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John Grindrod: A final press box view of Lima’s boys of summer

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John Grindrod: A final press box view of Lima’s boys of summer

We realize, save for Shawnee graduate Jake Hutchins this season, that our Lima Locos don’t really live here full time, but don’t try telling that to the core Loco fans who pretty much adopt them each summer, hoping for their favorite sound effect that emanates from the Simmons Field press box, that train whistle heard whenever a Loco dents home plate from early June to August’s threshold. As a guy still working full time with quite a few irons in the fire, I’m hardly a dedicated attendee like so many, but I do make time to get out to the...

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