The Recession Affects Us All

Today's Bat's game was bittersweet -- it was the last regular game of the season, and it was "Fan Appreciation Day". On Fan Appreciation Day, the Bats pull out all of the stops - $1 hot dogs and small soft drinks, and usually "Clean Out The Closet Day" where they give away all of the different things they've given away during the season - ball caps, t-shirts, backpacks, mugs, bobbleheads, etc. After you walk through the turnstiles as you enter the ballpark, someone is there at each entrance giving out colored cards - each color denotes a different prize. So you don't know what you get till you get up to the table where you pick up the stuff. But the key word is usually. Today, there was no Clean Out The Closet Day. Sure we got dollar hot dogs and soft drinks but we didn't get anything free. Nothing. Nada. We were talking about it, I mean, bitching about it, in our section of seats and then we realized that this season the Bats didn't give out as much free stuff as they did in years past. We got one free t-shirt and a free very flimsy ball cap and that was it for the free stuff. I guess they didn't even have enough stuff to give away today. So it looks like the recession has even affected the Bats baseball organization. Oh well. Maybe we'll get free stuff next season. Go Bats.