I Suck At The Cape Cod Baseball League

On Wednesday, Karen and I decided to do something a little different besides hanging out at the beach. We decided to take a little ride to the Tihonet Village Market.

According to the company website, "The Tihonet Village Market is an old-fashioned country store specializing in locally grown and created items. Stop in for lunch at our deli, a fresh-baked treat, fresh local produce, and unique gifts. The Market is owned and operated by the A.D. Makepeace Company, a 150-year-old family-run company that has become the world's largest cranberry grower."

Karen happened upon an advertisement for the market while flipping through a local magazine. And since both Karen and I are fans of locally grown produce and all of that, we decided to take a road trip to the market.

Needless to say, the food there was absolutely delicious. Karen had the "Agawam" signature sandwich, while I had the "Screen House" on fresh home-made cranberry walnut bread. The sandwiches were huge and very delicious. I would recommend the Tihonet Village Market to anyone in Onset.

It's too bad our sixteen month old daughter (Briana) was asleep during the whole trip because she probably would have liked the sandwiches too. Well, that is assuming that she would have eaten it, or parts of it. Briana has been quite particular about meat lately. Perhaps next time she can experience it.

Anyway, following the Tihonet Village Market, we returned back to the beach house where we waited for our next meal: dinner. It turned out that this meal, by far, was the biggest grilled meal that my friends (Marc, Kelley, Andrea), my BFF (Kerry), Karen and I had together this week. At the rental house, I have mainly grilled all week, but I was happy to hand those duties off to Kelley on Wednesday.

After all, on the menu for the grill was steak tips and zucchini, with mashed potatoes and corn as sides. It was good. We actually ate fairly early because we had planned to go catch a Cape Cod Baseball League game.

Now, I suck at the Cape Cod Baseball League. I have never attended a Cape Cod Baseball League game. My only experience with the Cape Cod Baseball League was hearing about it from my college baseball coach who mentioned the league as one of the leagues he played in when he was young. So I was quite curious about attending the game.

The game happened to be between the Wareham Gatemen and the Falmouth Commodores. It was not just any regular game, it was the Western Division Finals. I must say, the game was great. The ballpark, which I assumed is used by the schools of Wareham, was amazing.

Anyway, the game was pretty memorable. I say that because we were able to take home a souvenir foul ball from the game. It just so happened that Karen, Briana, Marc and I were chatting behind one of the fences. As I had my back to the action, I heard the gasp of fans as one of the balls was popped foul. The next thing I know, Karen shields Briana, which is a good thing because the ball ricocheted off the back of her leg. And due to the kindness of strangers, the person who actually got the foul ball handed it to Briana. So Briana got to take home a souvenir from her first ever baseball game.

For anyone curious, the Wareham Gatemen ended up losing the game 3-1. I was quite surprised by that result because Wareham was leading 1-0 through 8 innings. We left after the 8th inning because Briana was tired (and it was late since the game was delayed by lightning). As well, the 8th inning was when the league did its raffle drawing. Marc, incidentally, won a raffle prize: a free Papa Gino's pizza.

Needless to say, it was a fun time. I'm glad we were able to go.