Norfolk Tides Guest Post! Yea!

Here's what happens when SG sends TFMJ on a Road Trip: his companion sends in a great post... Hey SG! Just wanted to fill you in on a lovely evening at Harbor Park watching the Norfolk Tides play the Syracuse Chiefs. Besides getting to watch Sal Fasano play for the chiefs (always nice to see either current or former Pinstripers in the Hampton roads area) I had the pleasure of indulging in the famous Fried Twinkie. TFMJ and I had a blast sampling both the Twinkie and of course the Fried Snickers. Truth be told it always a great night at Harbor Park; you can’t beat $9 professional baseball. But low gate prices don’t always mean low concessions prices. $6.75 for a 28oz Bud Light is a little steep in my opinion, but you need something to wash down the fried gooiness of the Twinkie. The report: We witnessed the process of frying both the Twinkie and Snickers. For those who want to try it with their own Fry Daddy's: take Twinkie, jam stick in it, put it in some form of Bisquick-looking batter, drop in Fryer for about 2 minutes, Voila! Fried Trans Fat! And pretty darn good. Then we investigated the difference between a "Tides" dog and a kosher dog. The Kosher dog is $1.50ish more, and apparently has no preservatives. But, as TFMJ so astutely noted, we are talking about a hot dog here…they all have something akin to a preservative in them. We finished the evening with a picture of the mini-helmet of fries, but were soon seduced, Siren style, by the scent of the salt and oil (cut to driving down the highway picking at the crumbs of the leftovers). Final tally: souvenir soda-$4ish, 2 beers-$13ish, 1 pretzel-$3ish, Fried Twinkie-$3.50ish, Fried Snickers-$3.50ish, 1 mini-helmet-$4ish…so $30ish plus tickets and $4 parking. Enjoyable easy evening. Highly recommended.