Indianapolis Indians baseball - Rolen's first baseball game

While we were at the Indians game on Thursday evening we decided then that we would be returning Friday evening and we would be taking Rolen (our son) with us. Friday night's weather wasn't cooperating with us like Thursday's had. It was a little bit colder and rainy, but that didn't stop us from going to the game! We were definitely prepared for it this time.

Bob, Amber, Rolen and I arrived early at Victory Field to try to get the best seats we could on the night of the game. We got good seats in section 113. The unfortunate part was section 113 is directly behind home plate which means we had a net in front of us. This doesn't really make for nice pictures. I did manage to get a few decent shots through the net, but focusing quickly was an issue. Here is a picture of Rolen...one that I didn't have to worry about the netting!





Before the game started we made our way down towards the Bats' dugout to try to get Scott Rolen's autograph again. We stood there for several minutes while Scott sat in the dugout talking to one of the coaches. We were beginning to think he wasn't going to come out to sign before the game. But about 10 minutes before the game was supposed to start Scott made his way out and began signing. He signed for everyone that was standing down near the dugout. He signed a mini Cardinals batting helmet for me, our son's Cincinnati hat and a mini Blue Jays batting helmet for Bob. Before Rolen signed my mini helmet a guy came up to the autograph line with a baseball bat that has Scott Rolen's name on it and under Scott's name it said Anaheim Angels. Scott looked at the bat and said "I don't think so," and continued to sign everyone else's items. It was pretty funny! Once we got our items signed and thanked Scott, we headed back to our seats.

While sitting in our seats during the game I attempted to take pictures of the players, while focusing past the net. I managed to get several "passable" shots like the one below.





After the first inning I moved to a vacant seat just behind the first base dugout to get some better pictures. One thing I love about AAA baseball is how close the seats are to the field. It allows the fans to be that much closer to the players. I was able to get several nice pictures from my borrowed seat behind the Bats' dugout. Here is one of my favorite ones of Scott:





Then the rain started coming down and we took shelter on the concourse. We pretty much stayed around there until Rowdie came out to sign autographs in the middle of the 7th inning. We wanted to get a picture of Rowdie and Rolen together; but the combination of Rowdie being a large red bear/dog with a baseball nose and the fact that it was WELL past Rolen's bed time resulted in a not-so-good meeting.





The Indians ended up losing the game 15-6. But we did get some good things from that night. We got some more Scott Rolen autographs and Rolen learned a new word - BASEBALL!