Spring Ball

Saturday March 22, 2014
The Valley of the Sun is home to a lot of major league baseball teams spring training. The Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds share a stadium in Goodyear, AZ. I decided to drag the family to see a ballgame. Patrick invited his friend Zane along so he could have some company. We sat in the warm afternoon sun, got a good tan and watched some good ball playing. We sang "Hang on Sloopy" during the seventh inning stretch screaming O-H-I-O! and doing the motions for the letters. Then the boys got restless and the Colorado Rockies started putting a hurting on the Indians and we called it a day in the eighth. It was a fun day but you gotta love baseball to sit through long hot games like that. There are a lot of people who come to Phoenix specifically to watch teams play spring ball. Our neighbors drove from Idaho to spend four out of five days watching the Mariners play. That is dedication.

We all enjoyed expensive stadium food. Patrick likes his ketchup.

The University of Phoenix stadium where the Arizona Cardinals play. The thing is massive. It sits at the end of Bethany Home Rd just off the 101 loop right down the road from my old apartment.

There was an RV show going on at the stadium. They look tiny.