Back in the Big Apple

Remember how we missed our game in New York last time we drove through? Well, it almost happened again. After missing our first train, we arrived in Manhattan at around the 4th inning, and got to Shea Stadium around the 6th. So, we did get to see a little bit of the game, but we didn't get to see any runs scored or either of the starting pitchers. New York City, put simply, has not been very kind to us.

We have nothing against the city. We like it here. We don't have to drive. There is really, really good food. I mean, it's much better than Los Angeles. But for one reason or another, the Baseball Gods have intervened in our travels and decided that they do not want us to see a baseball game in New York. Not only that, they don't want us to have anything to do with baseball in the city.

We tried to make up for missing the majority of both games in New York by taking the Babe Ruth tour at Yankee Stadium on Friday. I was pretty excited because we would get to walk on the field, go in the dugouts and walk through Monument Park. Unfortunately, after traveling across town on the Metro, we got to Yankees Stadium in time to find that the tour was sold out. Like I said, we just weren't meant to see baseball in New York.

On a related note, Dan and I would like to publicly appologize to Evan Clagnaz not showing our appreciation of his generosity. So, Evan, we thank you for the tickets, and we are sorry for missing the game. We hope that our roadtrip is still proof enough that we are genuine baseball fans and we hope that you will forgive us.

Our Saturday started at 6 AM with a ride on the Subway to get to Grand Central Station where we caught a train to Poughkeepsie, which is where we parked our car. The we drove 400 miles to Cleveland, Ohio, where we had the pleasure of watching the Kansas City Royals (who are 15 games back of the Indians in the AL Central) beat up on All-Star C.C. Sabathia, who dropped to 12-4 after the game.

We also were at the day game on Sunday in Cleveland, where we sat in $7 seats in the upper deck of right field. The seats weren't actually that bad, though. Well worth the $7, especially when we slowly moved closer to the infield as the game went on. Jacobs field is also pretty sweat. It's incredibly big, but you still get a fairly intimate feeling with the fans and the players. And because it is so big, it rarely sells out, which was nice for us. I also liked how the Cleveland skyline was right behind the jumbotron in left field.

Now we are off to Chicago to watch Barry Bonds and my Giants play the red hot Cubs.