June 1st, 1998

Monday June, 1st, 1998
Arizona Diamondbacks 6 @ Colorodo Rockies 4
Stadium: Coors Field
Gas: Lakewood, CO $9.01
Lodging: Denver, CO

We spent today exploring downtown Denver.  We left Mary Jane's apartment, got an oil change for the car, and then headed to downtown Denver.  On our way there, we saw Mile High Stadium, where the Denver Broncos at the time played their games.  We decided to stop by and see what we could of it, as it was scheduled to be replaced by Invesco Field.  We were able to drive right into the parking lot by the stadium.  Nobody was there to stop us, so we just walked into the stadium  We were able to get to the south end zone bleachers and snap a few pictures.  Nobody ever did stop us the whole time we were there.

When we finally got downtown, we headed to the Denver Mint to see where all of our coins are made.  We then headed to the state capitol.  We toured it and headed up to the top of the rotunda and got some really nice views of the city.  After that, we headed to the Denver Public Library where we spent most of the rest of the afternoon.  Now, you might be wondering what would we be doing at a library as tourists?  At each game that we had attended, they had been passing out the All-Star ballots for the upcoming All-Star game.  Most people would fill them out at the game and put them in the ballot box.  We knew though that this year's All-Star Game was going to be played at Coors Field, which was going to be the location of our final game.  Early on in the trip, we decided we were going to save a ballot from each game we went and would turn them in at Coors Field.  For whatever reason, we thought there was some sort of special symbolism about turning them into the location of our final game AND the home of the All-Star Game.  So we grabbed the most recent Baseball Weekly, headed to the library and scoured the stats to determine who are 1998 All-Stars would be.  It was then time to fill out our 16 ballots and then head to game.   

The tickets that we had were probably the best ones of the trip.  The were on the third base side about 30 rows up.  The highlight was being able to turn in all of our ballots when the ushers came to collect them.  We did realize as we were walking back to our car that this was going to be our final game and thought brought on a bit of sadness for both of us.  Following the game, it was back to Mary Jane's and we both called it a night.