NewMexiKen got out to see the Albuquerque Isotopes Pacific Coast League baseball team last night and alleviated my radioactive jones.
The ‘Topes continued their slump, losing to the Oklahoma Redhawks 6-0. The Oklahoma pitcher took a no-hitter into the ninth inning before he gave up a one-out single (and was taken out of the game). With only one hit and just five base runners all evening, there wasn’t much for the 10,000 Albuquerque fans to cheer.
Well actually, we did cheer for the race around the infield between the person dressed as a green chile pepper and the person dressed as a red chile pepper. (You know, the New Mexico question — Red or Green?). The crowd also liked the scenes from the Simpsons shown between innings on the big screen, especially the part where Homer discovers “the Albuquerque Isotopes?“.
Life is good in the Duke City with a baseball team named by an animated character. Now, if only we could get the pro football team Al Pacino was going to coach at the end of Any Given Sunday.