I finally got the opportunity to go to a Lancaster Barnstormers Baseball game last night. What was interesting was the comparison to a major league game. Surprisingly, things are run very similar to Major League games in terms of the typical fan activities and interaction of the music, organ, etc. It seemed like there was a fan contest every half-inning, which got old after a while. The game pace seemed to go by a lot quicker. There was not much time in between batters, or pitches. The pitchers threw between 77 - 90mph, which is still pretty darn fast. Another thing that clearly stuck out was how the small the players were. There was one guy for the Barnstormers who was a former Major League player for the Orioles. He was HUGE compared with his teamates and even guys on the other team. It kind of reminds me of a comment I once heard about when the Yankees played the Pirates, and how the Yankees looked like giants next to the Pirate players. Overall, I'd say the Barnstormer's game was a neat experience. Baseball is so much more interesting to watch when you're there, as opposed to watching it on tv and falling asleep to the drone of tv announcers.
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