Moses Lake Pirates game offers a fun family outing

For the most part, I'm not a sports enthusiast and would rather curl up with a good book in my spare time.

In high school and college, I only enjoyed watching basketball games because I knew some of the players.

When my newspaper bought tickets for its employees to a Moses Lake Pirates game a few weeks ago, I wasn't the first person to claim my ticket.

Even after watching a mass of my co-workers return to their desks from the circulation department with their tickets in hand, I hesitated in getting my own.

I talked to my husband Kyle about attending the game and he was all for it. I wasn't because I don't watch baseball.

He reminded me that seeing the game wasn't just about baseball or my lack of enthusiasm for the sport.

Instead, the game was about spending non-working time with my colleagues. (Kyle's insight always reminds me why he's my better half, but that's another story.)

I held off for a week or so until deciding to attend the event on game day.

The evening of the game was sunny and warm, but not too hot.

Kyle, our 2-year-old daughter Maria and I grabbed a bite to eat at Perkins before the game and headed out to nearby Larson Field.

We arrived a few minutes early and waited with some of my co-workers in the eating area before finding seats.

The Pirate mascot was there too and Kyle brought Maria over to meet him.

She cried briefly, but quickly recovered from meeting the looming costumed character with the big head and long black beard.

When we climbed up the stairs to the seating area, I was surprised at how beautiful the green baseball field appeared in contrast to the deep blue sky. The tall fence around the field blocked off busy Broadway Avenue and created the illusion like we weren't in town or near I-90.

We found our seats and the game began shortly.

Loud rock music started blaring from the speakers and that's when I learned more about my daughter's musical tastes. She smiled and clapped to the music and watched two little girls dance in front of us and stomp on the bleachers.

During the game, I visited with some of my co-workers and met their spouses.

It was nice seeing them take some deserved time unwinding outside the harried work environment of a newspaper.

Since the game, I've chatted with a few co-workers about what a good time we had.

The game was a fun experience that helped me bond with co-workers, build work morale and also share a new experience with my family.

If you haven't watched a Pirates game, I recommend you give it a try.

Lynne Lynch is the Columbia Basin Herald Grant County government reporter. If she's not careful, we will have her dancing and stomping in the bleachers to fine rock and roll music alongside Maria.