May brings us to our traditional game outing in Round Rock, this time to see the Round Rock Express take on the Sacramento River Cats on Star Wars Night at Dell Diamond on Saturday, May 16, game time 7:05 p.m. For those who haven’t seen it, the post-game festivities include a themed drone show, which is spectacular.
- Many of us gather for an optional dinner at the Salt Lick BBQ adjacent to Dell Diamond. Salt Lick policy is to seat only complete parties (although we can usually squeeze one or two folks in), so we ask members and their guests to RSVP using our mobile-friendly form for an accurate headcount and arrive by 5:30 p.m. *sharp* (we’ll be gathered in the tables outside the front door). Dinner guests can take free parking in or near the Salt Lick parking lot, and after dinner, it’s a short walk over to the stadium.
- Game attendees should purchase their tickets via the Round Rock Express site. We are eying a block of seats down the left field line (behind home dugout and in evening shade) in section 115, rows 19, 20, and 21, seats 1-10, seats priced at $31 each. Please purchase seats as soon as possible to be among friends!
Dell Diamond is cashless, and card or mobile device payments are accepted for parking and at all concession booths. Join us on Saturday the 16th – significant others and kids are welcome.
RSVP for the Salt Lick BBQ PreGame
Purchase tickets for the Express-River Cats game
We also held our quarterly lunch in San Antonio on Saturday, May 2, at BJ’s at the Rim. A small but enthusiastic group got to meet a new face – Bob Bailey, who moved from Florida to San Antonio last fall. Bob is a 40+ year SABR member, and is co-chair and newsletter editor of the Nineteenth Century Research Committee – instructions for subscribing to that group are on that page. Bob’s a Yankees fan, and bonded with Ira. Also lunching with us were Linda, Jeff, Cy, Larry, and yours truly. We had a rousing discussion about bases.chat and Stathead, with impromptu trivia challenge questions flying across the table in every direction.
This Round Rock outing is a great chance to catch up with friends, and who knows, general manager Tim Jackson may join us for a few minutes if he’s available. Looking forward to seeing folks there!