INDIANS

This is Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians. But to the Belove family it is better known as the ballpark where we never actually sat in our seats!

The park is beautiful, and designed so that you are always looking out, either at the field, or the neighborhood surrounding the park, giving it an open and airy feeling.

You could tell during warm-ups that Barry Zito had his stuff in this warm, humid air. One of his throws was missed by the catcher and nailed a woman sitting very close to where we were standing.
When warm-ups ended, we just never got up to go to our seats and ended up like stow-aways on an incredible baseball cruise ship. We didn't even venture to the bathroom, for fear of being thrown overboard, and spent our time dodging foul balls and chatting with the local ball-boy (who, incidentally, gave Robert a ball at the end of the game.)

The fans were thrilled to see the return of their former player, Omar Vizquel, now playing with the Giants, and came out in droves to both honor him and mourn his loss. They are a loyal bunch, who enjoy their baseball and know how to have a good time. There were many games, contests, and give-aways. And the Beloves noticed that in this park, the selected fans are often in the cheap seats, rather than people who could easily have afforded to buy the prize.

Onion won the wiener race, which made us all cry.

This was a fun park in so many ways, and was given very high ratings for the overall experience by the Belove family.