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| Publisher's Corner:
04/01/2007
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Publisher's Corner for April 1, 2007
For years, a group of my friends have always gone to Scottsdale, Arizona to see the San Francisco Giants in spring training, but, alas, the trip always fell on Kenwood Press deadlines. Except for this year! And, since the Giants are always looking for new players in the 40+ age bracket, I figured this was a good year to go, and I might even make the team. I guess I’m a couple of decades behind, but I always assumed Scottsdale was kind of a funky, low-key southwest city. I didn’t expect five star restaurants, spanking new shopping malls, hotels so cool that they don’t even put their name on the front (it’s called the Mondrian, and now you, too, are in the know), pool cabanas with televisions (so as not to be disturbed by the riff-raff and paparazzi), Roy’s Restaurant, Tiffany’s, and Porsches as far as the eye could see. Oh, and then there’s the baseball. Scottsdale Stadium is a beautiful, 12,000-seat stadium just renovated in 2005 and equipped with important baseball amenities like the open-air bar in center field. You have to wait in line to get in there. The landscaping out in the lawn seating isn’t quite developed yet, so as the 99-degree Arizona heat was beating down, fans huddled under the three or four leaves that were available for shade. Luckily, one-ounce tubes of sunscreen were available for the low price of $5. I had to buy three to last nine innings. Actually, only the real die-hard fans stay for a full nine innings. It’s more of a big social scene. Heck, the starters usually don’t stay for the full game. In the second inning, Barry Bonds hit a home run, never to be seen again for the rest of the game. Something tells me he wasn’t cheering on the team from the bench. We did check out that other team, the soon to be something other than Oakland A’s, at Phoenix Municipal Stadium. Hate to be a snob here, but after Scottsdale Stadium, talk about slumming it! This stadium also underwent a 2005 renovation, but it’s kind of like comparing AT&T Park to, well, the Oakland Coliseum. We actually had to park outside in a parking lot – Scottsdale Stadium offers lots of cool, covered parking, of course. Things were cheaper in Phoenix, though, and with more tree shade. In any event, I highly recommend a trip to the desert for a dose of baseball and chic. But bring your own sunscreen – it would be a lot cheaper. – A.P. Email: ann@kenwoodpress.com |
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