Buy me some peanuts....

Eric and I along with our friend Ben headed up to Baltimore, Maryland today as the Detroit Tigers were in town for a 4 game series. We were excited to see Camden Yards from the inside as we usually only see it from the outside when we are up in the city. I was also very excited about seeing my Tigers. :)

We got up there early and got some sweet parking, then headed about to find a late lunch. We ended up eating at the Diamond Bar which is in the Hilton right across the street. We enjoyed a very delicious lunch along with this great view of the park.



We eventually headed back across the street and then inside to look around and find our seats.



After a stop to watch batting practice from what i nicknamed flyball alley we headed on to find our seats.

This is a view from the standing only area (aka flyball alley).



We eventually made it to our seats and were awe struck by the awesomeness that was to be our seats. We were in the front row right along the 3rd baseline. It was AWESOME!!!

Pre game:


During the game...this is our view towards home plate:


We had a great view of the Tigers Pitchers doing their warm-ups.



Joel Zumaya tossed us a ball during warm-ups and Ryan Perry came by and autographed it for me (and stopped for a quick photo op ;) ).



Towards the 7th inning we got a drink and of course I had to play with the camera settings. This is a view of the warehouse that appears attached to the stadium but is actually about 20 feet or so from the stadium. It is connected by a bridge a few stories up.



We took advantage of the 7th inning stretch for a group photo and to stretch our legs.



We ended up leaving before the start of the 9th but the final ended up being Detroit 6 - Baltimore 3 so here is a picture of the scoreboard with the "final". ;)



While the seats were awesome (location) the seats themselves were NOT big booty friendly. We had an awesome time though and can't wait to get to our next ballpark to see the Tigers play.

Thank you Ben for joining us on this awesome trip. :D

A night at the ballpark.

Eric and I headed up to Frederick, Maryland tonight to catch a Frederick Keys game. The Frederick Keys play in the Carolina League and are the Class A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles.

The players in position for the National Anthem accompanied by one of the local little league teams.



The Keys came out strong in the beginning of the game and then slowly lost steam as the visiting Pelicans from Myrtle Beach found their momentum and took off.

Keyote tried to rally the fans to stand behind the home team.



Eric and I showed our enthusiasm for the team.



After the game they had a very nice display of fireworks. Just the perfect ending to a very fun evening.

Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks....

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I do kind of care whether I get back or not as RFK is in SE Washington which during the day...not so bad. At night.....hide your children.

The Detroit Tigers came to our Nation's Capital and Eric and I could NOT pass up an opportunity to see our beloved Tigers in action. We scoured Craigslist, we browsed stubhub.com and tickco.com, scrolled through Ticketmaster and back to Craigslist. I was sitting at work when I hit refresh and there they were. 2 tickets behind home plate for a steal of a price. I emailed the seller for some additional information and talked it over with Eric and we made the promise of meeting in DC before 6pm on Tuesday the 19th. We had not exchanged money yet so if there were any problems or doubt in our mind we would not have been out the money.

I knew it was totally meant to be when traffic was a breeze getting into the city and manuerving through the streets. Eric dropped me off at the corner of Connecticut and 16th. I had to walk a block and half to the office building and made my way to the top floor. I examined those tickets as if I were picking out a diamond.

I had in hand my friends tickets and a parking pass to the game on Wednesday.

Our tickets included an all you can eat buffet before the game and all you can eat snacks delivered to your seat through out the game. Not a bad deal.

Our seats were awesome. We were 5 rows behind home plate and very close to the Tigers dug out.

Pudge Rodriguez, Jeremy Bonderman and the Tigers Pitching Coach meeting on the mound, originally uploaded by jobean98.

We got to see the racing President's during one of the breaks inbetween the top and bottom of the inning and just the buzz of being at the ballpark was exciting.

The Tigers won 8 - 4 that night sweeping the series with the Nationals.

I can't wait until our next ball game as we traverse the states to visit every major league ball park.

Obey the law....keep our roads safe.