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The Bellingham Bells baseball game last night was highly contentious and a little bit tragic. The Bells overtook the Walla Walla Sweets\u2019 early lead, then fell apart.<\/p>\n

Both the coach and the starting pitcher got tossed for yelling at the umps over bad calls. The Bells almost but didn\u2019t quite manage a 9th inning attempt to put the egg back together again. They lost 7-6.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

Tom Hanks reminded us that there is no crying in baseball. Yet shouldn\u2019t there be an exception when you lose to a team whose city is known globally for its onions? (Or its prison, thanks to The Offspring.)<\/p>\n

Tonight is the last game of the season, with fireworks after. Of course I\u2019ll be there. Saturday is the only guaranteed home game of post-season play. Unless they\u2019ve sold out by the time the box office opens tonight, your diarist\u2019s attendance there is a lock.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy?\u201d you might wonder:<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

1) Because this is really good college ball. Baseball games are long but explosive, and Bells games usually feature quite a few booms.<\/p>\n

2) Because it\u2019s inexpensive entertainment. If you ever pay more than $8 for Bells tickets, you got taken.<\/p>\n

3) Because games at Joe Martin Field are an ideal use of summer nights in the northwest corner of the good Washington.<\/p>\n

4) Because the two religions in the Lott household growing up were Baptism and baseball. My relationship to the first is complicated nowadays, you might say. But I still firmly believe that the man who is tired of baseball is tired of life.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"