“Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright...The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light...And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout...But there is no joy in Mudville - mighty Casey has struck out.” (“Casey at the Bat,” Earnest Thayer, June 3, 1888)

The concluding stanza of “Casey at the Bat” was on my mind as the Charleston Riverdogs were about to lose to the Rome (Georgia) Braves, 7-3. This couple, clad in “Riverdog Blue,” has been left almost alone in their row, just below the press box. Many had already left the scene, but these people stayed until the curtain fell. I made this image as the woman’s attention turns to her cell phone, while the man remains focused, non-too happily, on the field of play.