max, gus and richone of the things i absolutely love about albuquerque is that it is a city that so does not take itself too seriously. for example, our local baseball team is called the albuquerque isotopes (they are a triple-A team that feeds into the florida marlins). sound familiar, like maybe from an episode of "the simpsons?" it is--in one episode homer discovers a plot to move the beloved springfield isotopes to albuquerque and goes on a hunger strike to try and prevent the move. not long after that episode aired, the albuquerque dukes up and left town for portland, and the duke city was looking for a new name for the calgary cannons team that had relocated here to fill the void. the city population picked the isotopes, in a most touching homage to matt groening--he even designed the team's logo. and that is your minor league baseball history for the day.
the whole family + one of gus' friends (max) went out to the ballpark last night and we all had so much fun. even sophie got into the game--she mimicked the crowd's noises at the right times, clapped her hands, tried to throw my empty beer cup at the umpire, etc. the field is just gorgeous--beautiful views of the sandia mountains in the background. and the isotopes even played the iowa cubs (from des moines--we used to watch the cedar rapids kernels when we were in iowa), but they didn't quite win...we all still loved being there.
me and sophie
isn't this view gorgeous?
we even got to see a fight between the manager and the ump...such a good game!
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