Portland Trailblazers

Last night the doughnut factory hooked me up with a ticket to watch the Portland Trailblazers play the Chicago Bulls at the Rose Garden in downtown Portland. Having never been to a professional basketball game, it was a chance to see what it was like and sit in the suite. I took the MAX in from the H-boro (took an hour, no joke) so it was easy to get there, just slow. Didn't have to fork over $40 for parking either, a nice benefit. The Trailblazers won as well and it was a pretty good game.

What I did find is that basketball is no baseball. It's fast. It's fast breaks and slam dunks. It's tattoos and really tall young men. The cheerleaders and dancers are....something. Let's just say the half time routine was performed to the J. Giles Band "freeze frame" which made them look older than they already did to start with and I didn't even see them close up. Basketball is all about manly men who thrash it up on the court. Don't get me wrong. I played all my life. I was the first girl ever to play on the boys team in grade school and was better than a lot of the boys. Middle and high school, some intramural in college. I like basketball. I just love watching baseball a whole lot more. Much more strategy and thought goes into the game. It was fun though to be in such a fancy pants suite with beverages and food. The place was packed too, I suspect a result of the Bulls ('da Bulls!) being in town.

What we did score last week is tickets to opening day for the San Francisco Giants! Both Miss B and I are so excited I can hardly stand it! We also got tickets for the Sunday game which is Buster Posey rookie day. Hee hee! I have been reading lots about them in the off season and the Bear in Training's boyfriend got us a book called the GIANT SURPRISE! It's really good! Oh I miss the Bay Area. Sigh.