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I went to a Brockton Rox game with Sully last night. It was pretty much the perfect summer night. We sped out with the windows open, music blasting, and the wind rushing through my hair. Got there just as the game was starting, and bought tickets that put us behind the Rox dugout, closer than I've ever been at Fenway, and on the aisle so we could easily make multiple trips for (kosher!) hot dogs and french fries and peanuts and beer (Sully) and root beer (me). The Rox got 8 runs in the first inning alone, so it wasn't much of a contest -- the final score was 14-2, although we left during the seventh-inning stretch -- but still fun to watch and cheer and boo the umpire and laugh at the sound effects and movie clips played over the loudspeaker. To my mind baseball is the perfect sporting event to attend; you have plenty of time to hang out and chat while still keeping an eye on the field for exciting plays.

The best part of the night, aside from the company of course, was K.O., the Rox's mascot. He's a boxing kangaroo, and he's got an awful lot of personality for a guy in a kangaroo suit. Kids and grown-ups alike were calling out for him to come over and visit with them. It is my fond hope to go back another game and get K.O. to sign my new Brockton Rox baseball cap. Go Rox!

T-E-A-M (The Baseball Game) - You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown

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I went to a Brockton Rox game with Sully last night. It was pretty much the perfect summer night. We sped out with the windows open, music blasting, and the wind rushing through my hair. Got there just as the game was starting, and bought tickets that put us behind the Rox dugout, closer than I've ever been at Fenway, and on the aisle so we could easily make multiple trips for (kosher!) hot dogs and french fries and peanuts and beer (Sully) and root beer (me). The Rox got 8 runs in the first inning alone, so it wasn't much of a contest -- the final score was 14-2, although we left during the seventh-inning stretch -- but still fun to watch and cheer and boo the umpire and laugh at the sound effects and movie clips played over the loudspeaker. To my mind baseball is the perfect sporting event to attend; you have plenty of time to hang out and chat while still keeping an eye on the field for exciting plays.

The best part of the night, aside from the company of course, was K.O., the Rox's mascot. He's a boxing kangaroo, and he's got an awful lot of personality for a guy in a kangaroo suit. Kids and grown-ups alike were calling out for him to come over and visit with them. It is my fond hope to go back another game and get K.O. to sign my new Brockton Rox baseball cap. Go Rox!

T-E-A-M (The Baseball Game) - You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown