The Baseball Trip 2024

Day 13 - Sunday June 16

Today we stopped for breakfast at the Four Corners Cafe in Eden, New York. The Four Corners is one of those restaurants with a train running around overhead.

After breakfast, we headed to East Lake, Ohio for a High-A minor league game between the Great Lakes Captains and the Fort Wayne, Indiana Tin Caps. The Captains are an A Ball affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians, and the Tin Caps belong to the San Diego Padres.

The Captains jumped out to a 5-0 lead, but the Tin Caps scratched and clawed back to tie it in the 8th inning, including a two-run homer. The game went into extra innings, and the Tin Caps scored twice. The Captains had no answer in the bottom of the tenth and lost a heart-breaker.

As an aside, the Tin Caps name is an homage to Johnny Appleseed, who, as legend would have it, wore a tin pot on his head as a hat.

Some photos from Classic Park:

The parking lot is across the highway from the ball field. You have to cross on the bridge to get to the park.

Front gate.

Center field scoreboard.

Right field stands.

Down the third base line.

Left field.

Skipper, the Captains' mascot.

Favorite Town Names:  Eden, NY (I admire their optimism.)

                                         Busti, NY

Favorite Signs:    Planet of the Vapes

                             (Amish) Buggy for sale - like new!

                             Old Johnnycakes Road

Things we cannot hang around for:    Hamburg Sesquicentennial Celebration Days

Over-sized Objects = 0

Confederate Flags - 1

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