NOVEMBER NEWS

Nov 13th:  We take the bus back to Vancouver, officially ending the trip. We will spend a couple of days here before Aya returns to Japan and I head home to Ottawa. Thanks to all for reading!

Nov 9th:  Luc Robitaille scores his 600th career goal and it holds up as Detroit beats Anaheim 1-0 in an entertaining hockey game.

Nov 7th:  While Aya takes in the Diamondbacks Victory Parade, Sean checks out the final game of the trip, an 8-4 Grand Canyon victory over the Saguaros. No more baseball! What are we going to do? Watch some hockey in LA, of course.

Nov 5th:  More history on our trip - we see the second combined no-hitter in Arizona Fall League History! Maryvale starter Jason Standridge goes 4 innings and two relievers complete the job as the Saguaros win 3-0 over the Mesa Solar Sox. A 7-inning no-hitter caps an incredible weekend.

Standridge pitches

Nov 4th:  One of the best games in baseball history! Congratulations to the Arizona Diamondbacks on winning the World Series on Gonzo's 9th-inning single. The best game I will ever see becomes the highlight of the trip of a lifetime. Phoenix parties proudly as Arizona celebrates its first ever pro sports championship!  It simply doesn't get any better than this!

Arizona Diamondbacks celebrate!

Nov 3rd:  A record-setting game as Arizona knocks out 22 hits to beat the Yankees 15-2 in game 6. Fantastic atmosphere at Bank One and a lot of fun. One more game to decide everything! 

Fighter jets perform a flyby over BOB

We also watched an Arizona Fall League game in the afternoon - Phoenix won that one as well!  

Nov 2nd:  We drive to Phoenix from Vegas and discover that more tickets are about to go on sale. We rush to line up at Bank One Ballpark, but we were too late - we resort to buying game 6 tickets from scalpers, which means we will be eating cheaply for the rest of the trip. 

Nov 1st:  Oh No!! The Diamondbacks put Game 6 and 7 tickets on sale early and we didn't know about it. Why did they change their selling dates? I don't know, but it has cost us the chance to see any World Series action at a reasonable price. Boo Diamondbacks!