Ball Park Tour... 2005
I've never been to Florida so I was really looking forward to this short trip across the country.
So on August 12th of 2005 Matt and I flew from Portland to Orlando. We rented a car for a couple days and drove from Orlando to our hotel in Ft. Lauderdale. The next morning we drove a short distance to Miami for a afternoon game at Pro Player Stadium (still known to many locals as Dolphins Stadium). The Giants were in town and we had great seats right behind home plate. Hey if we were going 3,000 miiles might as well pay good money for great seats. I got the chance to see a favorite young pitcher of mine who I've been looking to join the Highlanders for some time start for the Marlins, A. J. Burnett. Boy this guys got smoke! It was a good game as the Marlins won 6-0. Sadly the only thing I will remember about this game was the 105 heat index at game time. Yikes!
From Miami we set our cruise control and crossed the Everglades to Tampa. Boy is Florida flat. I think the highest elevation points in Florida beside the high rise hotels are the turnpike over passes. I can't believe just two weeks later Huricane Katrina hit in this area, boy were we lucky dudes. The Yankees were in town and our visit to Tropicana Field was very pleasant... air conditioned and 78 degrees. Hooray! The next morning we headed back to where we started, Orlando and a flight to Atlanta for the next evenings game at Turner Field. This was a wonderful Ball Park I must say. We had great seats and I'm glad we got to the Park 2 hours early because we had the chance to take our time and visit the Hall of Fame Mueseum inside the Complex of Turner Field. Plenty of pictures and autographed baseballs and storys were told but the most interesting display I saw was a actual train sleeper car from the 50's that Eddie Mathews and Warren Spahn sat and slept in while traveling to other MLB Parks. Those train cars were small!
So this past years trip was short, only 3 games, but we brought back plenty of pictures and memories.
This season's trip is already planned out and we actually have tickets bought!
We will visit Coors Field, Minute Maid Park, Ameriquest Field in Arlington, Chase Field and The Glad's wrap Dome in Minnesota. Stay tuned...
So on August 12th of 2005 Matt and I flew from Portland to Orlando. We rented a car for a couple days and drove from Orlando to our hotel in Ft. Lauderdale. The next morning we drove a short distance to Miami for a afternoon game at Pro Player Stadium (still known to many locals as Dolphins Stadium). The Giants were in town and we had great seats right behind home plate. Hey if we were going 3,000 miiles might as well pay good money for great seats. I got the chance to see a favorite young pitcher of mine who I've been looking to join the Highlanders for some time start for the Marlins, A. J. Burnett. Boy this guys got smoke! It was a good game as the Marlins won 6-0. Sadly the only thing I will remember about this game was the 105 heat index at game time. Yikes!
From Miami we set our cruise control and crossed the Everglades to Tampa. Boy is Florida flat. I think the highest elevation points in Florida beside the high rise hotels are the turnpike over passes. I can't believe just two weeks later Huricane Katrina hit in this area, boy were we lucky dudes. The Yankees were in town and our visit to Tropicana Field was very pleasant... air conditioned and 78 degrees. Hooray! The next morning we headed back to where we started, Orlando and a flight to Atlanta for the next evenings game at Turner Field. This was a wonderful Ball Park I must say. We had great seats and I'm glad we got to the Park 2 hours early because we had the chance to take our time and visit the Hall of Fame Mueseum inside the Complex of Turner Field. Plenty of pictures and autographed baseballs and storys were told but the most interesting display I saw was a actual train sleeper car from the 50's that Eddie Mathews and Warren Spahn sat and slept in while traveling to other MLB Parks. Those train cars were small!
So this past years trip was short, only 3 games, but we brought back plenty of pictures and memories.
This season's trip is already planned out and we actually have tickets bought!
We will visit Coors Field, Minute Maid Park, Ameriquest Field in Arlington, Chase Field and The Glad's wrap Dome in Minnesota. Stay tuned...
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