Hello. Welcome. I am going to provide quick hits about the game last night, and leave the pictures and stuff to Anna.
Chase Field is full of bits. They have a big McDonaldsish playground area, an actual pool in center field, batting cages in the 300 level, all you can eat picnic tables in right field, a way too involved mascot (with attitude!), a sports bar in left field, and a place to make signs for the game in the main concourse behind home plate.
Hot sports opinion number two: I prefer outdoor baseball. The only part of the stadium that seemed to be air conditioned was the concourse, so I'm not even sure it was cooler where we were sitting than it was outside. I think if they put a bit of shading up top and scheduled their games for 7 and later to get rid of any direct sunlight the park would have a much better atmosphere.
Speaking of atmosphere, that place had the worst fans I've ever seen. The only time there was ever any kind of cheering is when all the graphics would go crazy with "MaKe NoIsE!!!" signs, and they would plat the "Everybody clap your hands" part of the Cha Cha Slide song. Then the instant the music is over and the graphic goes away, all the cheering stops. If we go back again, I'm getting a video of it. Maybe if Harry and Hayden come and visit again we can wear Rangers gear and cheer when Texas puts up runs on the out of town scoreboard, and TX will have a bigger presence at the game than the DBacks.
I had a "D-Backs Dog". Basically its shaped like a hot dog, but it tastes like obscurity and mediocrity.
Our seats were right by the visitor's bullpen. I could have poured my beer on the catchers head if I wanted to. The best part of the game was when the DBacks homered into the visitors bullpen in the bottom of the second, and little kids ages 6-12 started lining the railing waiting for the ball to get thrown to them. The first great thing about it was how all of the Colorado staff just sat there looking straight forward. It looked like none of them even thought about getting the ball and throwing it to a kid. (And if they had gotten up for the ball, I would started asking for it so I could throw it back). The second thing that happened that made my day happened about an inning later when one of the security guards started sneaking toward the home run ball. At first I thought maybe he was sneaking because it would have been some level of trespassing in Colorado's area in the ball park in some baseball unwritten rules way, but it turns out he was acting like that because when he got the ball, he immediately walked over to a little cubby hole and stored it in there for later.
Two innings after that a Colorado player hit a ground rule double in to the bull pen, and the guard went over and tossed the ball to a kid. It was hilarious. Then one of the pitching coaches for Colorado started talking to the security guard and convinced him to trade out the home run ball for the GRD ball with the kid. The part of me that likes to see little kids go home from baseball games disappointed was very let down. Although when the security guard was trading the baseballs with the kid, he did make the kid throw the GRD ball back before he threw up the HR ball to the kid. There were a couple of seconds there where I thought maybe he decided he did want both baseballs after all, and that was the best way to get it back.
And if you saw Anna's last post and needed some help in finding my in the picture, here is another hint: I really don't care about a DBacks two run home run in a game that they are running away with in the bottom of the second. I was not standing up, turning around, pointing at the ball, and almost climbing in to the row behind me like my Dad seems to think I was. I was sitting down.
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