Monday, March 24, 2008

Spring Break






Randy Johnson hurling some pitches at the Tucson Electric Park against the Dodgers. My brother-in-law, Scott, from California - the one with the foam matress business listed to the side - took a rare day off and drove out to see a couple spring training games. He was kind enough to bring me along...By the way, he also says if you mention Ranger Dan when buying a matress from him, he'll throw in an extra travel pillow for free....As the Dodgers spring training facility is in Florida, their appearance could be considered rare as well. That is, unless you are aware of the fact that they are leaving Florida and coming to Arizona next year for spring training. Quite a good game with the Dodgers taking an early lead 3 - 0 and the D-Backs not really catching up completely until they go ahead in the 8th.
Our mascot - Baxter the Bobcat. A bobcat for the Diamondbacks? How can that possibly make any sense?! Well, our stadium was named Bank One Ballpark (BOB - BOBcat, get it?) for the first number of years. It is now Chase Field, but how can you cut loose a mascot after it has become established? Besides, you can't exactly have a snake running around.