I don’t know if there’s a lot to say about this game. 15-0. Zero? Really??? Let’s just say it was a pretty painful experience to be sitting around Yankee fans during this game. At least they weren’t awful. But that is probably because I was chatting up the one next to me for awhile, talking sports, spring training, PSL’s, etc. So he knew I knew my stuff. Ha.
We (8 of us) were tailgating before the game, but 2 of the crew had gotten stuck in traffic and didn’t arrive until noon. That meant we didn’t go into the stadium until about 12:45 and got to our seats just in time for the announcements of the starting lineups. Which also means that I didn’t really get to walk around at all. I probably could’ve wandered during the immense blowout, but felt the need to watch the train wreck unfolding before my eyes.
The stadium looks a lot like the old one. There’s some grass separating the bleachers from the section below. That’s different. Otherwise…..hmmm…yeah…looks the same. They do have a snazzy super hi-def and huge screen in the outfield, BUT my big complaint was that there was only one scoreboard which meant when any sort of fluff was showing, there was no place in the whole entire freaking stadium to see lineups/score/pitch count/etc. That annoyed me many a time.
Last week I had written that I was only going to get to watch “half” a game being that my official seat was in the lovely obstructed view section 236, Row 23, close to the wall. This means you can’t see 1/2 of CF, none of RF, and not even 1st Base! WTF! OK fine you can’t see the OF, but can’t see 1B?! Well, thanks to some *cough* “creative seating arrangements” *cough* my friend and I never sat there. Let’s just say sitting in the bleachers can have its privilege. We were crowded for the 1st inning, but after that everyone starting to get up, wander, go get food, beer, etc. and after the 4th people were leaving for good, so we had plenty of room in our “adopted” seats. I was just happy that I was able to watch the game, even if it was an entirely awful game to watch.
Clearly there is not much else to report because I didn’t eat any food there, didn’t wander, and the game was pretty much a non-event. The pictures are still on my camera waiting to be downloaded, so maybe in a few days some photos. Until then…
