Briggs and I went to Atlanta Thursday to see his first MLB game. I purchased the tickets on-line and thought I had us in the shade. Section 325 at 115PM was smack dab in the middle of the sun and hotter 'n hell! The back of the second deck for us next time! Actually by 3PM it looked like our seats had been taken over by shade, but by then we had found seats in the 400's.
We watched innings 1-2 and then went walking during 3; came back and sat in the fourth level, in the shade, for innings 4-5-6. We walked around some more during 7 and sat for 8 and the top of the 9. The Braves were ahead coming into the 9th, so when Colorado failed to score again, the game was done after the first half of the inning. It was kind of cool because the team is homing in on win #10,000.
We parked on Pryor Street, in the YMCA lot which was only $8, and worked really well. it's a bit further to walk (about an extra block), but the guy seemed genuinely friendly and the lot was secure. I got a little rattled leaving town, but a straight shot all the way back up Courtland to JW Dobbs Avenue should work fine next time.
The main thing, though, was that Briggs had a blast. There were a couple of home runs, so he got to see some fireworks from the Coke bottle; he ran around in Sky Field; he threw some (24mph) pitches downstairs.
I never watched pro ball as a kid. But have now seen MN Twins, B'more Orioles and ATL play at home. Briggs is trying to claim the Twins game because he was in utero at the time!
It was about 215 miles from Black Mountain, and right at 3.5 hours driving the speed limit (Thank you, Alice P.). Fast food at Gainesville is not right of the highway, so we lost some time there; pick another place for a quick lunch. The game was done at 420PM; we were on the road by 440PM. Downtown was starting to pick up tempo (in a perverse, opposite kind of way). We added about 45 minutes to the return trip because of rush hour traffic.
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