After experiencing the cosmopolitan city that is Chicago, and freezing our nads off at the Cubs game (pics to follow later on), our second port of call was Des Moines, Iowa. Our first triple A baseball experience. I couldn’t decide which of these pictures to post – so I am posting them both. Principal park was cool. And we missed out narrowly on the storm. And we ate helmets full of nachos. And I had beer accidentally spat on me by a laughing local. It was a strange night…
Number 9(a): “The Drinks Holder, The Bum and The Glove” – Principal Park, Des Moines
Who took this? And what is it of? It is bugging me…
I seriously cannot remember taking this picture. And it wasn’t Terrill as his mooby-ness is in the shot. Now, this is either a picture of:
a) An empty row of drink holders
b) A rather cute behind
c) The big inflatable baseball glove.
Answers on a postcard please…..
Number 9(b): “Dang ma, get inside, blizzard’s a coming” – Principal Park, Des Moines
Cubs mauled by the Zephers + harbinger of what was to come later on in October!
As was the case with most of the games we saw, late on in the game the home team were being battered by their opponents. The crowd were yelling for the ‘Rally Yak’ – we were just hoping the heavens weren’t gonna open. Its hard to see in this photo how dark it got – but the players were all looking rather worried out there. After the game, fans were shouting ‘Lets Get a Taxi…….Lets Get a Taxi’ to the tune of ‘Lets go Cubbies’ etc. Mildly amusing. The rain never came, at least til the morning, where our drive to Kansas doubled in time due to wrath of god monsoon weather. Muggins Magoo was driving. More soon…
The Baseball Travellers 