Tonight was the night for it all to begin at our new home field. We are crazy fans so we had to go about 2 hrs before game time to check the place out, pick seats, parking, etc. First impressions are the following:
1)The field itself is very nice, maintained, good outfield distances
2)The press box, concessions, restrooms are nicely done and well laid out
3)The seating is HORRIBLE! The field sits 6 feet below ground and the lowest bleachers 6 feet above ground. It changes the whole feeling of the game. What is so nice about the TCL is the closeness you feel, seeing the players, being connected as a fan group, this seating arrangements takes all of that away. There's even a catwalk, which is helpful for getting around once you are up in the air in the stands but that explains the whole atmosphere. Now what you can do, and we did, is to sit in lawn chairs under the bleachers, however, watch your head because the bottom of the bleachers has huge metal I-beams every 5 feet or so and they come down to about 5 feet off the ground.
OK, so enough about that. Once many of the host families gathered our chairs under the seats, the game got underway. It was a frustrating one in that we weren't very consistent, we played like we've seen the other teams play against us the last 2 games. Highlights include Jeremy hitting a grand slam and Eric going 1 for 2 with 3 straight walks, putting his OBP at .727 now! The game ended in a loss but that didn't stop us from taking the gang to...Whataburger of course! We broke in our new crew and those at the restaurant but taking about 20 people over around 11:30 (it was a long game). Tomorrow is an away game again, see you in Coppell.
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