Watching Death Cab For Cutie: “Open Windows” Death Cab documentary video for Current.tv (via). I really enjoyed watching this, and at nearly 25 minutes long, I actually wanted more. After Plans, I started to lose interest in this band, but I’ve been a fan for such a long time, that I’ve come back around to really enjoying them again. I’d do almost anything to go back to 2000 to see them again in the entry or at the Croc in Seattle with Pedro the Lion, or at least see some video footage from that time.
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Twins at Kansas City
Twins at Kansas City - 5/27/2008 - a set on Flickr - On Tuesday night I had the chance to see my first game at Kauffman Stadium. We were in Kansas City visiting family, and it just so happened that the Twins were going to be in town, so we extended our trip an extra day.
Kauffman opened in 1973, making it one of the older stadiums in the league, but instead of building a new one, they are renovating this one with some of the newer amenities like a giant HD scoreboard in centerfield. This is possible because the stadium, and Arrowhead for the Chiefs, is built on a huge open parking lot called Truman Sports Complex just outside of Kansas City proper.
I’ve only been to a few other baseball stadiums besides the Metrodome, Wrigley Field and Milwaukee County Stadium, both on the same road trip when I was a young kid, and new Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco five years ago. PacBell Park is by far my favorite of the ones I’ve seen, but I think Kauffman is right up there with the others. The Royals only draw about 17,000 fans a game, but the ones that do go, are really into it and make it fun - which is amazing since the team is so bad.
The food at Kauffman was fairly standard. I should have grabbed some Gates on my way in, but instead got a Sheboygan Brat that was decent. As expected, Boulevard was available so I had a few Pale Ales. I would have loved to have seen some of their other varieties, but wasn’t shocked by just the standards.
I still can’t believe that it took me this long to see a game there, but it definitely won’t be my last. But it also really got me excited for outdoor baseball here in Minneapolis. It was cold and windy in KC that night, but I didn’t care, baseball was being played the way it was meant to be.
Oh, and the Twins won in extra innings!
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