Four games in four days makes for a busy, fast and fun filled weekend. We flew to Phoenix Wednesday evening and saw our first game of the trip at Tempe Diablo Stadium which is nearest our hotel. This is the ballpark for Angles. On Friday, after the hike, we watched the Giants play at Scottsdale. Because of the hike, we were late to the game and it took me (I dropped everyone off at or near the park) 30 minutes to park in a spot 10 blocks away. Since I arrived during the 3rd inning, we stayed for the whole game.
Day three took us to see the Brewers at Maryvale. This park is far from the hotel, in a bad neighborhood, but the complex is very nice. Plus we had good seats since it isn't as popular as the other parks. On Sunday we drove out to Peoria to see the Padres play and they won despite playing with 'B' players from a split squad. Besides baseball, there was plenty of NCAA basketball to watch. We visited a few bars to watch these games, especially UCLA, my friend's favorite team. I cheered for them just because it was the thing to do, but I'll admit their games, as well as others, were exciting to watch.
And finally, we were there for our friend's 40th birthday. He enjoyed a nice steak dinner at Frashers in Scottsdale, a unique, restaurant we discovered by accident years ago which has the best steak in town. So, spring training 2007, here we come.
Four games in four days makes for a busy, fast and fun filled weekend. We flew to Phoenix Wednesday evening and saw our first game of the trip at Tempe Diablo Stadium which is nearest our hotel. This is the ballpark for Angles. On Friday, after the hike, we watched the Giants play at Scottsdale. Because of the hike, we were late to the game and it took me (I dropped everyone off at or near the park) 30 minutes to park in a spot 10 blocks away. Since I arrived during the 3rd inning, we stayed for the whole game. 
Day three took us to see the Brewers at Maryvale. This park is far from the hotel, in a bad neighborhood, but the complex is very nice. Plus we had good seats since it isn't as popular as the other parks. On Sunday we drove out to Peoria to see the Padres play and they won despite playing with 'B' players from a split squad. Besides baseball, there was plenty of NCAA basketball to watch. We visited a few bars to watch these games, especially UCLA, my friend's favorite team. I cheered for them just because it was the thing to do, but I'll admit their games, as well as others, were exciting to watch.
And finally, we were there for our friend's 40th birthday. He enjoyed a nice steak dinner at Frashers in Scottsdale, a unique, restaurant we discovered by accident years ago which has the best steak in town. So, spring training 2007, here we come.
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