Breakfast at The Brick
There are a handful of games each season when the Oklahoma City RedHawks have an 11:05 a.m. start at Bricktown Ballpark. Usually it’s Field Trip Day for local students. Sometimes it’s a helpful early start for a team on getaway day.
It is currently 8:57 a.m. on Wednesday and it’s opening day of the Big 12 Tournament at The Brick.
Kansas and Kansas State are a few minutes away from their opening pitch. There are 112 people in the stands and two ducks waddling down the right-field line, getting shooed away by the grounds crew.
It is 67 degrees under blue skies. There is a gentle breeze rather than straight-line gusts. No lines. Plenty of parking.
In a word, the setting is “perfect.”
Jack Nicklaus has said the best time to see a golf course is either early in the morning or late in the afternoon when shadows are cast. Baseball is very similar, especially in a setting as beautiful as The Brick.
Wednesday morning reminded you of your Little League days, when you played early Saturday, then spent the rest of the day either watching your friends ball or playing more ball yourself.
You could hear the player chatter, the thump of the catcher’s mitt, the moment of impact between bat and ball, the words of encouragement from fans and parents, the quack of two ducks down the right-field line.
As great as the RedHawks’ 11:05 a.m. starts are, a 9 a.m. start is even better.
Sometimes baseball’s best settings are not in front of sellout crowds. Sometimes the best setting is with barely anyone is in the stands, when people relax under blue skies and think about nothing but ball.
Wednesday was all-ball all-day at The Brick. Saturday’s schedule will be the same, with games scheduled to start at 9 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 4 and 7:30.
If you missed Wednesday’s full schedule do your best not to miss Saturday’s offering.
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