Seattle Mariners - Stadium #6

 Ah, to be back at our home stadium is a wonderful feeling.  For this game, Jeremy and I took the link light rail from Angle Lake to the stadium and ended up going in the home plate entrance as I needed my “front of the stadium” photo.  The concourse at T-Mobile seemed bigger than the others and no matter where you were on that first level, you could see the field.  In lieu of the team store, I just went to one of the official vendors in the stadium as all I needed was a ball (I already had a shirt for my quilt).

For the first time, we sat in what I refer to as the “fancy seats”.  Just above the diamond club, right behind home plate.  Almost close enough to smell the roids.  The fan experience, in my opinion, is the best we’ve seen so far.  Things for the crowd to engage in and various sound effects to supplement what was happening on the field.  Though, this fan is a bit mad.  Since it was Jeremy and my anniversary, I bought a surprise anniversary message to be shown on the big screen.  The screen glitched a few times during the messages and totally skipped the message I paid for!  I mean, how is Jeremy supposed to know that I love him now?  Ugh!  I did email the Mariners and the response was like 3 lines of “we’re sorry, here’s your money back, go Mariners”.  I didn’t feel like they cared at all which was a big disappointment.  The overall fan experience was incredibly engaging, though you’ve probably realized by now that I’ve been judging every other park against the Mariners.

The Mariners have a solid hotdog.  It’s a little thicker than a Ball Park, but the bun to dog ratio is fitting.  There was a good meaty flavor and the bun was soft.  Out of the ballparks thus far, I’d say this was my second favorite hotdog.  One thing that I had been missing all trip and didn’t realize how special T-Mobile was is that they have self-serve sodas.  You buy the cup from concessions and just refill your own drink all game.  Is it a good thing for your overall nutrition?  Nope, but that’s not why I go to baseball games. 

The Mariners played the Orioles on August 11, 2023 at 7:10 pm and we sat in section 131, row 27.  The price I paid for the tickets to this game was more than I probably should have spent and was also from a ticket reseller because the area of seats I wanted were already sold out.  I figured since this game not only capped off our road trip, but was also our anniversary, I should shell out a little more for the special occasion.  And that’s all I have to say about that.

If you want to see the box score, here’s a link