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Saturday, May 8, 2010
Chilly Day At The Ballpark
Today I attended my first major league baseball game (woo!), the Indians vs. the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field in Cleveland.
Unfortunately, it wasn't very enjoyable because the weather was miserable: overcast and chilly with 30 mph gusting wind. (But at least no rain.)
This is me in the first inning, no longer wearing a hat because it had already blown off twice.
I'm a bit ashamed to say we wussed out and only stayed through the fourth inning...although that was longer than many people around us.
But yay for Americorps and the Indians for hooking us up with free tickets! You can't beat that.
Here was our view:
Americorps got shown some love on the big screen -- which, by the way, was built by South Dakota-based Daktronics and was once the largest video display in the world at a sports venue. Props.
At first, our section was full of other Americorps members from across the state, but everyone cleared out pretty quick -- either in search of warmer seats or to head home early.
We were asked to wear Americorps gear, but as it turned out no one would have been able to tell because everyone was bundled deep beneath winter coats and hats. (Why didn't I think to wear my spiffy HarvestCorps jacket?!)
It definately felt more like football weather than baseball. The stands looked pretty sparse...and we witnessed more than one fan lose a full plate of nachoes to the wind as they carried them back to their seats...
Here's us saying farewell (and good riddance) to Cleveland. Off to listen to the rest of the game on the drive home, back to the warmer side of the lake. (The Tigers prevailed, 6-4.)
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