Rain began falling in the bottom of the 9th.<\/p>\n
The Senators were down 5-1. They hadn’t been able to muster any offense to speak of all game; indeed, their only run came on a wild pitch. I had no expectation that with three outs remaining, then two, and finally one, that the Senators would find the offense that had eluded them all night.<\/p>\n
They didn’t.<\/p>\n
The rain picked up throughout the inning. A few drops here and there, light and steady, gentle, and, finally, when the last out was made, heavy. By the time I reached the gate — and took my coupon for free breadsticks at Pizza Hut, because former Lynchburg Hillcats great Nellie Rodriguez struck out in the first inning — the rain was driving and hard.<\/p>\n
Not that I’ll ever redeem the coupon. I can’t remember the last time I went to Pizza Hut.<\/p>\n
I walked across the Walnut Street bridge across the Susquehanna, illuminated in red because the Senators had lost. The rain was blinding, stinging my eyes, and instinctively I tried to push it away from my face, to no avail. The rain felt good and the peaceful, and though it soaked my clothes through I didn’t mind.<\/p>\n
I paused on the bridge, watched the river’s rushing waters beneath my feet, looked at the lights of the city through the rain, and I was content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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