Baseball Fever

It was JJ Putz soul patch give-away night. Too funny.

Like I mentioned last night, Evan had so much fun at the baseball game. He keeps asking to go back. We totally lucked out with the weather and will try to go to at least one more game - maybe this summer.

Here are some of the things that made the experience so great:

* Seats. We sat in the center field bleachers and those seats are awesome. Each seat costs $14 and the view is fantastic. We also were in the 4th row, on the aisle, so we didn't have to travel up or down within the bleachers to get to the bathroom, etc. Pops and I used to shell out big bucks for seats behind home plate, along the 1st base line, and in the Avaya Terrace Club. Home plate was great but mucho buck-o's, we didn't like 1st base, cause you would have to look sideways to see the batter and your view depended on how everyone along your row was sitting, and once in Avaya, we looked over one section and the bleachers were right there for a third of the price. For us, these are the choicest seats in the park!

* Food. Tucked away next to the Children's play area there is a food window with the best food deal in the park. The kid's meal includes either a PB&J or hot dog, either a soft pretzel or cracker jacks, and soda or milk all for $5 - and it comes in a cool Mariner Moose bucket! Pops said he saw the cracker jacks being sold at other vendors for $3.75 alone! Pops ate his usual Kid Valley burger and garlic fries and I went with Thai Ginger's pad thai and garlic beef combo - Evan had lots of good stuff to choose from!

* Moose picture. Near the same play area and food window (can't remember if they called it the Moose den or something), they had the Mariner Moose available for pictures before the game (as well as certain innings during the game.) Evan got to take a picture with the Moose (he was probably having flashbacks to Disneyland!) and the pleasant surprises? We got to use our own camera, and they took a pic of their own and printed it out for you FOR FREE! Thanks WAMU!

* 6:10 PM start time. This was perfect for us. Evan got to take his usual nap, wake up around 4, get ready for the game, and then be at the park by 5. We stayed longer than expected cause Evan was having such a good time, so we watched through the 7th inning - Evan got to experience the 7th inning stretch and sing along to his favorite song!

* Weather. I would have never guessed we would have been blessed with such fluke-y weather when I bought the tickets a month ago. Not sure what the official temp was in Seattle (mid 70s? 80?), but it was HOT! Just glad we didn't have to deal with rain!

* Clearance rack! Evan has outgrown a lot of his hats, so we decided we would get him a Mariners baseball cap at the field. They have a store just for kid's stuff, Kids Clubhouse. Evan found a cap he liked, but while standing in line, I spotted the clearance rack. We found another hat that fit him well and he approved of the design - for a third of the price of the first choice. He was totally fine getting the hat on sale.

* Trains! Evan was totally enamored by the trains that would pass by the field. When he heard the train whistle, he would grab one of us and make a dash for the stairs, where you could see the train chugging by. I never realized there were so many trains going by. When asked what his favorite part of the game was, Evan said it was the trains.