Baseball Roadtrip - Day 4

So today was Day 4, Chase Field in Phoenix for the Diamondbacks/Padres. Since we were already in Phoenix, we went and had lunch with my grandma and Aunt Grace. It was 109 degrees all day, which is ridiculous. I don't want to hear about dry heat, because it was hot and miserable.


As we left my grandma's house, I got lost again. The best part is I got lost despite Cindy telling me twice within a minute to continue straight on the road I was about to turn on....I still decided to turn again! As we got to the stadium, Cindy asked her best question of the trip.....WHY ARE WE THE ONLY TEAM WITH A STADIUM NOT IN DOWNTOWN? (stay tuned for her worst question of the trip.)

From the outside the stadium it is really nice, especially when you see that the roof is closed!



Inside it kind of felt like Minute Maid Park a little bit, but it was a weird shape, and the upper level was like 100 rows and extremely steep (luckily we were in the left field bleachers about 5 rows off the field.) The food was great though, they had a lot of $1.50 options like hot dogs and corn dogs, etc; and their nachos were the old school round tortilla chips which the Rangers have some how distanced from. They were so much better than anything the Ballpark in Arlington has to offer.

The game was pretty boring, until the 6th inning when they did the kiss cam. The first couple they put on the screen was a hispanic couple, my guess was she was in her 20s and he was in his 30s. They refused to kiss and she was laughing and covering her face; after a few seconds the camera went to another couple, and everyone booed the hispanic couple. After showing several other couples they went back to the hispanic couple and once again she covers her face laughing...then in a truly priceless moment, she mouths "He's my dad." The entire stadium erupted in laughter.

Now on to Cindy's worst question of the trip. After standing and singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame for the 7th Inning Stretch; we sit down and Cindy asks if we are in the Top of the 7th inning.


After the game we decided to return our rental car, which we did and successfully avoided the $180 drop off fee. We then took the car rental shuttle to the hotel shuttle place at the airport, then caught the Radisson shuttle. On the way back to the hotel, I convinced the driver to take us to Del Taco for a late night snack. I offered to get him something, he declined, but at least we were able to eat Del Taco one more time before getting out of town.