BALLFIELD ::: A
SCOREBOARD ::: B
FACILITIES ::: B
FOOD ::: C

 

THE FIRST THING I NOTICED ABOUT THIS PLACE IS NOBODY KNOWS WHERE THE HECK IT IS. SO, YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOUR FLORIDA ROADS TO GET AROUND BECAUSE NOTHING IS MARKED. ALSO, THE DIRECTIONS PROVIDED WERE NOT THE BEST I'VE EVER READ. HOPEFULLY THIS HAS ALL IMPROVED BECAUSE THE ASTROS HAVE BECOME A POPULAR SPRING TRAINING ATTRACTION.

SET WAY OFF THE ROAD, THE STADIUM SITS IN BACK OF A GRASS FIELD WHICH SERVES AS IT'S PARKING LOT. IT IS YOUR STANDARD ONE ENTRANCE STADIUM, A CENTER AISLEWAY FEEDS THE LOWER AND UPPER DECK. THE STADIUM SEATING IS METAL BLEACHERS WHICH I'M SURE ARE VERY COMFORTABLE IN THE SUMMER.

HOWEVER, BASEBALL IS NO LONGER PLAYED HERE IN THE SUMMER TIME, DUE TO THE MINOR LEAGUES ALIGNING HIGH AND LOW A CLASSIFICATIONS, THE KISSIMMEE COBRAS FOLDED, SO THIS STADIUM IS ONLY USED IN MARCH FOR THE HOUSTON ASTROS SPRING TRAINING. THIS WAS MY FIRST SPRING TRAINING GAME AND WHAT A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE IT WAS. IN THE LATER INNINGS YOU SEE PLAYERS RUNNING ALONG THE WARNING TRACK, WHILE THE GAME IS GOING ON. YOU BUMP INTO FRONT OFFICE PEOPLE, WE BUMPED INTO BOB WATSON, YANKEE GM, AT THIS GAME.

SPRING TRAINING BASEBALL IS SOMETHING I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF, BUT IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN FLORIDA AND DON'T WANT TO GO TO WALT DISNEY WORLD ON A SUNNY MARCH AFTERNOON, STOP BY AND SEE AN ASTRO SPRING TRAINING GAME. IT'S BASEBALL, RIGHT?