Road trip: On!
The first day's drive was uneventful, which is always a good thing. Dustin drove, the ipod provided the music, I read a book, and we made it on one tank of gas. Other than a brief stop at a desolate rest stop for our picnic lunch, we just drove straight through.
We arrived in Phoenix to discover that IT IS HOT. We briefly considered a dip in the hotel pool until Dustin did some recon and discovered that it was full of middle-aged, overweight, hairy men. Ugh. Never mind.
After relaxing in our very nice room (although it's the handicapped room - we seem to get the handicapped room about 75% of the time. Does something about the name "Marciniak" suggest that we need weird shower arrangements and no closet doors?), we walked over to the stadium.
Our thoughts on Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks: Dustin deemed the stadium "too symmetrical," but overall said he'd give it a "B." I thought it was nice, if a bit bland. We were present for the very first time the Diamondbacks hosted the Yankees during the regular season. As a result, we were fully surrounded by Jeter nation. They were about as pleasant as you'd expect Yankees' fans to be. Seriously, though - where does Arizona get 30,000 people in Yankees' jerseys? I mean, it's not like they play here regularly, so...
After relaxing in our very nice room (although it's the handicapped room - we seem to get the handicapped room about 75% of the time. Does something about the name "Marciniak" suggest that we need weird shower arrangements and no closet doors?), we walked over to the stadium.
Our thoughts on Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks: Dustin deemed the stadium "too symmetrical," but overall said he'd give it a "B." I thought it was nice, if a bit bland. We were present for the very first time the Diamondbacks hosted the Yankees during the regular season. As a result, we were fully surrounded by Jeter nation. They were about as pleasant as you'd expect Yankees' fans to be. Seriously, though - where does Arizona get 30,000 people in Yankees' jerseys? I mean, it's not like they play here regularly, so...
Anyhow, Dustin got a beer, we got some garlic fries (the recommendation for this stadium), and then we climbed... and climbed... to our seats. "It's a good thing you aren't afraid of heights," Dustin remarked. The game was a sellout (thanks, Yankees!), so we were just happy to be there. It was a great game - 3 home runs in the first inning alone, a final score of 10-4, and the Yankees lost, so all was well. We even saw a couple get engaged during the Kiss-Cam segment! :-) Day 1, Game 1: Success!
Now for a full day of driving, followed by another day of driving and then a game in Houston... with... wait for it... ALL YOU CAN EAT SEATS!
A few final pictures of Chase Field:
Ok, the formatting here is giving me fits; it looks fine in the preview and then not so much in real life... sorry...
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