
Bloodshed aside, it was a wonderful day with pleasant weather and great seats in an awesome stadium where they sell an excellent dortmunder beer produced by the nearby Great Lakes Brewing Company.
The baseball game wasn’t the highlight of the day however. That distinction was earned on the way to the game when we stopped by Ralphie Parker’s house.
Yes folks I’m talking about that Ralphie Parker - THE Ralphie Parker – the one that matriculates at Warren G. Harding Elementary School and sleeps with a 200-Shot, Range-Model Air Rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time.
I know what you are thinking; if we are in Cleveland how could we possibly have gone to the Parker abode, which is - as everyone knows - located in Hohman, Indiana (a fictional version of writer Jean Sheppard’s hometown of Hammond, Indiana)?
Think about it for a minute. Do you remember the street they lived on in Hohman? Cleveland Street!
Yes movie fans, the actual house that was used in the movie is in a Cleveland neighborhood and we went by that very house on the way to the game.
Yes movie fans, the actual house that was used in the movie is in a Cleveland neighborhood and we went by that very house on the way to the game.
And, yes, there was a leg lamp in the front window.
The game started at noon so we were out on I-90 headed toward Michigan before rush hour began.
P.S. Unbeknown to me Betsy took a photo with her phone at the Johnstown Flood National Memorial. Therefore, if you consider a phone to be a camera, then I stand corrected in my comments in yesterday's blog post about not taking a camera with us when we visited this site.
P.S. Unbeknown to me Betsy took a photo with her phone at the Johnstown Flood National Memorial. Therefore, if you consider a phone to be a camera, then I stand corrected in my comments in yesterday's blog post about not taking a camera with us when we visited this site.
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