Coca Cola Park, Allentown, Pa.

Last Friday I was able to attend my first baseball game of the year. We drove to Allentown, Pa. to see some friends and spent the evening in 100 degree heat at Coca-Cola Park, home of the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs. The Ironpigs are the AAA team of the Phillies. So, with Philly just an hour away you would expect to stadium to be full. It was. Paid attendance was just over 9500 but by looking at the empty seats I would say it was closer to 7000. Nice park. A near cookie cutter of all the other new ball parks out there. We bought General Admission - Lawn tickets which are just as they sound; just above centerfield in the grassy hillside. The girls found a picnic table just outside the picnic area and laid claim there for the evening. Junior and I wandered around the park and sat for a while in the grass lawn. The game (I'll cover later) was followed by fireworks (I'll cover later). At firework time the thermometer still was reading at the century mark. No relief with sunset. No hot dog here that night, we split an order of nachos with pulled pork on top. Not too bad. The 'Pigs lost eventually to the Columbus Clippers (AAA Cleveland Indians) 3-6.

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