Last week, I ventured south to the state of Arkansas. Down in the Natural State, it was evident baseball talk was dwindling and the thought of it being mentioned was a distant afterthought. Following the Razorbacks’ quick exit from the College World Series on Monday, the focus of many shifts to football if the interest. But not 15-20 minutes from the campus in Fayetteville sat a little stadium in Springdale called Arvest Ballpark and it’s home to the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, the Double-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals.
On the evening of June 18th, the Naturals played the Amarillo Sod Poodles (slang for a prairie dog).