The Tourists Home Opener

I made it to the Asheville Tourists home opener and the first Thirsty Thursday of the season. Mother Nature had her own Thirsty Thursday in mind. It had been threatening rain most of the day and the forecasts varied as far as if and when it would rain and it rained sporadically throughout the game but nothing serious up until the top of the fifth inning. The Tourists were behind at that point 4-0 and only had one hit, a long single off the right field wall in the bottom of the fourth inning by Catcher Tom Murphy, when the skies opened up and the rain poured down. The tarp crew did their job and quickly covered the infield. It is usually a well coordinated effort and I have to wonder how much time they spend practicing this. The rain showed no sign of letting up so my party and I decided it was time to go. The crowd was pretty good in spite of the forecast and outside of the monsoon, I am glad baseball is back for another season in the sun.