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Photo: Dazzling lightning show interrupts Double-A Midland RockHounds game
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<blockquote data-quote="admin" data-source="post: 2767071" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="http://l.yimg.com/os/en/blogs/sptusmlbexperts/Lightning.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Don’t let the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees see that wild photo above. It might bring back too many <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/yankees-red-sox-players-frightened-thunder-react-hilariously-072505952.html;_ylt=AmLC3ZDLsxFuod3EIq0pW2fDOgU6" target="_blank">uncomfortable memories</a>.</p><p></p><p> The photo actually comes from Thursday night when the Midland RockHounds — Double-A affiliate of the Oakland A’s — were taking on the San Antonio Missions — San Diego Padres affiliate — in a Texas League matchup. After five innings were complete, a nasty thunderstorm with heavy rain moved into the area and forced the game to be suspended with the score tied 2-2 (<a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AopR1_Q5.XlppEEbq1qwdyrDOgU6/SIG=15h6dh9q9/EXP=1372583747/**http%3A//www.mywesttexas.com/sports/article_407b5822-7761-513d-8cad-b25e1eaa9eab.html%3Futm_source=twitterfeed%26utm_medium=twitter%26utm_term=%2523basinsports" target="_blank">San Antonio would win it 6-2 in 10 innings</a> on Friday).</p><p></p><p> As you can clearly see, the storm brought with it some very dangerous lightning strikes that made it necessary to clear the stadium and move all 5,261 fans into a safer area. Thankfully, they were able to do so without incident, but we’re also kind of happy the person responsible for taking the photo (the RockHounds only credit the Midland Reporter-Telegram) held their position long enough to get the amazing photo.</p><p></p><p> Seriously, you could try a thousand times and not come up with a storm photo that spectacular. Well done, whoever the photographer might have been. And thank you for sharing it with the world!</p><p></p><p> Big BLS H/N: <a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=ApzFbXqE1KPsYJ.c__ANsxzDOgU6/SIG=13md2r0l9/EXP=1372583747/**http%3A//www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-baseball/22416788/photo-double-a-midlands-lightning-storm" target="_blank">Eye on Baseball</a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><em>Looking for more baseball chatter?</em></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em>Follow <a href="https://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=Apac4P3HYlVnnVNqd9dDsH7DOgU6/SIG=11q6uins3/EXP=1372583747/**https%3A//twitter.com/%23!/bigleaguestew" target="_blank">@bigleaguestew</a>, <a href="https://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=At.1fV4IlG.ncRGxtHptO7vDOgU6/SIG=11miib0gq/EXP=1372583747/**https%3A//twitter.com/%23!/Townie813" target="_blank">@Townie813</a>, <a href="https://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AgV5k6Ap56.Swu3Q7h4l_PbDOgU6/SIG=11i7hg53v/EXP=1372583747/**https%3A//twitter.com/AnswerDave" target="_blank">@AnswerDave</a> and <a href="https://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AkHb1y_N7oFLusmNGpoIN6nDOgU6/SIG=11e6ju69g/EXP=1372583747/**https%3A//twitter.com/mikeoz" target="_blank">@MikeOz</a> on Twitter</em></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em>Also, check out the <a href="https://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AlheDIv2xSDmqIJ4QYR2JHPDOgU6/SIG=11vqu64hk/EXP=1372583747/**https%3A//www.facebook.com/BigLeagueStewYahoo" target="_blank">BLS Facebook Page</a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="admin, post: 2767071, member: 1"] [IMG]http://l.yimg.com/os/en/blogs/sptusmlbexperts/Lightning.jpg[/IMG]Don’t let the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees see that wild photo above. It might bring back too many [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/yankees-red-sox-players-frightened-thunder-react-hilariously-072505952.html;_ylt=AmLC3ZDLsxFuod3EIq0pW2fDOgU6"]uncomfortable memories[/URL]. The photo actually comes from Thursday night when the Midland RockHounds — Double-A affiliate of the Oakland A’s — were taking on the San Antonio Missions — San Diego Padres affiliate — in a Texas League matchup. After five innings were complete, a nasty thunderstorm with heavy rain moved into the area and forced the game to be suspended with the score tied 2-2 ([URL="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AopR1_Q5.XlppEEbq1qwdyrDOgU6/SIG=15h6dh9q9/EXP=1372583747/**http%3A//www.mywesttexas.com/sports/article_407b5822-7761-513d-8cad-b25e1eaa9eab.html%3Futm_source=twitterfeed%26utm_medium=twitter%26utm_term=%2523basinsports"]San Antonio would win it 6-2 in 10 innings[/URL] on Friday). As you can clearly see, the storm brought with it some very dangerous lightning strikes that made it necessary to clear the stadium and move all 5,261 fans into a safer area. Thankfully, they were able to do so without incident, but we’re also kind of happy the person responsible for taking the photo (the RockHounds only credit the Midland Reporter-Telegram) held their position long enough to get the amazing photo. Seriously, you could try a thousand times and not come up with a storm photo that spectacular. Well done, whoever the photographer might have been. And thank you for sharing it with the world! Big BLS H/N: [URL="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=ApzFbXqE1KPsYJ.c__ANsxzDOgU6/SIG=13md2r0l9/EXP=1372583747/**http%3A//www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-baseball/22416788/photo-double-a-midlands-lightning-storm"]Eye on Baseball[/URL] [CENTER][I]Looking for more baseball chatter? Follow [URL="https://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=Apac4P3HYlVnnVNqd9dDsH7DOgU6/SIG=11q6uins3/EXP=1372583747/**https%3A//twitter.com/%23!/bigleaguestew"]@bigleaguestew[/URL], [URL="https://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=At.1fV4IlG.ncRGxtHptO7vDOgU6/SIG=11miib0gq/EXP=1372583747/**https%3A//twitter.com/%23!/Townie813"]@Townie813[/URL], [URL="https://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AgV5k6Ap56.Swu3Q7h4l_PbDOgU6/SIG=11i7hg53v/EXP=1372583747/**https%3A//twitter.com/AnswerDave"]@AnswerDave[/URL] and [URL="https://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AkHb1y_N7oFLusmNGpoIN6nDOgU6/SIG=11e6ju69g/EXP=1372583747/**https%3A//twitter.com/mikeoz"]@MikeOz[/URL] on Twitter Also, check out the [URL="https://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AlheDIv2xSDmqIJ4QYR2JHPDOgU6/SIG=11vqu64hk/EXP=1372583747/**https%3A//www.facebook.com/BigLeagueStewYahoo"]BLS Facebook Page[/URL][/I][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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