My sister Susan and I went to Roger Dean Stadium in the Abacoa neighborhood of Jupiter, Florida yesterday afternoon to watch the Jupiter Hammerheads play the Palm Beach Cardinals in a Florida State League contest. As I have mentioned before, this is a really nice ballpark in a really nice community, one which has lots of things happening all of the time. The last baseball game we attended at this stadium was on "Opening Night," when the Palm Beach Cardinals played the St. Lucie Mets. In that game, Palm Beach got only two hits and lost to St. Lucie 1-0. And it wasn't nearly as exciting as that score indicates, either. Since then, both teams have improved tremendously. The Palm Beach Cardinals are currently leading the Florida State League East Division with an 11-4 record, and the St. Lucie Mets have an 8-7 record and are in second place. And happily, yesterday afternoon's game was quite good.
Our seats were quite good, too. We sat in the first row right behind home plate and had a great view of the action, as seen in the photograph on the right. The cost for these seats: $12 each including internet fees. To sit in the same location and day at Denver's Coors Field: $400 plus internet fees. I was going to mention that the Colorado Rockies are, of course, a Major League Baseball team, and Palm Beach and Jupiter just Single A teams and much less skilled. But then again, do the Rockies really play that much better baseball than a minor league team these days, having lost 100 games three years in a row? But I digress. The Palm Beach Cardinals beat the Jupiter Hammerheads 7-6 in what turned out to be quite an exciting contest. Definitely worth the $12. I wonder if Colorado Rockies fans can say the same about plunking down $400 for a ticket.
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