As this trip progressed, Seattle was one of the parks that I was not looking forward to for a couple of reasons. First, after living here, I knew that there is no Fall in Seattle. The transition is strait to Winter and cold rain. On this account, Seattle did not disappoint. Secondly, I had been to this park before and though that it was one of the better parks at the time. Now having seen the rest of the parks, my standards have been reset, and Seattle's Safeco Stadium is really just an average park with below average weather, and, unfortunately, a significantly below average team this year.
The park has an extensive children's play area which is fine, but it pays little attention to the history of baseball in Seattle. Their "Hall of Fame" display is of High School quality and is easily missed if you glance the wrong way.
When we took our seats, both Kate and I though that we were seeing things. Directly in front of us was a lady in a Holman jersey. We both thought that this was our sister-in-law until we looked a bit closer.
Not unexpectedly, the Mariners lost to the Angels for their 100th loss of the season. Poor execution in the field and an anemic hitting attack left them helpless against an Angels squad that was mostly second string as the Angels rested their key players for the upcoming playoffs.
Prior to the second game we went to FX McCrory's across the paring lot from the stadium for dinner and a couple of drinks that we hoped would keep us warm in the sub 50 degree temps of the Seattle night. McCrory's boasts about having the largest whisky collection in North America. Shown here is only their Scotch Whiskeys. You can imagine what the Bourbon mountain looks like.
When we took our seats, both Kate and I though that we were seeing things. Directly in front of us was a lady in a Holman jersey. We both thought that this was our sister-in-law until we looked a bit closer.
Not unexpectedly, the Mariners lost to the Angels for their 100th loss of the season. Poor execution in the field and an anemic hitting attack left them helpless against an Angels squad that was mostly second string as the Angels rested their key players for the upcoming playoffs.
Prior to the second game we went to FX McCrory's across the paring lot from the stadium for dinner and a couple of drinks that we hoped would keep us warm in the sub 50 degree temps of the Seattle night. McCrory's boasts about having the largest whisky collection in North America. Shown here is only their Scotch Whiskeys. You can imagine what the Bourbon mountain looks like.
Seattle managed to loose the second game as well for their 101st loss of the season. We just wanted the game to end as we were freezing. The weather got so bad that we game up our box seat to go sit in the restaurant above right field. At least the restaurant was comfortable--somewhat similar to how the Mariners were playing--comfortable about being dead last.
Neither the stadium nor the team were inspiring and we just wanted to get back to warmer weather. 40's at the beginning of the Fall is ridiculous. This should be prime time beach season!
As for the stadium, it is also clearly a second division park leaving the ranking to be
- Arizona
- Baltimore
- Milwaukee
- Texas
- Houston
- Cincinnatti
- Toronto
- Tampa Bay
- Philadelphia
- New York Yankees
- Oakland
- New York Mets
- Cleveland
- Colorado
- Seattle
- Washington
- Kansas City
- Chicago White Sox
- Los Angeles Angels
- Boston
- San Diego
- Florida
- Minnesota
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