Lehigh Valley wasn’t a part of the itinerary. The last ballpark that we were going to visit was going to be in Auburn, New York, but since 2013 has been the rainiest year in the history of mankind, much like everything else has been at some point, Auburn was rained out.
But instead of tucking our tail between our legs and accepting an unexpected baseball-less evening, quick thinking on Huzzard’s part opened the gates for us and immediately after finding out the cancellation in Auburn was official, we were already on the road, headed south into Pennsylvania, since we needed to be going in that direction anyway.
Apparently the Lehigh Valley IronPigs were home on this particular evening, and because of a prior rainout, they had a double-header that needed to be played, because of where they stood in the standings. Which meant that it was just enough time for us to get down to Allentown, PA to catch an official game, at a new park that neither of us had been to before.
I can’t really speak for the city of Allentown, since we didn’t actually stick around after the game. But I do know that they have a strong presence of Pilsbury and a Keebler factory that isn’t actually a tree, but otherwise, yeah, we didn’t stick around. The ballpark as a whole was a little too much, but again, I go into further detail on the official review on my baseball parks site.
