Saturday, May 26, 2012- Beisbol!

For most South and Central American Countries, their national sport is soccer, but in Nicaragua it is baseball. It is because it is a game that the US Marines played throughout history when they were stationed here.  Milton plays on a slow pitch softball team, and he had a lightning championship tournament this weekend in Estelí. He invited me to come watch him, so I agreed to go.

I was told that the game started at 11am, so Chris and I got on the bus in San Isidro at 10am to go to Estelí. It cost less than a dollar for the 45 minute ride. Since we weren’t exactly sure where the stadium was, we took a cab once we got to the bus station. We were glad that we did though because it ended up being clear across town. However, I had been given faulty information about the game and the team didn’t even show up until almost noon. Then, the first game wasn’t until 1, and Milton’s team, La Trinidad, only played the second and third games.

Chris wanted to go grab lunch and show me the city, so we decided to do that and go back to the stadium later to see the games. We walked quite a bit, but I feel much more comfortable with the city now than what I did before. There is a rather large vegetable market there also. It was pretty cool.

Then, we walked back to see the games. The second game had only just started. It was La Trinidad Vs. Pueblo Nuevo. La Trinidad ended up crushing them in only five innings. Milton even got a home run when he hit the ball out of the park. The second game was more intense. It was La Trinidad Vs. Estelí. Both teams had won their first game. The crowd was also more rowdy because there were more “barrachos” or drunkards. It was a really good game. La Trinidad ended up winning. It was definitely an experience.

The players in the  red and blue jersey are on the same team.
Their jerseys don't even have to have their team name on them.