The mumbling and grumbling continued into this morning over last night’s IronPig loss to the Syracuse Chiefs. Fear not IronPig fans, it isn’t 2008. We haven’t gone 2 weeks without a win… yet. I don’t think we will.
Some notes from the staff indicate some optimism and a bit of humor:
– Young team on the field. Playing prospects for experience rather than the “best” team.
– Still getting a feel for the best use/combination of players. These guys are just about a completely different team from 2012. Expecting them to meld into a machine in a couple weeks is expecting a lot. Give them some time.
– How much difference does a catcher make in a pitcher’s performance? A lot. New pitching batteries need time to get in sync as well.
– Didn’t notice any lines for the urinal games but there was one guy who had clearly been hogging it for “a while”
– Syracuse came out swinging. They hit the ball, the IronPigs seemed more selective and hit less. It happens.
– The line for a free blanket was insane. Still don’t understand getting there 5 hours early.
– $1 hot dogs were hard to find and the only line I could locate was so long by the time I got to the front $1 hot dogs were $2 again.
– The Soda bottles are 4 ounces smaller than last year. If I remember correctly, the cost was raised to $3.75 from $3.50 last season. The cost is back to $3.50 this year. I’d have paid an extra quarter to delay a trip to the concession stand. It’s not like the park isn’t called… but in reality grocery stores have been doing this for years. Why not CCP too.
– It was the IronPig staff’s first day as well. We looked back at the recent exodus of IronPig employees this past off season. It happens. LOTS of new faces out there and got to say things could have went smoother but it was the first night.
I call a Mulligan! For those of us born before 1990.. DO OVER! Face it, I could tape a 20 minute video of DiPro explaining how It does get better.. but I will just let you see for yourself.
It will get better.
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