Bakersfield Blaze

Ravings from the Frothy Middle


Blog For Free!


Archives
Home
2008 November
2008 September
2008 March
2007 August
2007 July
2007 February
2007 January
2006 September
2006 August
2006 July
2006 June
2006 May
2006 April
2006 March
2006 February
2006 January
2005 December
2005 November
2005 October
2005 September
2005 August
2005 July
2005 June
2005 May
2005 April
2005 March
2005 February
2005 January
2004 December
2004 November
2004 October
2004 September
2004 August
2004 July
2004 June
2004 May
2004 April
2004 March
2004 February
2004 January

My Links
Little Miss Attila
Dr. Forbush Thinks
Slashdot
Games Slashdot
User Friendly
James Randi
Snopes
Home of the Underdogs
The Sun Online

tBlog
My Profile
Send tMail
My tFriends
My Images


Sponsored
Blog


In which the middle-aged Peacenik mouths off about War Drones--and all the other things that make him cranky. Pnorny!

Mr Mahatma--who is a Mr in real life--lives in the valleys of Southern California with his wife, a herd of Dears, and an impressive collection of books. He is reachable at: littlemrmahatma@yahoo.com

All writings are copyrighted 2003-2008 and trademarked: Little Mr. Mahatma

Blogger Main Site


Still More Links:

Listed on BlogShares

Blogarama - The Blog Directory
Blogarama-Review My Site

IceRocket

LS Blogs

Blog Universe

Search For Blogs, Submit Blogs, The Ultimate Blog Directory

Blog Directory & Search engine

Site Meter


Bakersfield Blaze
06.24.04 (11:29 am)   [edit]
My mother wanted to take her grandkids to see a real baseball game but she didn't want to deal with Dodger Stadium, parking, downtown LA traffic, and high prices so for Father's Day weekend she suggested (meaning she bought tickets ahead of time then told me we were going) that we go see the Bakersfield Blaze, the A-team for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.


Bakersfield?!? No one, particularly from LA, goes on vacation to Bakersfield. It's not normal. They grow things in Bakersfield. Tractors are an accepted form of transportation in Bakersfield. For Pete's sake, Buck Owens lives in Bakersfield.


So we went to Bakersfield...and had a great time. The Bakersfield Blaze stadium was small and non-threatening; the people were friendly and well-behaved. My kids loved it. Unfortunately the game went in to extra innings and we left before the outcome (Blaze won!), and we didn't snag any fly balls or win a 20" flat-screen TV (courtesy of Best Buy) but we ate peanuts and all the junk food. We cheered and razzed and sang.


Bakersfield. Who'd a thunk it!

 


posted by: librarianguish (reply)
post date: 06.24.04 (12:28 pm)

I had to go to Bakersfield one time for work - I didn't have the greatest time, but then, I was working. I did notice that there seemed to be a lot of good restaurants. I figured this was because of all the oil company execs coming to do business there. Glad you had a good time - sometimes when our expectations are low we end up being pleasantly surprised!

Cheers!

Your Name:


Your Comment:


More Links:

POLITICS:
Arianna
FactCheck.ORG not .COM
SpinSanity
Black Box Voting
OpenSecrets
Open The Government
AntiWar
Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Church of Critical Thinking
The New Enlightenment
Mother Jones
Reuters
Pravda

RELIGION:
Secular Web - Atheism
Skeptic's Annotated Bible and annotated Koran.
The Happy Heretic
Fallacies
The Skeptic's Dictionary
God of the Month
Religion Selector