Chase Field

Today we all went to Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team.  

The tour guide showed us some memorabilia from the D'Backs 2001 Championship
- center is the "World Series" Trophy

A ball and batting helmet used in the 2001 Series

The tour guide told us many details about how things in the stadium work.
There is an 8 ton air conditioner that can drop the temperature 30 degrees F in 2 hours.
The retractable roof can close in 4.5 minutes - the fastest in the majors.

There is a swimming pool beyond the right field fence.
So far, 70 home runs have been hit in the pool.

The interior of a private box

Rusty tried to get me to order treats from the concierge.

We got to visit the Visitors Dressing Room

and the D'Backs dugout!
[of course Rudy wanted to know if we should spit as some ball players do!
the answer was "No!"]

Here we all are in the Diamondbacks dugout - wow!

Then we all went for lunch at Fridays - a restaurant right in the ball park!

So good-bye from Chase Field - we can't wait for baseball season to start!