Progressive Field.
“Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack…”
Yesterday, a few of my friends and I went to the Tigers v. Indians game. One of the things I am really grateful for is to be able to live in a city with a Major League Baseball team. I still have yet to figure out who all of the Indians players are and get used to seeing the DH rule in play, but either way, games are just a ton of fun.
If you make it out to Progressive Field (or any baseball field), I highly suggest sitting in the view box seats behind home plate. Best seats in the house! I only paid $13 for my ticket since I bought them from a season ticket holder (they’re normally $32), but you might be able to get a similar view from upper boxes 553-555 for $22.
Between innings, the board showed some birthday messages. One of them wished Padres’ first baseman Adrian Gonzalez a happy birthday, so I sent out a tweet that was retweeted by @MLB. Pretty cool, considering the fact that they are the official Twitter account of MLB and follow over 11,000 other users.
Retweet by @MLB.
My friend and I decided to head down to the lower level to meet up with some other friends. I spotted Slider the Mascot on the way there! Anyone have any idea what he is supposed to be?
Slider the Indians mascot.
By the time we reached the seventh inning stretch, it was 50° and pouring. Wind gusts reached 40 MPH, so I dashed to the concession stand to get some hot chocolate to warm up. Luckily we found some seats underneath the overhang, otherwise I would have been totally miserable. Despite the May grey though, baseball games are still my favorite summertime activity!
Hot chocolate to keep me warm.
Too bad you weren’t here during the glory days of the 90s. The Tribe had the MLB record for most sell-outs in a row (not sure if that still stands or not, though).
I heard about that! Just did a Google search – seems like the Red Sox now hold that record.
Yeah, well… the Red Sox have the smallest ballpark in Major League Baseball, so how is that even a fair competition?
I’m not too into baseball, but I’ve been to games at both the Oakland Colosseum and PacBell Park and the latter is wayyy cooler. Another reason why you should transfer to N.Cal!