Today was our first ballpark, Dodger Stadium. Dodgers vs Astros
It sometimes pays to have a big truck because we were able to park near the entrance instead of the back 40. We arrived around noon and found our seats. Sadly they were in full sun and after about 20 minutes, I couldn’t take it anymore. We ended up moving to the upper deck and sitting in the shade. Interestingly one of the crossing attendants told us to go to the shade if our seats were in the sun because they were only expecting around 32,000 people. I’m pretty sure everybody else had the same idea of moving to the shade because people were coming up from the sunny seats to sit near us.
I will say that watching baseball isn’t as much fun if you don’t care who is going to win. Dodgers lost 5-1 by the way. Out of all of our ballpark visits, only two have our favorite team of the St. Louis Cardinals. One is in Arizona and the very next game in Colorado. We received rally towels today as the team giveaway. They are nice towels but I really don’t need another towel.
There are fun little things at each stadium and we enjoyed seeing some of the those. I love baseball and I’m looking forward to seeing all the stadiums. Dodger Stadium was opened in 1962 and can seat 56,000 people. It’s the third oldest ballpark in the Majors. They have some excellent players to be sure. Shohei Ohtani ranks right up there with the best. One player Dodgers fans do not like is Jose Altuve from the Astros. Below is a video of the reaction every time he came to bat, every single time.
All in all it was good day. I was sad to have missed the Class A parking in one of the sites this morning. We got stuck for a few minutes leaving the campground because of it. I’m sure it was a sight to behold as the spaces are small and there are cars parked in front of the other RV’s. Parking an RV is like watching a scary movie. You never what’s going to jump out at you or what or who is going to get in the way. And for those who like to park as straight as possible, like Tom, it’s forward, backward, forward, backward, etc.
One ballpark down, 25 to go. Next up is Angel Stadium. I’m hoping for cooler weather.
May your journey be a good one.
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