Summer traditions: baseball

One of our best summer traditions (OK, two years in a row now) is taking our son to a Duluth Huskies game, which we did last night.

We sat in good company, ate hotdogs and Cracker Jacks, and rooted for the home team, of course.

We left after an exciting fourth inning. The score was 3-2, the Huskies trailing the Beetles. The evening held all the promise of a good game. But it already was a half-hour past bedtime and our son wanted to go home.

The highlight for him was getting a free bobblehead of the Minnesota Twins bear upon entering the ballpark. When I tucked him into bed, he shined his flashlight on the bobblehead which he had strategically placed so it looked down on him from his dresser. A big smile crossed his face.