[Leica] Nathan's PAD 18/8/2015: take me out to the ball game

[Nathan Wajsman]

Back in the fall of 1994, when I already knew that we would be moving to Belgium the following spring, I wanted to make sure that my then 5-year old son had the quintessential American father-son experience before we left, and I took him to a Phillies game (we lived in Lawrenceville, NJ at the time, so Philadelphia was the closest city with an MLB team). Here is one of my pictures from 21 years ago:
http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Stuff-from-the-20th-century/5775622_gTB2p9#!i=357379371&k=Gr54pKn&lb=1&s=O

Last night, with my son now 26 and living here in the US, we repeated the exercise. Sadly, Veterans Stadium is no more, replaced by something named after a bank, but the Phillies are still the Phillies. They played the Blue Jays and lost 8-5, mainly due to lousy pitching and fielding, but that was almost secondary to the overall experience.

The overall view:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=4289575758&k=3pdbKpK&lb=1&s=O

Dusk colours:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=4289575703&k=tNJSkdX&lb=1&s=O

The pitch:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=4289575775&k=8ptBJJx&lb=1&s=O

Stomach ache in the making:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=4289575715&k=2rZw8d2&lb=1&s=O

Seventh inning stretch:
http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=4289575706&k=gSxsm8H&lb=1&s=O


Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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