Are the Rockies a proper environment for Diamondbacks? Whatever.

I rode the lite rail into downtown Phoenix to Chase Field. Though going Northward the rail splits up around downtown so I had to walk a city block to the stadium it wasn’t bad. There was a crowd of people going to the game so I wasn’t alone. After a quick search of my little purse I was politely directed to the Diamond Club where are group was meeting up.

Is there any concrete left anywhere in the world? This stadium is ALL concrete. I met up with my friends and promptly found a bar stool overlooking the field. It was my first ever real MLB game so I figured I should at least watch part of the game. Hearing the $12 beer was crappy (and the food in that club even worse) I opted for water and visiting.

Yup, it was a baseball game. If I’m ever forced to watch a sport I prefer baseball, but that’s about as much of a fan I am. Right after I got there the Rockies got a home run with bases loaded, so the score was at 4-4. And stayed there until I left. The most interesting thing about the whole thing was the acoustics. The club was directly across center field and about 3 stories up from the field and the whole stadium was I would say 75% full of yelling, talking, moving fans. Yet I could hear the ball hit the catcher’s mitt almost every time. Amazing. It must be really loud down on the field. I’d figured you could hear the ring of the bat when someone hit, and you could but I didn’t think about the thump of the pitch hitting the mitt. Cool.

By the 7th (tied) inning some of us had to leave to ride the rail back to Tempe for the Rocky Horror thing. I think I’d like to go again, and maybe sit in the regular stands and watch a game. Once.