Take Me Out to the Ball Game

We got three free tickets to the Diamondbacks game courtesy of the summer reading program.  Since Megan and Matthew let us hold them, that means we went to the game for free (plus parking).  It was a fun time.  Here are some highlights:

• Megan really got excited.  She liked watching the screens and seeing the people.  She waved a lot.  The crowd was clapping and so U helped her clap her hands.  Then she started clapping his.  She was pointing to all sorts of things, too.
• Matthew was very interested in what was in the cup holders behind us.  Once he even grabbed the straw out of the cup.  Oops!  He got upset and threw his sippy cup into the row in front of us when he didn't like a call the umpire made.
• Sarah thought the game was really fun.  She liked seeing all the players, both on the screen and on the field.  She also liked some of the crowd activities like the hot dog race and the legend players race.  I think her favorite part was the food.

• The game itself was pretty good.....if you're a D-backs fan.  Not so much if you were for the Giants.  The final score was 15-2.  The Giants actually switched out their starting pitcher in the bottom of the first inning.  That's what happens when the D-backs had 6 runs on 4 hits--yes, lots of walking going on!  When we left the game in the 7th inning, I think the Giants were on their 5th pitcher.  The D-backs pitcher was great at the plate--he was on base 4/4 times (one walk, two singles and one double with 2 RBIs).
• We left after the 7th inning stretch.  That's what we were planning on doing if we made it that long and it was certainly late enough for Megan and Matthew as the game was a bit long.  A lot of other people ended up leaving then, too, because the lights on the field went out with just emergency lighting on.  It was a nice change from the brightness of the normal lights.  They were out for 20-30 minutes before coming back on.

Not so bright