Colorado SkySox, Aurora, CO

We knew there was a minor league baseball team in the Denver/Pueblo area, so we headed towards Denver in the morning with Makana to check it out. You could see some of the grounds of the Air Force Academy from the interstate. While driving around trying to find the baseball field, we saw a sign at a Wendy’s for a baseball ticket giveaway. We stopped in for some food and got a two for one coupon. We found the baseball field on the windy east side of a hill in the Denver suburb of Aurora. It was a beautiful, warm spring day, and we got third row seats on the first base line, between home plate and the dugout.
Watching minor league baseball is like being at a college game. People are casual and friendly. There’s a serious ball game going on, but there are also constant mid-inning features for kids and adults. A six year old girl announced the home team line-up every time they were at bat. There were bean bag and ball toss contests.
Makana and Lei took off their shirts and sat out in bikini tops in the sun. We stick out anyway, an Asian, a Haole, and a hot twenty year old that is a mix of the two! We had a nice time, the team won, and we got some sun as well.
On the way out of the stadium, we saw a rugby game being played in an adjacent field. Lots of folks were looking through the fence, curious at this different game. This was some kind of tournament, and everyone was not curious enough to pay the five dollars admission. That was unfortunate for the rugby players, as well as supporters of the sport. Here was a missed opportunity to expose sports fans to another game.