Because we have a partial season ticket plan for the Nats and since Heidi’s dad is such a big baseball fan, it seemed like a fun idea to go see the AAA Buffalo Bisons play at their home field this afternoon. We bought our tickets online yesterday, on the third-base line and right behind home plate, only 10 rows up from the field. The day was warm and sunny, but there was a breeze and plenty of puffy clouds to offer shade from time to time.
The field is right downtown, with a view of several historic buildings and the on-ramp to the Peace Bridge. Named for Sahlen’s, a local hot dog company, the food at the ball park is actually really good: in addition to Sahlen’s franks, there is beef on weck, chicken wings, and soft-serve frozen custard.
The team is doing well, just one game out from first place. The Bisons are the farm team for the Toronto Blue Jays, and they were playing the Toledo Mud Hens, Detroit’s Triple-A team. July 16 is Buffalo Day, because 716 has been the area code here since 1947, and the Bisons were wearing new, locally-made jerseys and caps to celebrate the event. There were plenty of crowd-friendly activities as well, local trivia, ice cream scooping contest, blindfolded ice cream flavor guessing, kids racing the mascot around the bags, and the “WCC” race between chicken wing, blue cheese, and carrot (today they were joined by beef on weck).
All in all? It was a classic American summer afternoon, and despite a few snafus with our group (think health and mobility) we all had a grand time, and Heidi’s parents are napping peacefully as I write.
Sounds like a perfect summer day. You’ll have to explain beef on week to me.
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