It’s time for the third installment of our summer tour of a few baseball stadiums, aka Baseball Tour 2012™.  There will be two fewer games this year as we deal with greater distances between parks and a different form of entertainment in the middle of the trip.

The Tour started with Ryan (12) and Logan (soon to be 11) taking their first solo flight from Phoenix to
meet me in Denver.  It is interesting to me how airlines now handle this age of traveler.  Rather than performing any oversight
activities such as making sure Jerry Sandusky isn’t picking them up, they treat them as they would any adult traveler.  Having seen this before with my granddaughter, I arrived an hour early.

 So on the perfect baseball weather night of July 17 (our 13^th consecutive game without a rain
delay!), it was off to downtown to Coors Field to see the last place Colorado Rockies take on the renewed Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Pirates prevailed 6 to 2 over what appeared to be a fine Triple A Rockies team.  We appreciated the cameo appearance of Konnie at the game and her bravery in donning the official T-Shirt of Baseball Tour 2012™ for the evening.

On Wednesday it will be off to Turner Field in Atlanta for a contest between the Braves and the 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants.  Then on Friday we will be joined in St. Petersburg, Florida by my son Benjamin and daughter-in-law Fernanda to see the Tampa Bay Rays host the Seattle Mariners followed by three days in Orlando with Uncle Benjamin and Aunt Fernanda for some theme park heat, lines and excitement.  We wrap up the park visits on July 24 by
visiting the new Miami Marlins Park as they host the Braves.