Getting Electrified (5th Inning)

Knock Knock Knock ... KNOCK! KNOCK! "Maintenance" [door opens, bright sunshine floods the room] "Ooops, sorry, I did not know this room was occupied" [door closes] was how day 5 of our tour started. The rude awakening actually did us a favor, as it got us up and working our way out of a not-so-comfortable motel stay. We both tossed and turned all night, and generally did not sleep well. We also missed the free breakfast - by 5 minutes. Denny's anyone? After breakfast, we headed over to the Valley Health Care center to visit with Tyson's Grandpa for a few minutes. (He was doing OK Keith, he was kinda tired from the exercises when we showed up. I will pass along more info when I get back in town) . After watching the exercises and listening to Paul the Troubadour entertain, we said goodbye and went a got a sandwich to take to the game. Tucson Electric Park ("TEP" as the locals call it) is another one of the shared parks (DBacks, White Sox) was a much better parking scene than the day before. All 3 of the shared parks are newer and much better setup for parking and in general. You would think that the DiamondBacks would have a nice Spring Training park, what with it being their home state and all... Anyway, it was a nice place, and reminded us of MaryVale. We were pretty tired from the night before, and maybe the Rocks were too - they only had 3 hits and 0 runs through 8 innings, 2 of which came from catcher Yorvit. The other hit came from Sullivan - meaning that the rest of the unknown players added up to exactly 1 hit. Needless to say, the Rocks lost 4-1. Tiny is now 3-3, and struggling to make the team... Next Up: we are in for a Surprise: Angels at Royals. Since these same 2 teams played yesterday and the Royals won, the Angels will even the score today - Go Halos!