Take a look at this picture. The logo on the uniforms proclaim this team as the "Saints". But aren't they really sinners in disguise? What's going on here? The men in the picture are part of the St Paul Saints baseball team of the northern Independent league. We witnessed them in action late in the day on July 4th. What a fun time. Packed in with 9000 other people we saw a nice baseball game (although the home team lost to the Lincoln Saltdogs) and a fireworks show afterwards. I find it ironic that a we could root on the Saints, knowing full well that they are in turn sinners. Maybe this is what Martin Luther was referring to as "simul justus et peccator" (simultaneously saints and sinners).
This is the entrance to Midway Stadium, home to the saints. When we arrived we found the parking lot full of folks tailgating prior to the game. Festive, eh?
The "official" mascot of the Saints organization. Don't know why, other than they some times run pig races around the base baths as part of their promotions. Here, was the porcine fellow inquiring to a past call made by the umpire?
Wacky promotions indeed. This fellow was being suspended from the billboard in an effort to win some sort of prize. He ended up staying out there from the first inning to the seventh. In the fifth, he nearly caught a home run ball (which would have netted him $10K)
One of my favorites. Different colored life size eyeballs racing form the outfield to home plate with the winner winning something or other. This beats CG boat races on the Jumbotron any day!
Cheap entertainment! That's what we're about here in the Upper Midwest. Mike Veeck and his crew definitely helped make our day!
This is the entrance to Midway Stadium, home to the saints. When we arrived we found the parking lot full of folks tailgating prior to the game. Festive, eh?
The "official" mascot of the Saints organization. Don't know why, other than they some times run pig races around the base baths as part of their promotions. Here, was the porcine fellow inquiring to a past call made by the umpire?
Wacky promotions indeed. This fellow was being suspended from the billboard in an effort to win some sort of prize. He ended up staying out there from the first inning to the seventh. In the fifth, he nearly caught a home run ball (which would have netted him $10K)
One of my favorites. Different colored life size eyeballs racing form the outfield to home plate with the winner winning something or other. This beats CG boat races on the Jumbotron any day!
Cheap entertainment! That's what we're about here in the Upper Midwest. Mike Veeck and his crew definitely helped make our day!
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You didn't by chance see Charlie (I can't think of his last name, but he's a seminary student who was on internship this past year) there, did you? He happens to be a pitcher.
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