What do you do on a summer day in Montana when the temperature hits 98? You go for an early walk, lay low in air conditioning during the day, and go to a minor league baseball game at night. At least that is what I do.
Grandma Rhonda, Evie Lu, and Evie Lu's baseball crazy dad
Cobb Field (named of course for Joe Field) sits near the base of the rimrocks in Billings. It is an amazing setting to catch a ballgame. I've been going there since the first summer we moved to Billings. Being a Cubs fan I have a rule that I cannot root for the home team unless I'm at Wrigley Field (named of course for Joe's cousin Stan Field). This led to me convincing my high school buddies to do the same and we would root against the Billings Mustangs while we sat on the third base line. Obnoxious? Absolutely. Hilarious? Mostly.
This is the last season for Cobb Field. The people of Billings voted to build a new park for the Mustangs which will be ready for next season. I was glad to get one last game in to reminisce about Brady and I rooting as loudly as possible for the Lethbridge Mounties or the Butte Copper Kings or the Helena Brewers. Maybe next summer Evie Lu and Brady's little girl Annabelle can catch a game at the new Mustangs park.
Why am I not facing the game?
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