go topes!

meet orbit.  he's the mascot for the albuquerque isotopes, a AAA minor league team that feeds the dodgers (but we try not to think about that part). the isotopes are more famous for being the springfield baseball team on the simpsons.

last night we watched the isotopes play the round rock express, which is the feeder team for the rangers. sat just beyond first base for $14. back in the bay area, i'd stopped going to baseball games (go A's!) cuz seemed like every time i went i'd be sitting near some ass whose mission in life was to curse out the opposing players. the last time i went to a game, the guy sitting behind me used his smartphone to look up details about each players' history and then proceeded to tailor his screaming accordingly. "Go back to Springfield College, where you made three errors in the 2003 championship series playoffs and majored in history!" very sophisticated heckling, but did little to increase my faith in fellow people.


at isotopes games, the most ppl grumble about is when other fans ignore game etiquette and stand up during a pitch. ppl came with their kids + extended families, so entire rows belonged to one group of ppl. i felt like i was crashing someone's family reunion. kids crawling everywhere. the fans yell, "GO TOPES!", which i find funny cuz "topes" means "speed bump" in spanish, so they're all really yelling "GO SPEED BUMPS!"