Chase Field aka: Bank One Ballpark, BOB

My friend Paul and his wife took me here for dinner. He has season tickets and likes to hang out here. We ate at TGI Friday’s, which overlooks the field.

I love BOB! The best ball park in Arizona ;)

....was the second game ever played in the park.

It will always be BOB to me!

Same goes for their mascot. It’s BOB Cat, not bobcat.

The best seats I ever had were in the J section behind home plate. We played the Reds and lost :( but it was a blast!! When they open the roof and the smell of a desert summer floats in and mingles with the sound of the fans cheering its almost heaven. Wait a minute! The beer guy just handed your ice cold beer and Gonzo smacked 3-Run tater—-ah, NOW it’s heaven.
With memories like this, there is no way I can call it “Chase Field”. No character.

Someday, I am going to work for this club. Accounting and baseball—can’t get better than that.

The open roof on a nice night, the beer garden, the team shop, the beer garden, Baxter and his t-shirt cannon. the beer garden, the right field bleachers by the pool, the beer garden, the fans … Did I mention the beer garden?

(singing) ” ... And you may call it Chase Field / But it’ll always be BOB to me! “

Counting the days ‘til baseball season!

It’s official: Bank One Ballpark is now Chase Field.

It’s a personal pet peeve when announcers on television call Bank One Ballpark “The BOB,” mainly because, when I lived in the area, folks I knew just called it “BOB.” Anyone know which one is the “right” one?

Not that it matters, I guess, now that Bank One (the bank) has been bought out and the name of the stadium is up in the air.

Saw Randy Johnson pitch a complete game shutout there a few years ago.