Chiefs and Lumberkings

Yesterday Greg and I had a really fun time going to our first-ever Peoria Chiefs baseball game! The Peoria Chiefs are a Minor League affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. They were playing the Clinton (Iowa) Lumberkings--those Minor League teams certainly have some funny mascots. It had rained earlier in the day, so we were hoping it would let up for the game. The sun literally came out right as they were getting ready to start.

Greg and I strategically got autographs from almost everyone on both teams. Before the game, I went over to the Lumberjacks dugout and Greg stationed himself at the Chiefs'. We both got a lot of autographs--including the two Chiefs managers! One of them was a catcher for the Cubs, and the other won the World Series with the Detroit Tigers. So it was a fun and fruitful evening. Right as the sixth inning was coming to a close it started to rain. Greg and I didn't want to get home too late, so we took off. It was good we did because they ended up delaying the game for a while, waiting for the rain to let up, and the Chiefs ended up losing. But it was still a really fun game!