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Nothing much to say. There was a ton of offense on our end, but the pitching blew ass, so we lost despite scoring 8. I bet we'll get plenty of those games this year. Fortunately, most of the runs were given up by pitchers who wont be in KC, so maybe we would not have lost this game if we were trying to win.

Just a couple pictures of the park, Tempe Diablo Stadium is nice, with cool little rocky hills nearby. There's not much shade, so you better be prepared with the sunscreen or you will fry (after a week of trial and error, I've figured out how much you need to apply: way, way more than I would have a week ago). Plenty of parking, no bad seats, and even though they do have bleachers, the bleachers have a back, so they are more like benches. The bad news: you'll have to sit near Angel fans. In contrast with my very limited exposure to Giant fans (who were cool as hell), in my very limited exposure to Angel fans, I had to sit in front of a bunch of OC girls who would constantly deride the Royals, and go "oh come on, really?", over and over again, almost every time they hit the ball.