Farewell, Rosenblatt

Ah, the last year the CWS will be held at Rosenblatt Stadium. So sad. In the words of a 30-year season ticket holder that we ran into... "I'm disgusted!" The new stadium being built in downtown Omaha won't be anything close to the feel and charm of Rosenblatt.

We were lucky enough to buy tickets 15 minutes before the TCU/UCLA game on Friday for under face value - and to top it off, they were in the shade! That was a must. Otherwise, I really think I would have had 2 Dirks brothers passed out next to me. TCU's right fielder was from my home town so we were rooting for them. They did win on Friday, but had to play UCLA again Saturday, which they lost.

View from our nicely shaded seats

Monte, me, Tim

We also had a belated birthday celebration for Ani - when we sang "Happy Birthday" this time, she was very excited. For her birthday party a couple weeks ago, she bawled her eyes out when everyone began singing to her!

And we utilized the handy self-timer for a family photo before leaving to drive back to Minneapolis.