"AMERICA'S GREATEST PAST TIME"

We were invited to attend a Diamond Backs Baseball game today at Chase field here in Phoenix. When we first arrived in Phoenix last August, DW got tickets to attend one of the games. We thought it was great.
Today was no exception. Brett & Patty (who we met through mutual friends) invited us. Brett had the tickets and a parking pass that allowed us to park right next to a walkway above street level to cross right into the stadium. It was "SWEET". We didn't have to deal with all the "NORMAL" people meandering the halls stopping and going and stopping and going.
We had lunch in a semi private area where probably 40 people at most were enjoying themselves. Not knowing what to expect next, we went down a private elevator to the concourse level. We walked a short distance from the elevator to the section where we were sitting. The seats we had were AMAZING! We were 16 rows up from the field. We could see EVERYTHING. Countless foul balls down the 3rd base line came our way and we each had an "avoidance plan" which mainly consisted of ducking down as low as we could to avoid being hit!
We had a GREAT time and look forward to attending many more games with these two wonderful friends of ours. We wish all of you in Minnesota could have been there.
We did notice at looking at the scoreboard that Minnesota won today. "Go Twins!"
Below are some of the photos we took of the game. We hope you all enjoy.

Here is the location of where we were sitting and the view of the field. They were fantastic seats.

Today was "KIDS" day. If you look in the photos above, you can see the line of all the kids that were honored as Little League players today below the large video screen. It was funny because all the little kids exited the field up the rows on either side of where we were sitting. We didn't know this was the case at first, but when we left to get some nachos before the game started and tried to get back to our seats, we had to wait quite some time till all was clear to return.

Here's a photo of the field and crowd.

At one point, we had a fireman meander past us. The gentleman in front was to keep him from falling forward & the gentleman behind was to keep him from falling backwards. They guy in the costume was having a HELL of a time traversing the stadium steps. We kind of felt sorry for him. He looked like he had been climbing Mount Everast when he passed us. Slow and lethargic.
To sum the day up as a whole, this is how it would be. Compliments of the gentleman sitting directly in front of us.
"LIFE IS GOOD"!