Phoenix 2009

Friday morning (EARLY) we headed to Phoenix for some spring training.  Let me start at by recalling our morning.  Flight leaves at 7AM, we leave at 5:20AM.  Around Hayward...or 5:40AM, we realize we forgot the tickets.  So we turn around and get the tickets.  Leave the house at 6AM and RACE to the airport.  We park and spring for the shuttle and literally walk onto the plane just as they begin boarding the B group.  Amazing race style.....Nick Loper likes to cut it close.

We arrived in Phoenix and headed to Goodyear to hang out with Kellie and watch Chris tear it up with the Indians. 

Here he is after pinch running.  Notice his body position at 2nd base and again at 3rd. We have the right hand on the hip with the left foot on the base.  Very casual.  I like it.

On Saturday we hit up the M's in Peoria.  Since Ichiro and Felix were both at the WBC, we caught Griffey instead.  What a great kid.  Classic Griffey.  He flubbed it a few times in left, but it's cool.  He's getting a little old and we don't need him to get injured.  Man, I'd love to be at Safeco on opening day.  

After a little baseball we headed to a bar to watch the Huskies play Purdue.  At one point the bar shut off the game and 10 of us crowded around an iPhone.  It was great....and then we lost.  I'd be winning my bracket right now if the huskies could have pulled a W.

We spent Sunday with Kellie at the Phoenix zoo.  The highlight was the giraffe.  We wanted this leaf really bad but just couldn't reach.  He stuck his tongue out and even stood on his tip toes.  It was so cute.

We had dinner at Chino Bandido - Chinese Mexican fusion.  It was actually pretty good.....but I got sick later that night.....so no more Chino Bandido for me.