Play Ball!-February 27, 2013

We went to the Colorado Rockies-San Diego Padres game today. The Rockies won 6-3. The weather was absolutely perfect for sitting outdoors. For only the second time in my history, my camera did not take good pictures. I will share a couple of bad pictures and you will have to use your imagination. We were in the second row directly behind home plate. Excellent seats. We found out after we were seated that this section is for owners and scouts. Two guys behind us were using a radar gun on the Rockies' pitcher's throws. And two in front of us appeared to be working for the Padres. We got the tickets off the internet so don't ask me how we got so lucky. We had a great time followed by a delicious meal at the Cheesecake Factory. Yes, they have good food besides cheesecake.

From our seats you see home plate, the pitcher's mound and second base.

 

 

Milling around before the game started. Maybe they call it

"warming up". It was more like goofing off.

 

 

They had a mascot race with a strawberry lemonade and a hot dog.

The third one was not clear to us. This was just plain weird.

 

 

I love baseball so I am extremely delighted we had a chance to do this. We were fortunate to sit next to a couple from Wheatridge, Colorado. They are here for the winter. They are much more avid fans than we are. We were dreading the fact we might get stuck next to a Padres fan. Luck was with us and they were devout Rockies fans.

We are taking tomorrow off to get ready to move down the road next week. That will free us up to have the rest of the time for fun.