On our first night in town, we went to see the Birmingham Barons who were taking on the Jacksonville Suns. Here is a quick summary of the game, written by Pat:
Despite a recklessly-played game in which the Barons allowed two runs on passed balls, had two runners caught stealing, one picked-off at first base, and one thrown out trying to tag up and go to 2nd base on a routine fly ball, the Barons still took a 5-3 lead into the 9th inning. That lead promptly vanished over the left-field wall on a 2-run homer by Suns outfielder Matt Juengel. With 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th and everyone anticipating extra innings, the Barons got 3 consecutive singles - the game-winner by first baseman Danny Hayes - to plate the winning run!
A walk-off win is always such an invigorating experience. How to celebrate? It's really easy in Birmingham, because Regions Field is right across from The Good People brewery, which is open until midnight on Saturdays. So across the the street we went. For the first time ever I actually enjoyed a gose-style beer, which I had ordered on the recommendation of a fellow bar patron, who said "The Bearded Lady" (name of beer) was like a Blue Moon, only better. It wasn't like a Blue Moon at all. But it was still delicious.
On Sunday we finally got to visit Vulcan, the world's largest cast iron statue, residing in Birmingham since the 1930's.
A picture is worth more than 1000 words, so here we go: 3000+ words coming right up.
The view from the top is spectacular as well:
We explored the museum a bit. It featured an old-fashioned "company store", in use during mining operations in Birmingham.
Watch out, Popeye!
Sunday evening we got to watch a friend's ice hockey team, the Birmingham Bash, play - and win- the championship game. He was the goalie and pretty much saved the day!
Thank you for travelling with me today!
Until next time,
Nadine
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