The American Pastime . . . in Mexico?!

So I have not been to a baseball game in forever, may that be MLB or triple A and lucky for me the great town of Ciudad del Carmen now has a baseball team . . . and a professional one at that!! The Ciudad del Carmen Delfines (Dolphins) are part of the Liga Mexicana de Biesbol (LMB). The stadium right now is nothing fancy just the stadium for the university here but it does not matter because they is finally something to do here besides work!! Our company has some "box" seats and I was finally asked if I wanted to go which I jumped at!!

It ended up being a stormy night and it rained some but that did not stop us or the game! The Delfines played against a team from northern Mexico - Monclova. It was actually a pretty exciting game and we ended up pulling out the win!! But the best part had to be being so close to the field and players!! I could have easily gone up and touched the players of the other team in the duggout because there is not really security and the layout of the stadium is very open. Being so close and in a very open stadium made me be very aware throughout the entire game because if a foul ball was hit there is not really any protection to help save you!!

The most interesting thing about the game though had to be the chants! I felt like we did every chant possible even though it did not make sense at times!! We did the tom-a-hawk of the Braves, "charge" with a twist, and a couple of other chants that made me laugh because how they changed it!!

The food is also a lot different . . . there are not hot dogs, peanuts, or cracker jacks but instead tacos, chips w/ hot sauce, and churros!! All good but not the same, hahaha!!

Rainbow after the rain finally passed!

Watching the game with Fili and Tejeda in our "box" seats.

Delfines at the bat and you can see the lack of protection!!

Dugout for Monclova that I could easily throw things in!!

Win for the Delfines!!