Parkers Scout The Daytona Beach Cubs & Coady Bitrhday Gift

The Parkers arrived around 4:00 and unloaded the Ford pickup truck. Pleep was happy to reconnect with Oscar who quickly settled in after his long day in the car. Pleep enjoyed having 3 of the owners from opposing teams so he could discuss the Monkeybutters spectacular winning streak. The Commish pointed out the MBs performance so far this week left a lot to be desired and thinks Pleep may have been distracted by the visiting teenage girl. Harry told Delete that he has his sights set on first place. Harry hasn't been in first place in a long time and is antsy to return. Everyone warned Pleep that Chase Muller (owner of the 805 Doyers) was working very hard to win this week as he is tired of losing to middle schoolers and does not want to lose to a moose and a monkey.

The whole crew headed out to Jackie Robinson Ballpark for the Cubs vs. Fort Meyers' Miracles (MN Twins) game. There was a charity auction at the game which Ida, Harry & Beau were very excited to see. Pleep was very pleased that so many famous (and former) MBs had autographed merchandise including Brandon Webb. Harry made a strategic investment move and picked up a baseball signed by all the players currently on the Yankees AA team. He also successfully won his bids on a couple of very special items for Tyler Coady's birthday gift. Pleep has been sworn to secrecy but he thinks it could be the best birthday gift Tyler will ever get. It is a good thing the Parkers were successful during the auction because in typical Chicago Cubs style, the DB Cubs gave up 7 runs in one inning. There was a brief Cubs rally in the bottom of the 7th but not enough to make a difference. The real highlight of the night was Ida getting to talk to Cubby. While she was doing that, a small child approached her for her autograph but she told him she didn't sign autographs. Pleep thinks the kid thought Ida was someone famous because she was the only adult Cubby was hanging out with.