If I told you I was at a Tucson Sidewinders game, you might think I was in Arizona. But not today. Today Arizona came to me. Er, to Oklahoma City anyway, in the form of the Minor League Baseball Triple-A Championship game. Being a former Tucson resident and enthusiast, I was rooting for the Sidewinders all the way, and they didn't let me down.
I was slightly disappointed in OKC's turn-out at the game. While it was fairly packed, it wasn't the sell-out I hoped it would be. I'm also an OKC enthusiast and consider it important that we show up in force at national events hosted here so that they'll keep wanting us as their host for future events. This particular event was televised on ESPN2, and got plenty of press coverage leading up to the event, so I'm sure we should have been able to fully occupy the place.
It was a good ballgame, low-scoring until the ninth inning, and we did a better than average (though not spectacular) job with the entertainment. Probably the coolest thing was the snow in the outfield. In the grass just beyond right field they had a snow machine and had covered half the grassy area with the stuff so that the kiddos could go tubing. Well, kind of. It was a rather small area to get any serious tubing done.
I picked up Darby early enough to get us dinner before the game while her sister was at fencing, and then we went to the game. She actually paid attention to the entire game, so there is hope for her yet. Unfortunately, we had to skip softball practice to attend this event, but I figure she and I get extra practice in when we can, and this is not a common event, so probably we were okay in our attendance.
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