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In the afternoon, we headed to the Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum.  We were more than familiar with the route as it was located off the first base side of the ballpark.  When we got to where the building was supposed to be, we instead found a construction area!  There were no signs of a museum so I searched through my phone.  We were at the correct address.  I called the number for the museum.  It was not operating because of the construction!  The trip was not wasted as we checked out the menus and hours on several restaurants between the ballpark and hotel.  We ended up eating again at Mac’s. 

While waiting for the gates to open at Fluor Field, we noticed more frustrated women being sent back to cars with their purses.  After all the walking at the park, I was thankful my rejection was the night before.  While waiting to get the tickets scanned, I watch the woman in front of me.  She had a clear bag the size of a backpack crammed full with several sunscreen tubes, juice boxes, baseballs, baseball caps and large bottle of hand sanitizer.  The guy scanning waved her through.  No problem going in!  As for me, I had to empty my pockets!

As we started down the concourse, Rick had a Boxer sighting.  The dog was running around the field and looked just like Jake when he was younger.  By the time we got down there, he was by home plate playing with a brown dog and several of the workers.  One of the guys on the field said he was a stray the team had adopted and named “Muda” like in Bermuda minus the “Ber.”   Right on cue, Muda came closer to us and posed in a perfect stance.  It was short-lived just as Jake’s are.  Chasing after baseballs was much more fun for the pup.

Our seats were more towards home plate and right at the on-deck circle.  The pitching for Bowling Green again stifled the team – even worse than the previous night. Greenville batters struck out ten times and mustered only five hits.  Alex and Nick Yorke, a #3 prospect, were the only scores with a homerun each.    The outcome of the game was brutal with Bowling Green over The Drive 13 – 2!   I talked to Alex after the game and he thanked us for our support.  Little did we know this would be the last time we would see him in a Drive uniform.  Alex was promoted the next day to the AA Portland Seadogs!   It was the perfect ending to a great mini-vacation!