The Heat is on

Yes it’s true, the heat is on and I’m not talking about the big three in Miami. I’m talking about my business trip to Phoenix two weeks ago where I experienced, for the first time, what AZ summers have to offer. I believe it got up to 112 degrees the last day we were there! Luckily I’m a day walker and the sun had nothing on my red headed skin. The purpose of the trip was to visit a couple partners of OS who resell our products but of course we took advantage of the situation and hit up a little D-Backs game. It just so happened the Yanks were in town. Boooooooooooooooooo!!!!! We got to the stadium early and had dinner in a nice restaurant in the right field bleachers. The AC in the stadium felt fantastic. Thank goodness the roof was closed. Just as we got up from dinner to head to our seats in the first inning A-Rod smacked a shot over the left field wall. In then heard something that caught me off guard. The crowd erupted in cheers. I never heard so many people cheer for an opposing team. We hurried to our seats and again to my amazement there were no Diamond Back fans in sight. I was surrounded by Yankee fans. It was like a bad dream or something. They dominated the stands. Honestly, I think there were just as many Yankee fans if not more than D-Backs. I must admit though they were extremely loud and annoying, I found the Yankee fans quite comical. We had some loud drunk dudes in our section starting the funniest cheers. They were saying things like “We sell tickets” to “single ladies” with the beat of a drum in the background. The funniest though came in the ninth inning when the D-Back put in Tony Abreu to pinch hit. I’m guessing he’s Bobby’s younger brother? Anyway the Yankee fan next to us started a cheer (keep in mind for a guy on the D-Backs) that went something like this…Boom, boom, boom let me here you say a Abreu (Crowd then followed with an “Abreuuuuuuuuuu”). It doesn’t have the same effect writing it in a blog but it even made the loyal D-Back fans laugh. Guess you had to be there. Yanks ended up spanking them of course. I’m wondering how ever lose when 8 out of your 9 starters are currently or have been all-stars? It’s just not fair. Oh well, at least they’re fun to watch and they sell out stadiums anywhere they go. As for the stadium I give it 9-10. Pretty sweet place with a lot do. Good time in PHX.

Party at Petco...Go Dodgers

My travels took me to another ball park in May. This trip however was not for business but strictly pleasure. Ash and decided to go down to San Diego for a little surf and baseball. We met our friends and Aaron and Mercedez Attig who live in Irvine to join us on the journey. The first stop was Churches. A popular beach outside Camp Pendelton. Ash, aka lil shredder, carved the wave into pieces and left Aaron and I stranded like beached whales on our boards. We eventually gathered ourselves and had some nice rides. After a fun day at the beached we showered up put on our Dodgers gear and drove to Petco.
Ashley got us tickets in the right field bleachers that was an all you eat section. I was a little hesitant, thinking the food would be junk, but surprisingly the hot dogs were really good. The stadium was littered with Dodgers fans who came piling in by the bus load (literally). With a Matt Kemp home run in the 7th the Dodgers won. For those who haven't been to Petco field it's a must visit. We took a good hour in the middle of the game just walking around park.
One downside about the stadium is they are very limited on parking. Luckily we found the last spot in some paid lot about five blocks away. When we got to the car after the game it had been broken into and our stuff was everywhere. To our amazement, no windows were broken and the only thing stolen was a roll of quarters. He even left our expensive sunglasses sitting on the seats. I guess I forgot to lock the car…my bad! I felt awful considering the fact that it was mother-in-laws brand new car. I’m so lucky nothing happened. Besides that little incident the game was a blast. It was my third time to Petco and definitely won’t be my last.