A VISIT TO "THE SHOW"

Major League Baseball is considered "The Show" by players, managers, coaches, and fans. We decided to go see the Colorado Rockies play the Philadelphia Phillies on a cool and cloudy but dry day in late May. When Paul was growing up in Philadelphia, the Phillies were his team.

Coors Field, the home of the Rockies, has one unique characteristic that no other major league ballpark has. Near the top of the upper deck is a row of purple seats which designate these seats as exactly one mile above sea level.   

Paul decided to try a purple seat.

Another unique characteristic of Coors Field is a "batters eye" that is green trees and vegetation. Most baseball stadiums use a plain green wall or backdrop to aid the batter in seeing the baseball as it leaves the pitcher's hand. In this area,the fountains shoot water after a Rockies homerun.

A view without the fountains. You can see the Phillies bullpen off to the right under the Wells Fargo sign.

Notice the umpires are all wearing jackets. The Colorado Rockies logo looks good behind homeplate.

This photo of the Rockies scoreboard taken just prior to the first pitch at 1:10 on a cloudy afternoon shows the temperature to be 51 degrees. Look just to the right of the Coca Cola lettering in the lower left-hand portion of the photo to see the temperature. Also notice the lights are turned on for a day game!

Another unique feature of Coors Field is the view of the Rocky Mountains beyond the left field stands. In this photo you can barely see the mountains due to the clouds and some fog.

One more view of the mountains.Yes, there were a lot of empty seats but we had a good time nonetheless. Our ticket cost $27 to sit in the upper deck above first base. However, we also got a $10 credit at any concession stand. 

We enjoyed our time at Coors Field and hope to be back later this summer. The only thing that wasn't fun was the drive back to Larkspur. It took us well over 90 minutes to return, while it only took about 40 minutes to get the ballpark. Denver rush hour traffic reminded us of other large cities like Atlanta and Dallas.  On our next trip to Denver, we are considering using their light rail system to get to the ballpark and not have to experience bumper to bumper crawling traffic again.