The first annual I-70 Baseball Classic gets underway tonight at McCall Memorial Stadium. The teams have arrived, the lineups have been made and the players are ready. A street festival in downtown McCall is currently taking place with a lavish opening ceremony planned planned for later this evening. It is truly a circus atmosphere in McCall as the town celebrates hosting this monumental event. Performances from Boston, ELO and The Click Five with Led Zeppelin performing the National Anthem are planned before first pitch with the town founder, Woody McCall, throwing out the first pitch.
McCall has pulled out all the stops for the first ever games played at the newly renovated field. After extensive negotiations the owners have brought in world-famous rice-crispy-treat maker Emily Hagen and her team of assistant chefs that included Maggie Hagen and Chloe Hagen. “I sure hope they can sneak a few of those into the dugout for us,” Ryne Sandberg of the Merrimack Owls said while en route to the stadium via cell phone. “They better make sure that the fans do not get to drunk to enjoy the food!”
“I made the choc chip rice krispies and they look weird..have you made them before?” Chef Hagen posted on Facebook earlier this morning.
Play begins with the McCall Mudhens facing the Merrimack Owls in McCall and the Westport Fleas taking on the Bamford Bears.
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Watched part of Bull Durham last night ::
“Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman’s back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astro-turf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.”
