Now that I got that off my chest, where were we in our tale of awesome?
Oh yeah, Friday. We have definitely hit the midpoint as emotions and tempers were running high at Ho Ho Kam Park. It wasn't pretty. To be honest it all started pretty well as they apparently replaced their entire staff of crotchety old codgers with happy old codgers. They were actually helpful, nice, and everything. Weird. Ho Ho Kam also has the best feature of any spring training facility... free lunch*. How can you go wrong with that?
That's about where the fun stopped as we were then forced to slam the show together. Sometimes I kid (and people don't believe me) that I don't see any of the game down here, well Friday that truely was the case as a I didn't see a single pitch**. While I thought my day would be the one that deserved a night of heavy drinking, the Little Kid lapped my ass and decided he needed a few to forget his day. Being the good friend I am I just encouraged him to keep drinking. I'm a positive influence aren't I?
Saturday morning wasn't much better for the Little Kid. After a great breakfast at the 5 and Diner (have I mentioned how much I love breakfast, I had big stack of pancakes in case you were wondering) we watched (well Dan did) mighty Sparty lose in the Big 10 semi's.
Then we thought it would be smart to go hike Thunderbird in the heat of the day.
Best cure to a wicked hangover. Hiking in 80 degree heat! This is the Little Kid version of hell.
I don't know what exactly Allard's diet consists of but he might want to think about changing it.
As we started Jen said she might be slow as she had already run for an hour that morning.
What happened next?
Jen proceeded to kick our collective asses! This is as close as anyone would get and it was within the first half mile. Ringer!
Ever wonder what an extremely white dude wandering the desert in search of an ice rink looks like? Here's your answer:
Saturday night I found that ice rink in Glendale at the Jobing.com arena for the Predators and the Coyotes. Well, we were told the Coyotes would be there at least. There were some guys skating around in black Phoenix jerseys but they definitely weren't professional hockey players. Phoenix put up an astounding 8 shots on goal through 2 periods. Needless to say the highlight of the game was in warmups when a shot riccocheted up into the netting and fell just over the glass right smack onto a kids head. For those concerned, no the kid was not hurt, in fact he was laughing and didn't even get the puck. It was definitely worth the price of admission.
For the purposes of this blog we did get one important picture. As you can tell this a game action shot as Ed Jovanovski is standing around in one place like a pole.
Sunday saw another thrilling*** Mariners defeat at the hands of the White Sox. Yeah, let's just move on. We headed back to Glendale to do some awesome standups and catch some dinner. Dinner was at the Saddle Ranch Chop House in Westgate Center which had some nice scenery (in case you were wondering) but I couldn't convince Dan or the other camera guy to get on the mechanical bull. Wusses.
I have to say I'm looking forward to Tuesday night where I'll be reunited with one my all-time favorite flings Patrick Marleau (sorry to anyone else who might feel jilted reading this). From 1995 to 1997 we shared a bromance (albeit very one-sided) that culminated with him leading the Thunderbirds to the WHL finals. He was then drafted 2nd overall by the San Jose Sharks and the long distance thing just never really worked****. It's been 12 long years since the emotional break up and I for one am looking forward to the reunion.
* Unlike Curt I can make room to eat when it's free (and good is a bonus!)
** Which might actually have been a good thing.
*** Of course by thrilling I mean another double digit loss. Can't we get the mercy rule instituted in spring training?!
**** That is such a lie. I am so naming my first born son Patrick Trot Jacobson.
You just never know who you'll run into at spring training. Hi Nick Collison!
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