The ballpark is in the city of Surprise, AZ. Seemed appropriate for our trip. We got to the ballpark about an hour early. I knew I had pretty good seats for most of the games but couldn't remember where these were. Ryan was NOT disappointed when we realized where our seats were. I'm pretty sure we were closer to the batter than the 3rd baseman was.
Ryan went down by the dugout before the game with a ball and a Sharpie. When he came back 30 minutes later, the ball had 10-12 signatures including Dusty Baker, Drew Stubbs, Juan Francisco and Fred Lewis. There are a few that I have no clue. Could be Elvis or Charles Manson (that's a shoot out to my MUMB friends).
Ryan is down at the front of this group:
It was a good game that went back and forth. Cueto started but left early with an arm issue. Arrondondo was pitching in the 4th and struck out the last batter. Ryan Hanigan took the ball with him back toward the dugout. My Ryan took his best smile and glove down to the end of the aisle and waved at Ryan Hanigan, who pointed at him and tossed the ball over. In true Hummel form, he dove for the ball and threw the runner out at first. Ok, it wasn't quite like that, but he did catch the ball and came back with a HUGE smile.
The rest of the game was uneventful, although we saw some great plays. I've never seen a baseball game end in a tie until today (I won't count that awful All-Star debacle a few years ago). The game ended 5-5.
Here's your 2010 NL MVP at bat.
On to the Padres vs Giants game tonight.
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