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The Dallas/Fort Worth area, known as the Metroplex is sprawling. Everything is spread out and the land is flat as a pancake. Dusk is really neat -- to the east as far as the eye can see the sky is dark, to the horizon on the far west it's golden yellow sunset and between the two horizons is every color of the rainbow.
The Ballpark in Arlington is near the ungodly huge Cowboy Stadium, Six Flags Over Texas -- crazy roller coasters, and ah, well, the Bowling Hall of Fame? I wonder how much a Basil "Buzz" Fazio autograph sells for?
Nice exterior -- find shade while you wait for the gates to open.
Okay -- major bummer. Little did I know that on a 100 degree day there is no on field batting practice. They do it inside, beneath the stadium. Argh....this is why we arrive 2 hours before game time, to catch batting practice balls. Now what -- well, the Team Store suddenly became an expensive proposition.
This one is for our followers from Camp Hill Baseball. This season one of the adults created a BoomStick club for all the kids that hit home runs. I think our league slugged about 30 dingers in 100 games with our Pirates team leading the way with roughly 15 in 20 games and Wyatt bombing 9 in 14 games before going down with an elbow injury.
Asian man, center left, funky reddish-brown hair, 26 year old, $60 million pitching phenom, Yu Darvish. What is Yu's ethnic background? You say Japanese....partly true. It's Japanese-Iranian (dad). Something tells me he is much less known in Iran than he is in Japan. He donated close to $1 million to the tsunami relief efforts.
Happy campers!
Ballpark food --- bacon wrapped hot dogs with fried onions, relish and salsa. Yummy!
The Ballpark at Arlington is very dark. The field is certainly illuminated but it drops off quickly. Next time you watch the Rangers on TV...it looks dark and the stands are. There are no city lights and the big sky is dark. With no vista to be seen outside the park, no city skyline, they have enclosed the stadium and as such it feels small and tight like Fenway. A 9-1 score, good fans, lots of singing of songs about Texas. Texas catcher Mike Napoli smashed, crushed, clobber, one to the second level of the left field stands...it had to be a jaw-dropping 475'
Glad we came, once is enough, unless it's a playoff game then this joint would really be rockin'
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