Whoever said it's not the heat, it's the humidity must not have visited Phoenix. Today's temperature was a personal high of 116deg. It's awful. Thankfully, Chase Field is enclosed (they have a retractable roof) and air conditioned. Chase Field is not very pretty from the outside. It's in the downtown area and looks like a warehouse. However, it is very good looking stadium on the inside. In fact, it looks very much like Miller Field in Milwaukee. It has the biggest jumbotron of any of the stadiums we've seen.
We had several firsts at the game today. I was on the jumbotron. They were actually taking a picture of the buxom woman sitting next to me, but there I was! Our joint picture led to a conversation. It turns out, she is Prince Fielder's wife (Brewers 1st baseman). We were sitting in the Brewers' family section with all of the wives, kids, and other various family members. As a result, we had to root for the Brewers. During the game, Nancy heard the D-Backs organist play. Ever since she met the Cubs' organist, she has been on a quest to meet and talk with all stadium organists. She met the D-Backs organist, Bobby Freeman, after a trek to his location on the 3rd deck by the left field foul pole. It was worth the trip. She got several pictures with him. For one of the pictures. Bobby let Nancy wear his 2001 World Series ring (the year they beat the Yankees) making Nancy the 1st Garfinkel to wear a World Series ring. The pictures are a must see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14772189@N03/sets/
The game was actually an interesting one. The Brewers bombed Randy Johnson with 6 runs in the first 2 innings. JJ Hardy hit 2. The D-backs pecked away, but could never mount a big rally. The Brewers won 8-6. The Brewers made several good plays in the field to secure the victory. Here's a link to the box score. You can also see videos of the plays of the game on this site:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2008_07_01_milmlb_arimlb_1&mode=wrap
The Hot Dogs were disappointing. They were cold. The veggies and the bun were good, and the sauerkraut was outstanding. However, we gave it an ok "7" because, first and foremost, the hot dog is the reason you buy and the best veggies ever can't raise the score too much. Nancy had a Fosters beer which she liked ... if the temps are high, any cold beer tastes good. BTW, it was 102deg when we left the stadium.
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