The Gleason Crew Spokane Indians August 2017

It was hot! It was smoky from the fires!  We didn't care, it's baseball!  Look! A Dodger fan! 

 It was kids night and Otto's birthday so there was a lot going on.  I love baseball!

 A band made up of kids!

 The van has arrived!

 I had to take a picture of the Cubs hat!  Big fans the Gleasons are!

We are missing Kyle in this picture.  He is parking the van.  It is really difficult to come up with words to describe what spending this type of family time with Steve, Michel and Rivers means so I won't try.  Just know it is a big deal.  A really big deal.

 Pretty sure this snowman shouldn't be out in the heat.  That costume had to be painfully hot.  It was in the mid 90's.

 This is precious.  This is Rivers during the National Anthem!  Hat over his heart!

 And here we are in the sun, smoke and heat!

 Tony came by to say HI!

 Steve, Mike and Tony!  Great men for sure, everyone of them!

 Kyle and Dillon in this picture!

It was Otto, the mascot's, birthday and every mascot from Spokane seemed to be at the stadium to celebrate!  Not sure about the panda!  Who has a panda for a mascot in Spokane! Panda Express the food place?  I don't think so!

 Grandpa Mike and Rivers!

There was some dancing going on in-between innings.  Small ballparks are awesome!  So many fun things going on all during the game.

 Looks Dad I got a bat!

A ball too! We talked to a couple of players before the game and they said if a foul ball got out to the bench they would give it to Rivers.  That didn't happen but the gift shop supplied one for him.

 Cute! The Ken Griffey style of wearing a hat.

 Otto came and gave us a personal visit!

We had to stay to sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame.  It's a rule. It was time for everyone to head out so we left with them.  Mike and I never have matching shirts so I thought a picture needed to be taken.  It might never happen again.  I was sporting my Dodger shoes and hat too just so you know.

We know these time are precious!  We are thankful that we can spend time with Steve, Michel and Rivers on our own turf!

I got a demonstration of Rivers catching ability.  The Spokane Indians ball was his "special" ball so he didn't want to drop it and get it dirty.  Only two demonstrations!

Even though it was really hot and smoky it was a priceless couple of hours.  Looking forward to doing it again next year!  God willing!

Baseball, Fireworks and a Bottom of the 9th Win!

Take me out to the ballgame!  We have 7 tickets to the Spokane Indians games during the season.  I decided to document this one on the blog.  Boy was it a good one.   I love walking into the stadium and seeing all the baseball sites. 

 Fireworks night and balloon animals.

 Kettle corn is so good but I didn't get any!

 Blue skies, hot temperatures and concessions!

The first couple of innings didn't start very good.  I was thinking I would probably not see any fireworks.  The Indians had tied the game 2-2 and it went downhill from there for awhile. We sit behind the screen as you can see in the pictures.

The crowd is always great and into cheering for the Indians.  This lady and her husband d have season tickets so when we come to the games they are sitting next to us.

 The Spokane Indians do not lack mascots. Doris!

 Conference time!

Another mascot Recycle Man!

 There was a good crowd.

 Another mascot Otto!

This was an Indians home run!   I love this picture.  Love seeing the little boy at the bottom of the picture watching the runner go around the bases and head to home. His parents were holding him up.

And the newest unnamed mascot is a fish.   The Indians and the City of Spokane are working together to save the fish population in some rivers.

I tried to take a picture of the moon but it was hard to get the idea of how big it looked.  

My favorite part of the night.  I made it to the 7th inning.  I would never leave before Take Me Out to the Ballgame was sung.  The Indians were turning things around and it was getting exciting!

Handmade fan for me made by Martin.  Martin, his wife and a friend of his wife have the same 7 package of tickets so we will see them all seven games.

 Got some dancing going on!

 I got a t-shirt during the t-shirt toss.

 These headbands were passed out as rally bands.

As you can see the score is now close.  The other team scored a run in the top of the ninth.  9-7 and 3 runs would win the game.  Let's go Indians! The fish took a stroll in the outfield before the ninth inning started.

 The crowd was on their feet and cheering.  Well, most of them anyway.

What do you know!!!  The Indians tied the game.  We were all hoping for 1 more run so there would not be extra innings.

 Runner on third and a hit to right field won the game.  It was so exciting to see.  I think the best part was watching the players celebrate.  So much happiness!

 The water or Gatorade is coming on the right in the orange bucket.   The players mobbed the player that got the hit to win the game.

 I missed the bucket dump on film but  it went all over several players.

 The celebration continues for the players and for us.  Fireworks!

 Boy you have to click the camera at just the right time to really get the fireworks.  I timed it right a few times.  The white ball at the bottom is the moon!

 I like the scoreboard in this one.

 It was a great game and so, so, so much fun!  I love watching baseball with my favorite guy Mike!