The stadium is literally the first you would see the second you get off the 192 exit. The parking is free!!! I repeat, the parking is free!!! At Vancouver Canadians, the parking is 7 dollars.... The stadium is also next to a giant track and field area. I am not sure if any team uses that or any school has the right for it.
The event staff took my tickets at a fence quite far from the stadium. I was just wondering why they set up the fence so far away, then I saw the huge field with a inflatable playground.
At Everett, they give out free game day guides that is pretty much like a mini magazine for the week. I really loved it. It has a lot of info about the team and also have info about the teams they are playing that week. I had a good read of that.
The stadium itself doesn't have any roof. If it rains, it would really suck for the fans. The floor is the same with the bleacher seats, which are made from the same type of metal from the seats, which makes a lot of noise when people are walking around. The stadium is very quiet comparing to the Canadians'.
The stadium itself looks nice and open but is quite different from Vancouver Canadians' stadium. The outfield is not as high but has net preventing the ball from going into the parking lot and other offices.
The right field is quite messed up as if you look closely, you would see this stupid extra field space and a sharp edge between that space and the center field..
Vancouver Canadian's stadium actually have indoors. This one doesn't. Everything is within the building but instead of having a door, it just doesn't have the wall facing the outside of the stadium. However, I quite like it as Vancouver Canadians' stadium can get really crowded. Especially the team shop. Talking about the team shop, Everett's team shop has much better selections in pretty much everything. Also, a heck lot cheaper. It even have game used broken bats for only 25 dollars.
If only I carried more than 20 dollars with me....
Friday also had a promotion of "Mystery Baseballs." They basically have a bunch of baseballs in a brown paper bag each. They are autographed by players from the Aquasox team, Majors such as Mike Moorse, and HOFer Rollie Fingers. Autographed baseball is like my weakness. It is the one thing I really love to collect. But, I didn't get any, for the same reason, I didn't bring enough money. It was 15 per ball and 30 for 3. I couldnt afford it....which might be a good thing since I already have Fringers' autograph.
I met with Chen briefly before the game for a short chat. He once again game me a few balls for my friends and some of his baseball cards, which he later signed. Too bad the pen really sucked...
Before the game, I went to the playground and spent a dollar, which in return, I get 3 pitches. One of the staff members had a radar gun and they would let me know how fast my pitches were. The fastest pitch of the day would win a prize. This is a lot of fun as I think I never actually got clocked before. I might have in Taiwan but I dont really remember. However, this is also quite dangerous. I was in my jeans and without warm up, I was trying to throw the hardest pitch I could. My shoulder didn't like it at all. I threw 55, 60, and 57 respectively. I am pretty sure with some warm up, I could do better. But I am not sure if I can go over 70....
I also saw a lot of autograph seekers before the game asking for autographs. Asking for autographs is one of my favorite things to do at a baseball game. But I didn't really come prepared and I didn't have anything for people to sign. Last year I grabbed a tiny Vancouver Canadians' bat and got abuot 15-20 autographs on it in one game. I should have done the same. But for some reason, I wasn't really feeling like doing all the work.
The game itself featured Donovan Tate, the former 3rd overall pick (2009?) for the Padres. Signed for 6.7 million dollars. He isn't living up his expectation though as he is still struggling at Rookie A level hitting 0.180. Austin Wilson, second round pick of the Seattle Mariners this year, who is doing decent so far. Not outstanding but not bad. Hitting around 0.280. I didn't focus too much about the game since I was trying to soak in the new stadium and the new experience. Also chatting to Chen and the rest of the bullpen quite a bit. The bullpen is literally right in front of my seats.
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| 19 = Chen, 34=Ricardo, a reliever from Venezuela, very very nice guy. |
There were activities during the game between innings, but the crowd doesn't seem to be very into it for some reason. Maybe it's because there were not a lot of people. Chen didn't play as he played the day before. He did do some throwing and catching with outfielders between innings.
The game was pretty fast because it was a pitchers' dual. Until Chen's roommate, Richard White, a short but super strong reliever came in to the game. His pitches are very fast, but just wild. There were errors and wild pitches. He gave up a few runs and the game got away from the Aquasox. I left around the 8th inning since I had to get going before its too late.
Crazy clouds make up a nice stadium view eh?
The Aquasox lost. It wasn't pretty. The score...well, for once, I don't remember.
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