Day 116 – Extra Day

I went to 2 museums today, first was the Baltimore Sports Museum, then the Babe Ruth Museum.

The Baltimore Sports Museum covers both Baltimore Sports teams and Maryland natives. It had a section focusing mainly on Ruth, and had a lot on the Orioles. It also covered both the Colts and Ravens. They had a section on the Negro Leagues and the Minor Leagues. They also covered some of the “smaller sports” as well as College sports. They also had a section highlighting some athletes who are Maryland Natives.

After I finished looking around the museum I walked a couple blocks to the Babe Ruth Museum, which is located in the house he grew up. It covered various aspects of Ruth’s career and was a nice little walk through.

I have to say that having a 4 game series works out so much better. The problem w/just 3 days is the 1st day I’m usually just getting into the city and checking into my hotel before going to the game. The 2nd day it is nice to sleep in to make up for the lack of sleep I usually get when travelling on day 1. But if I sleep in that generally doesn’t leave it a lot of time to do any exploring around the city before the game. On the final day, I’m usually checking out of my hotel in the morning and the majority of the time the final game is an afternoon affair. So I go to the game and then afterwards I may have a little time before having to head to the airport or bus station. If there is that additional day in there it gives me a lot of time to go see some things around the city since I’ll wake up at an appropriate time.

They were celebrating the 1983 World Series Championship Team tonight. The pre-game giveaway was 1983 pennants. I thought it was pretty cool that they were having it while I was there since I was born in 1983 and the Orioles were the 1st team to ever win the World Series in my lifetime.

Sat through another rain delay tonight that led to my 1st ever suspended game. The rules of MLB are a game is official after 5 innings. Although the Jays were winning 2-1 at the time the rain came, they had taken the lead in the top of the 6th and BAL had not yet had a chance to have their bat. Therefore the score reverted to the end of the 5th inning in which they were tied 1-1 and that meant the game had to be suspended and completed at a later date (in this case tomorrow before the regularly scheduled game). However, the Jays 2nd run does count as they will pickup the game exactly where it left off with the Jays up 2-1 and batting in the top of the 6th w/Overbay on 3rd and 2 out.