Missed (last) chance for buck dogs

(this post was meant for Tuesday)

Every Tuesday home game at the Brick -- home of the Oklahoma Redhawks -- is Dollar Hot Dog night, or what those in my ellipse (sorry, it's not quite a circle) call "Buck Dogs". The plan for some time was to take the kids to a ballgame on Tuesday for one last hoorah, with the season winding down, and to take advantage of the last buck dogs 'til April.

Unfortunately, Darby had a ballgame herself at 8pm on Tuesday, which was just the most terrible timing. Were her game at 6pm, we would have missed the beginning of the Redhawks game, but could have caught much of it and still enjoy a buck dog dinner. But with a 7:05pm Redhawk start time, a 7:30pm warm-up time for Darby's team, and with homework and baths to take care of, there was just no practical way to convert dreams of buck dogs to reality.

I was reminded of our missed opportunity today by an article on mlb.com, Ode to the Hot Dog.

To make matters worse, tomorrow is the last regular season home game for the Redhawks, but Darby has a 7pm game. I'm still somewhat pondering on that one, but based on how the rest of the week has gone, it is unlikely that we'll have finished homework before Darby's game, and of course baths are still at issue even if we have finished homework and get back from a Redhawks game by 10-10:30pm.

As the Redhawks are in first place in their division, I think I may have to try for playoff tickets instead.