Day 7 – March 17, 2017
Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
We got up and left Sedona this morning and drove straight to Surprise,
AZ where we met up with the Robbins and took in Rangers Spring Training. It was quite the experience. We arrived around 10am and got to watch them
practicing. The kids got a million
autographs as the guys were just freely walking around.
There were over 200 players there – all of their AAA, AA & A players were there. We sat and watched almost a full game of a bunch of A players and we all fell in love with a catcher whose last name was K---- so we called him Special K.
Then we walked over to the game and our seats were perfect – section 108, row K. We were in the shade the entire game which was amazing because it was 104 outside. Katie Robbins told me that Phoenix was breaking heat records this week because it’s normally like 70/75 degrees. But in the shade it didn’t bother us at all.
We got some gear and some food and after the game, we decided to drive over to Scottsdale to watch the Giants play the Rockies. The drive was about an hour in rush hour Phoenix traffic so we stopped for a quick dinner at Jason’s Deli then got there around 6:45 (game started at 6). We parked and walked up to get tickets but the cheapest available seats were $75 each so we decided to just go to the hotel. Also, there were a bunch of drunk, rowdy people out.
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| Matt Bush |
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| "Special K" |
There were over 200 players there – all of their AAA, AA & A players were there. We sat and watched almost a full game of a bunch of A players and we all fell in love with a catcher whose last name was K---- so we called him Special K.
Then we walked over to the game and our seats were perfect – section 108, row K. We were in the shade the entire game which was amazing because it was 104 outside. Katie Robbins told me that Phoenix was breaking heat records this week because it’s normally like 70/75 degrees. But in the shade it didn’t bother us at all.
We got some gear and some food and after the game, we decided to drive over to Scottsdale to watch the Giants play the Rockies. The drive was about an hour in rush hour Phoenix traffic so we stopped for a quick dinner at Jason’s Deli then got there around 6:45 (game started at 6). We parked and walked up to get tickets but the cheapest available seats were $75 each so we decided to just go to the hotel. Also, there were a bunch of drunk, rowdy people out.
We got to the Wyndham Gardens in Mid-Town Phoenix and
checked in just as the Robbins were leaving for dinner. After we all got in a big fight, the kids
went down to the surprisingly fancy pool and swam for a bit while I walked on
the treadmill. They ate Dippin’ Dots
then we all headed back up to the room.
It’s now 9:45 and we’re watching the USA lose to Puerto Rico
in the World Baseball Classic.
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