Why a baseball stadium needs a roof

We went on our regular family pilgrimage to a Milwaukee Brewers game on Saturday night (Brewers win 8-4). We planned it all summer, and cousins came from far and wide. We traveled through the beginning of the record-breaking rainfall across Minnesota and Wisconsin. And guess what! The game was not rained out - thanks to the Miller Park retractable roof. Yeah, I was disappointed that it wasn't a beautiful night out for baseball. But I'd have been more disappointed had our one shot to carry on a family tradition been rained out and our miles on the road been for naught.

I'm not terribly invested in the Twins stadium debates (being an immigrant from across the border), but it just seems so short-sighted to build a fair-weather stadium without a roof. Think of all the fun family outings that won't happen. Glad my family gathers at Miller Park.

OK - so what has this got to do with libraries? Well, at the appointed time, everyone with ATT phones sends text messages, and the messages come up on the scoreboard, and guess what - "Librarians are sexy" appears in lights (and no, it wasn't me, with my Alltel phone.)

Librarians are sexy - 3rd line down


The roof - dry as can be


Here we are