It was an historic night in Kilgore Thursday June 12.

For the first time in over 50 years Driller Park has a summer franchise and

Thursday was opening night. There was a good crowd in attendance,1, 009

people came out to see the return of summer baseball.

The Concession Stand food was good but the lines were really long and the

workers seemed a little confused at times... but it was their first night.

The two mascots made their debut but Derrick the Dinosaur had very little

personality and didn't know what to do. Boomer the Donkey however was very good and was the favorite with the fans. The female clown was just irritating and made my nephew mad because she would not leave him alone.

The game itself  got off to a bad start for the "Jacks" when they gave up a grandslam in the second inning. The team redeemed themselves by coming back to tie the game and go into extra innings.

 Before this game the  PumpJacks had only scored one run in the first two games. In their home opener, the players finally seemed to be getting used to using the wooden bats and hit the ball well... scoring six runs. The final score was 6-5 and was the first win

ever for the PumpJacks.

Over all it was a good experience with a courteous staff and and a hard playing team.

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