We went to the Sea Dogs game last night, our first ever.

Hadlock Field gets a big thumbs out from G. for their fried dough. "It was waaaay better than the Civic Center." Making it fresh at the field would be better than the pre-made version she had at the Pirates games.

The pace of the baseball game was slow for the kids, especially after an exciting hockey season. And since they aren't so familiar with the game of baseball (they have never wanted to play little league), they kept asking how long the game was going to be. They liked the countdown clock at hockey games for game play as well as breaks between periods. And hockey is a fast-paced sport, much more appealing to my active kids' attention spans.

As I had predicted, the kids started getting a little antsy after the third inning so G. picked up the camera and started taking "action" photos. When I downloaded them from the camera there were easily 50 of these type of pictures.

But hey, it kept her busy for a while and watching the game.

Then the girls started sliding around on the bleachers (we went for the cheap seats) and I had to put a stop to that.

But then the Sea Dogs started scoring and the fans were making a lot of noise in the stands. Stamping feet on the bleachers was really loud and the kids loved it. They stamped and stamped ... and stamped.

Then a foul ball flew in our direction and I told the girls to duck while a bunch of people around us leaped to catch it. And yes, not only are we not a puck-catching family, we're not a flyball one either. And the girls were not impressed with the fighting among fans about that baseball.

"Geeze mom, those people are crazy!"

The music was similar to the Pirates game, including Neil Diamond (OK, it's clearly a sports event song that I didn't know about) so we laughed and sang along since now we know the words.

Then the YMCA song started and that's when the girls decided that Slugger was really cool.

They were really impressed by Slugger's moves on top of the dugout.

"WOW, Slugger did a jazz split mom! Salty Pete and Crackers never did anything like THAT," said G. I told her I thought it was a little easier to do tricks like that when you're not wearing ice skates...

So then the girls decided to do splits in the stands but I had to call a stop to that too. I managed to last until the 8th inning before I called it a night and told the girls we were going home.

It was our first game so I wasn't sure what to expect. Now I know we'll bring a few diversions in the backpack next time. We already have plans to go to another game this season with some friends.

"Mom, that fried dough was really good. We have to come back again."

"Yeah, and Slugger was so funny! We have to see him dance again."