New Photos Page and Whatnot

A friend of mine back in the Fifth Grade told me that if you put the words “and whatnot” at the end of your sentences, you’ll sound smart. Best advice I’ve ever been given.

Anyway, I recently uploaded a new Photos Page which you can get to by clicking the link up top. It’s a work in progress and I’ll be constantly updating it with new photos, especially after games I’ve been to.

Check in with it from time to time and I’ll make sure to mention in my posts when I add new shots.

Talkin Baseball

As I mentioned in my earlier post, Johnny Cueto will battle Bryan Augenstein in his Major League debut. You know that already because you loyally follow The Saulton and believe everything you read on here.

So I don’t want to bore you with a game precap. Screw that. I’m going to go off on a rant about things I don’t like. 

Pools in Ballparks

1. I wonder what the Diamondbacks have to pay in insurance to have a pool just beyond their right-center wall? I’m sure that’s why it costs between $6,000-$7,000 to rent for one game. I’m also sure that’s why it’s only four feet deep.
2. Speaking of insurance, what about home run balls? You see the kids who are going to town in that pool. They have no idea what’s going on during the game. If it hasn’t already happened, you know some kid is going to get knocked out from
   
   

   "Boy Sharon, I'm sure glad we rented this pool for $6,000 so our three kids could play in it and not watch the game."

    a home run ball – hit by the other team, no doubt.

3. At $6,000-$7,000, the “Ridenow Powersports Pool” is, by far, the most expensive suite to rent at Chase Field. If I were the one with that much money to blow, I would much rather rent one of their cushy luxury suites and, here’s a novel idea, watch the game. 
4. If your child is not interested in baseball and really just wants to swim, that’s cool. I get that. But I have an idea for you: get a babysitter. Save your $6,000 and have Lucy come over and watch the kids while you go to the ball game. Clearly, you can afford to pay her well.
5. When I go to a baseball game, I actually want to watch baseball. What is wrong with people nowadays that have to have some sort of diversion from the actual game in order to attract them to the park? Why isn’t the thrill of watching the best athletes on the planet play the greatest game ever invented enough to keep people glued to their seats? Well, I guess watching the D-Backs this year isn’t so much of a thrill. And that begs the question, why pay $6,000 to see that awful team make a mockery of baseball? And now we’re back to square one. 
6. Before I let this go, I know I’ve been ripped off by the Reds and have foolishly paid money to watch them set back the game of baseball 75 years. But never have I given $6,000 for any type of sporting event and I’ll venture to say that I never will.

Stuff and Things

The Diamondbacks, from what I’ve seen of them, appear boring and lifeless. Just looking at their faces during the games and on the bench, they seem as though they’ve already mailed this season in. I guess getting beat two out of three games by the Nationals will do that to you.

I hope, for their fans sake and for their greenhorn manager’s sake, that this team doesn’t completely blow off the season. They have a lot of good, young talent to look forward to this year and in years to come. 

Listen to me…a Reds fan consoling the D-Backs Nation on their miserable year; how flip-flopped is that? But I know how it feels when your team is light years out of first place in May and the club is already planning for next season. It sucks.

Don’t misunderstand me, I’m not getting all “high and mighty” over the Reds because they’re playing well right now. I’m not declaring them anything until it happens. But trust me, it feels nice to root for a club who might, maybe, possibly, actually win more games than they lose for once. 

I believe this slogan embodies that feeling entirely. Visit CSG if you haven’t already. It’s a far better blog than this one.