Ugh, it's almost here....WINTER! The long, cold dreaded winter of Minnesota. I've decided that I'm taking the day today to think ahead to the coming springtime. Warm weather, lots of colorful thinks to look at, baseball, being outdoors in shorts and a t-shirt....ahhhh, spring!
Yesterday I mentioned there was no seating beyond the home run fence in Midway Stadium. I'm sure your wondering what is beyond the home run fence if there are no seats. Wonder no longer, there ain't much to see over the advertisements but trees, buildings and blue sky. Can you believe it rained shortly after taking this photo?
Jim of Terrel Daily Photo mentioned in his comment from my August 14 photo that my seats looked pretty decent. While this is very true, I thought I would show a photo that was panned back a bit to show more of the stadium. Midway Stadium in St Paul, home of the Saint Paul Saints is quite small in size. Not sure how many it holds, but there is no seating beyond the home run fence. The outfield seats are very limited and generally all of the seats sport a great view. If you look across the field and can figure out where the pitchers yellow hat is, that is a comparable area from where I am sitting taking this photo.
The Saint Paul Saints are currently the only professional baseball team in Minnesota that plays outdoors. This has been the main attraction for this American Association of Independent Professional Baseball teams. Starting in 2010, the Minnesota Twins will open an outdoor baseball stadium. The Saints have been a team in the Twin Cities for 10 plus years and this summer, I finally went to my first outdoor ball game. Despite the sunny weather in the photo, it rained shortly after taking this photo. Haha! Something to look forward to once the Twins start their play in their outdoor stadium.