Baseball in Austin


Tonight my friend Ryan and I went to see the Round Rock Express play against the Midland Rockhounds at the Dell Diamond. It was a pretty good game, with the Express winning the game 8-0. There was a pretty small crowd, which made it nice because there were a lot of open seats and you could stretch out. Plus, beer was cheap (Thursday night special). A big cup of Fosters was $3.00 (normally $5.75). Right after the Express scored the first run, there was a loud noise of a train running by the stadium. I thought it was something special that the stadium does after each run they score. Sort of like the homerun apple appearing in Shea Stadium. But, it turns out that it was a real train with good timing. Anyways, the Dell Diamond is a pretty nice stadium for double-A baseball. The prices are pretty expensive for what you get compared to other cities, but that seems to be par for the course for Austin.