24 March 2008

Baseball on the second day of Spring

So I made it to the U of U Baseball game on Friday, the second day of spring, and they won 7-5.
There were only four problems with the game:
1: It was cold sitting there: nothing to be done, I should've brought a blanket or a warmer coat, I'm sure the weather was great for the Saturday day game but I was busy
2: The $2.75 coffee at Not-Derks (Franklin-Covey) Field was highway robbery, at least they were going through enough that it was fresh, at least they had coffee: but come on people, don't charge Starbucks prices for coffee that isn't as good as the 7-11 across the street
3: Only about 100 fans out: where are all those U fans? It's $5 well spent -- better and cheaper than most movies
4: Metal bats just don't sound right, though I do like the little "plink plonk" tune when a pitch skips across one back to the catcher.

Last year I went to the game on the equinox, I guess the day after is close enough for celebrating spring. At least I got my baseball fix and can probably hold out now until the Bees home opener on April 11.

I also found one more reason I'm going to hell: just keep in mind it was Good Friday - they played Billy Joel's "Only the Good Die Young" on the PA, I couldn't stop laughing. I hope it was intentional, but since we are in Utah it probably wasn't.

(Altered version from my Beck's Balls blog)

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