More on my visit to Les Capitales de Quebec

Personal Notes: The Northern League is an independent league; meaning, the teams are not affiliated with any major league team.  Baseball is just as exciting to watch. The game I went to was a blowout.  Capitales beat the Lumberjacks 13 - 1. The stadium had a manual scoreboard.  A scoreboard operator sat on the ledge of the scoreboard and manually posted hits, errors, and runs by placing prenumbered cards in appropriate slots.  The balls/strikes were electronic (red dots).  I was intrigued by that.  There was a fake chicken on the scoreboard that stored the 0's.  They were eggs.  The scoreboard operator pulled an 'egg' out of the chicken for a 0 (zero runs in the inning for the visiting team). During the 5th inning, the grounds crew didn't replace the bases, but brought out a broom and swept the existing ones off.  First time I've seen that. There was one level of billboards across the outfield.

This isn't the best picture I've taken.  If you look closely, you'll see the scoreboard operator sitting under the number 10.  The chicken is on the far left above the team names..

The fan base was mostly adult men.  A few couples, very few families.  Hardly any women.  That surprised me.  At most other games I've attended, it's very much geared towards families.  Here's a little French for those who care to know. Balls =  Balles Strikes = Prises Outs = Retraits The concession had excellent hot dogs.  They were in a toasted bun vs. a roll.

Right field view.  The bullpens were in foul territory up beyond the first and third bases.  The two players in this picture are standing near the bullpen mound.

Here are the seats behind the home plate.  That box with the four windows in it is the press box.

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