This is a friendship post.
AM: Forest Park Nature Center walk with Pat. Yes, Pat is a good walker but she is 9 years older than I and is less experienced on trails. Still, she handled the hills of the outer loop easily and we took it in 1:23, the time it took me back in the “mean days” of 2021.
Later, I went to a Chiefs double header with Lynn. The games: exciting: in game 1, the Chiefs fell behind 4-0 but rallied to tie it at 4 going in the 7’th. But alas, they could not drive it in (great catch on a line drive down the first base line) to prevent the win. They then gave up 2 runs in the 8’th, got them back in the bottom of the 8’th, but then gave up 1 in the 9’th to lose 7-6.
In the night cap, the Chiefs struck first and then lead 3-1 going into the top of the 7’th. The Kernels (a very good team) loaded the bases with 1 out and scored (fielder’s choice), but the Chiefs got a strike out to win the game.
The game featured a nifty triple play by the Kernels. Runners on 1’st and second and a hard line drive was hit to right: excellent catch, then throw to first for out 2, then to second for out 3. Both runners were already at the next base upon the hit (reasonable given the line drive..at hit 99 percent of the time).
Life of an old goat 