Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Day 14 - Cleveland

Start: Harmarville, PA
Stop: Cleveland, OH – Progressive Field – Cleveland Indians vs. San Francisco Giants
Finish: Milan, OH

Today we woke up at around 10 in the morning and made our way out of the hotel at around noon. It was a lazy morning, but after eating lunch at Subway we headed to the Duquesne Incline, the famous place to take photos of downtown Pittsburgh. The ride up the incline was quite enjoyable, as was the view and picture taking. The whole experience was a great time. After coming down the incline, we headed to a Pittsburgh sports store so Jason could buy some souvenirs. I went in and bought a Roberto Clemente shirt for myself. I wanted to buy one in PNC Park, but they ran out of mediums. Luckily they had them at the store!

After leaving the store, we found a park with the help of the GPS and brought out the gloves and ball to play some baseball. After playing for about 30 minutes, we packed back into the car and got on the way to Cleveland. When we got to the city, we found some pretty cheap and close parking and made our way to the stadium. We passed the building with the famous (at least to me) LeBron James “We are all witnesses” banner draped over it.

We arrived at the gate at 5:50, when we then found out that the gates did not open until an hour before gametime. We found this quite ridiculous and minor league-esque. Anyways, we got into the stadium at 6 and sat down in our bleacher seats in left field. After the pregame, we decided to move to the upper deck behind home plate so we could see the video board. This was a wise decision. The game was a bit of a snoozer, and it ended up as a 3-2 loss for Cleveland. Traffic wasn’t that bad getting out, and now we’re about ready to go to bed. Until tomorrow!

Game Result: Indians lose 3-2
Record: 5-6

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